I am going to try to be better about posting, it seems there are not enough hours in my day anymore, especially when I spend most of the day chasing, cleaning up after, or playing with Maya!
So, Thanksgiving found us once again at beautiful Lake Tahoe. This time is was not just our little family, but with a big group of great people. The boys were in their element being outside in the freezing cold skateboarding or inside with Nintendo or Guitar Hero to keep them busy. Maya loved all the attention (suprised?) and quickly learned to wrap everyone around her pinky finger to give her what she wanted, if it wasn't her cute little please with a big smile, it was her head hanging down after she was told no that got everyone...not her momma though, I am used to her manipulation skills!
Spencer celebrated his 15th birthday not long after Thanksgiving. I look at him and can still remember holding him for the first time! It seems quite impossible that I have a fifteen YO.
So far we are sailing through his dreaded teenage years without much of a problem. He is a huge help to me and only occasionally rolls his eyes and thinks outloud that he has the meanest mom in the world. He puts up with a lot, rolls with the punches, gets awesome grades at school, and is for the most part very dependable. I remember telling him when he was just a newborn that we would be figuring this mom/son thing out together, and boy was I right! With each new phase of life we go through, I figure it out with Spencer. I try new things and some work and others fail miserably! But through it all he is patient as can be with me, and we get through it together.
Love you Spence!
And at last a Maya update....
Much to my dismay, the terrible two's are here to stay for awhile. I have been told by several who see this child in action that her activity level is a good thing, that I would not want her to sit still for too long because an active, energetic, curious child is a smart child. While I agree with you all, I have one question. Can you babysit?
9 comments:
ummm...were you aware that maya is the toilet? i hear ya and second the motion for a good babysitter!
p.s. happy birthday spence... what a big boy you are!
Babysit? Umm, only if you watch mine!
Ansley is pushing 3 and still in the terrible 2's. I'm pulling my hair out! I LOVE the family photos. Such sweet faces. Glad all is going well (relative term, I suppose.) Maya does look happy, healthy, and like she is a handful.
Jan
Sure, I'll babysut Maya....if you babysit Sam. Double sided velcro is your friend. Never forget that. Although, I've never had to use it on a toilet seat. Love you guys!!
Why are you feet in the toilet Maya? I love you and I miss you.
And, why did your mom and dad let you put your feet in the toilet?
Love,
Olivia
I will babysit! I mean that too! I am used to really naughty but adorable girls.
um...Janna...I thought I was your favorite babysitter! you know that if I lived out there, I'd babysit any old time! I think Miss Maya is hysterical! love her! love you! and my oh my is my oldest nephew a handsome little devil or what? I LOVE his glasses!
Olive Juice!
Oh, I only wish that we were close enough to take you up on the babysitting offer. Laney would just die of joy to get to play with her friend, Maya!!! She is so cute. I love reading your updates!!
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