Our version of Christmas morning equals getting in front of the fireplace after I've wrapped all the gifts and taking a picture :) Best presents this year were the Nintendo DS, wallets, and makeup kits. If you think I'm kidding, see picture below.
The boys are being Big Time Rush's Kendall (Ben) and Carlos (Cal)...all we need is a bandanna and sunglasses and Seth can be James.
Finally, after searching everywhere for Spongebob figurines, I found them at Petco - intended for fish aquariums!!
YEAR IN REVIEW FOR THE BOYS:
We renewed the tradition of Eric taking the boys out to breakfast on New Year's Day. Luckily this year they didn't eat so much and Cal did NOT projectile vomit. Cal got wind at school or somewhere of "the ball drop" and is vying for a late night next new year's eve. We'll see.
Normally I write a little ditty about each kiddo at the end of the year. This year I'm not feeling like THAT much has changed for anyone. I can say that the biggest change I've noticed for all the boys this year is a definite personality emerging for each one. This has had it's ups and downs. Cal is starting to show STRONG signs of being a psychotic type A, most noticeably in sports. He's the only child that will pass a basketball and then look into the stands for mom or dad (or both) with a look like, "Did I do ok?" meanwhile missing what he's supposed to be doing in the game! He's taken to badly sabotaging sporting games when he thinks he doesn't measure up...you think he's good at skipping forward?? How about backwards at an indoor soccer game? Yup, he can do it! We've found this self-esteem issue frustrating and sad this past year especially since skill-wise he isn't bad at all!!! He can compete with the other kids but he's such a headcase that he let's one mistake ruin it all. You can visibly see him crumbling on the field or court. No amount of encouragement or talking about it seems to help. He does favor basketball over soccer so we're hoping he can keep at it and have at least one team sport. He does love tennis too (although we forbid individual sports only). Anyway, I fear for Cal's stress levels as he gets older.
Ben, who I thought was going to be my soccer player, is showing a crazy amount of stress and fear to even try it. This tends to go along with his personality as well. Any time we bring up the prospect of something new, he's terrified (we've been through it with riding a bike, swimming, skiing, and now soccer which he previously liked!!!) I'd love to chalk it up to "he's only 5" but I'm thinking this is a personality trait that's here to stay. Luckily though, usually after forcing Ben to try something he eventually gets over his fear and loves it - ie swimming and skiing. He had his first time out on the mountain today and did wonderfully! (see photos below)
Seth has no fear of anything yet! He finally made the transition to using the potty and got his arse back to preschool where he's thriving. He's funny and silly and mostly adorable except when he's not :) Getting his tonsils out ended up being a good thing. I lost a lot of sleep over this BEFORE the procedure but we're all enjoying better sleep now! Seth continues to be "little" but is doing great in every other way so we're leaving that alone for the moment. Might I also add, that last year at this time I wrote about Seth singing the song "Dynamite". I will have you know that that child continued to love that song well into June, asked me to play it over and over, and knows ALL the words now. He still gets excited if it happens to come on the radio. He's getting pretty good at knowing words to songs for a 3-year-old!!
All the boys are crazy into singing and dancing. See my other post where you can click a link to a Youtube video of Seth singing. It's really cute! I think we might have the next Hanson or Jonas brothers on our hands. Cal and Ben (especially Ben) love their piano classes and enjoy making music any way they can. They "perform" for all babysitters which consists of them running, jumping, dancing around the room and belting out their repertoire of songs. They got a disco ball for Hanukkah so now they can do these performances in a new, hip disco setting!! In a couple weeks, they'll both start a singing class too which I'm sort of excited about. The teacher is a guy who specifically works with young kids and has started his own program at a public school he works for.
To Health, Happiness, and Fun in the New Year!!!
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