Busy Household

We have found that Alex definitely keeps us running these days, he seems to go stir-crazy if we don't get outside and run around for some time each day. Alex is attending an ECFE class on Wednesday evenings so that both Mom and Dad can attend. Its a new experience, getting together with a group of new children and their parents. During the class time we are shown over and over, why no family is ever the same, each parent demonstrates their own parenting style and each child demonstrates their individual interests. We had a neat discussion this past week during parent time about how important it is for children to get outside to play, they talked about increased ADD, depression, lack of stimulation, etc that is effect of decreased outside time. They gave us a statistic pretty much saying that children are not getting outside enough these days. This has become my new goal, get Alex outside an increased amount, allowing him time to explore and run and play (I think the dogs would appreciate it as well, we've been so busy with our new schedule that they've really been left behind a lot).

Alex has had a lot of outdoor time this past weekend, when he spent the night at Grandma and Papa's house, he always seems to love all the room he has to run at their place. He was also fortunate to get a few rides with Uncle Mike and Papa in the tractor and combine, when he came home and we asked him what he got to ride he wouldn't answer, but then we said, what was mike driving, he said "combine." The excitement of the weekend doesn't end with the future farmhand. He also was able to march with Grandma in the homecoming parade in Fairmont, with the school board, and was quite proud of his stroller ride. Then, once he returned home he went with Daddy to a friend's parents' home and ran and played all afternoon, Daddy even took him for a short go-cart ride. He was so wound up after returning home that he decided he didn't need a nap (and was surprisingly pleasant without), now he's tucked tightly in bed snoring.

We are working our way through the last 2 weeks of me working overnights and have truly been blessed by a wonderful sitter who's been spending the night here, so we have someone here when Jeremy heads out for work super early. Now the next step in childcare is finding a new arrangement for when I go back to my normal schedule as we are without childcare at this time. Sometimes I just wish things could fall right into our lap!

Alex's new trick is to pull the blankets out of the ottoman and climb in, it makes a cool fort, and he gets his picture taken out of the deal, who wouldn't??

FLASHBACK!!

Does anyone else have a hard time remembering him this size??