Wesley’s 5th Birthday Bash

On Wesley’s Birthday we went to a kid’s Valentine’s pool party (it’s that warm here!) so we spent a chunk of the day doing that and then we hosted 2 of Wesley’s buddies for a sleepover. I figured that would be a nice way for him to feel like he’s having a “sleepover” without being away from home and it turned out great. Some other kiddos stopped by to play and for the cake and ice cream part. It was a long fun day!

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The mom’s at the pool party.
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First thing in the morning Wesley wanted to wear his Birthday boy ribbon, so sweet.
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He picked out Transformers as his theme and I attempted to decorate the cake Grandma made with a Transformers face. The face part didn’t come out perfectly but Wesley loved it and it tasted great. Thanks Becca for the recipe!

 

We love you so much our sweet and smart Wesley Stone!

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New Year Pictures

We had such a fun New Year’s celebration with our friends and all our kids (Preston stayed home with Grandma). I know I’m a little late in putting getting these up, oh well, there’s more in the January gallery.

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Have a great weekend!
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Happy Valentine’s Day

I know things have been awfully quiet around here, my camera is broken so that’s a big bummer for me. I’m hoping we’ll be able to get it fixed sometime, but we don’t know how bad the damage is.

Thank God for camera phones that sometimes work (when the memory card isn’t displaced!).

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Our sweet and feisty Wesley turns 5 years old today! He keeps teaching me new things about motherhood and has helped me to be less judgmental of people who are parenting dynamic children.

Now I can just smile and understand, so that’s been a real gift to me that I want to continue to nurture. Families need understanding and supportive people around them and I want to be one of those people.

Wishing you love and happiness on this beautiful Valentine’s Day!

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Blah January

January is an odd month in that I don’t want to do much of anything, but there’s still plenty of work to be done so I either have to get back into the swing of things or risk getting behind. How do you like January?

The few pictures I’ve taken this month have been on my phone.

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Some activities from Cub Scouts.
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Riding on a train (metro) around town as an outing.
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Don’t let the photo fool you; twice when there was loud screeching from the tracks Devin threw himself on the floor, covered his ears while yelling, and acted like a dinosaur or some creature was attacking! Just a little embarrassing. We’re trying to work with him (and his brothers) on public etiquette, as they seem to put on their best “bad behavior” while out. I’m sure there’s some things that could help with this, any ideas out there?
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Have a nice month as you get back into the swing of your normal routine!
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Baby Books & Shameful Time Lapses

For some reason I’ve had a hard time being consistent in keeping up with my kid’s baby books, even though I love the concept of baby and keepsake books. Some of my friends are really good about keeping track of everything and writing it down in beautiful neat handwriting. I don’t have beautiful handwriting so that’s one obstacle.

In years to come if you were to flip through the pages I’m afraid my poor child’s book is going to look something like this:

January 2007 – Wesley can hold his head up & coo!

March 2020 – Wesley is becoming an amazing soccer player. I’m so proud of him.

November 2032 – I can’t believe Wesley is getting married, it seems like just yesterday that I was writing about his love of soccer. Sigh. (Try 12 years lady!)

Okay, so my keepsake books don’t have time lapses the size of the Grand Canyon, but I’m not exactly proud of them either.

A simple solution that popped into my head one day is to keep a document on my laptop and type my thoughts about the kids in there.

Now I know having something you’ve personally written out by hand is more, well personal, but what I’m thinking is that waaay down the road I can either handwrite everything out. Gulp. Or print the pages out on nice decorative paper and make each kid their own booklet or something like that, maybe with their picture on the front cover or with pictures throughout the booklet, I don’t know.

Or if nothing else they’ll get an e-mail from me with an attached “doc”. 

For now I feel it’s more doable since I’m already in the habit of using my laptop and if I can add to the document every few months or so I’ll be happy.

Of course I’ll also keep the baby books I have, in spite of their wretched lacks, but those only go up to 5 years anyways.

You can print yourself a copy while you’re at it, plus you’d be able to add a personal touch in plenty of ways, such as with beautiful handwriting.

I’ll stick to stickers, stamps, photos and such.

How have you managed to record memories of your children? Got any tips?

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