Getting Out

So I'm going to write about something slightly different today, Day 3. As I'm waiting patiently for the Duke visit I am itching every day to just get out and about. However, I can't just get in the car and drive around so it's hard to do that. I've come to know my children very well!!

For instance my oldest is extremely smart. He knows things that I never knew anyone knew. He loves to watch the History Channel and shows of that nature. He learns from them and he can soak up all of the knowledge that he gains. He can then repeat it all and tell you stories that he heard. He also loves art and music. He can sing and he can write songs. They are good too. I'm so impressed by his passion and how he expresses himself with his love for such things. He enjoys his little brother and sister but at the same time I can see that he is growing up and they are wearing on his nerves. The ages are really showing. He is getting older, more of a pre-teen and while they are sweet and he loves them, he wants his own space too. He likes to go to my mom and dad's house and enjoys the free time he gets there. He likes some video games, computer games, baseball, etc. He's just turning into a cool kid that I'm proud to know.

My second oldest who is a twin, but still he is older by 2 minutes has a quirky nature about him. You have to be able to handle him in any setting. He likes for things to be in order, neat and tidy and he likes his routine. He is my loving child, more so than the others. He will come up for no reason and just give you a kiss. He will apologize if he hurts you or hurts your feelings. He will talk in complete, functional sentences with very large vocabulary words. He is bright and he too knows things, but he is only 3 1/2 years old. I don't know where he learned these things because we didn't necessarily teach him. He can say the entire alphabet, and count to 20, he knows all his colors, but then he knows things like what kind of trucks are in the playroom or the boats. He knows the concept of space like big and small, far and near. He pays attention and he too has learned a world of information. He loves trucks and cars. He could play all day with them. He recently has gotten into Thomas the Train and boats too. He would be content to stay in his playroom all day long with a large selection of these toys and be left alone to just play!

My baby, the other twin and the youngest by 2 minutes and my only girl is both and Diva and a tomboy. How she became this combination I don't quite know. She just formed her own little personality when she was a baby and held onto it for dear life. It's the only way she could survive in this household! She loves to play dressup and at the same time she can go outside and kick a soccer ball clean across the front yard. She is carefree and messy. She has beautiful , long, curly hair and she does not want you to brush it. She is gorgeous in a dress and will tell you that she's pretty! She will fight with her brothers and she can hold her own. She loves puppies. She has about 10 of them and they all must sleep on the bed with her at night. If you don't have them all then it's a fight with her and she will win. She plays with her babies on a rare occasion because that is just not her thing right now. She will sword fight and then turn around and want her lipstick on . I'm not sure that some genes didn't get crossed up, but she is perfect in every single way. She is also smart, but in her own way. She has common sense. She is funny and she wants to be just like her older brother. She also loves her mommy and that thrills me! I always wanted a girl!

While having this "disability" temporarily or permanently, whatever the case may be, I have had a lot of free time to really get to spend with all of my children over the last 6 years. I wouldn't trade any of it, even to be well!