matt has recently introduced our boys to star wars.
and, to my surprise, they love it.
i have never watched a star wars movie - maybe because i'm stubborn? - i just think they are kinda dorky!
you should have seen the look on matt's face when i asked him if there was a reason the movies are called star wars?
haha i thought it was a valid question.
he did not.
anyways.. our boys now like to play 'star wars'.
they have decided these light posts, on the path by our house, look like "dark vader" (which i think is pretty clever!) and they fight them with their sticks light sabers.
i feel like i have posted a lot more about tad then our other stinkers lately, so i thought i would post some tidbits about them:
chet.
i knew school would make chet grow up fast but, my word, it is happening faster then i was anticipating.
it might also be the addition of tad to our family, and his promotion to big brother of two, that is speeding it up.
i am really proud of him but, at the same time, i want him to slow the heck down!
chet is very excited about learning new things these days.
i often catch him quietly reciting, to himself, all the letters on a piece of paper.
he also likes to practice writing words, which means my life is one gigantic spelling bee.
"mom, how do you spell giraffe? ..excavator? ..spaghetti?"
chet is also very diligent when it comes to his homework.
chet is a great helper with tad. i am blown away by how much love and patience he has for our new friend.
chet loves to hold tad, and lay by him, and try to sooth him when he is sad.
chet has a very sweet heart.
he even offers to pump milk for tad! haha we may need to have a little talk about that one day...
he is very concerned about my feelings. he gives me extra long hugs, and kisses on the cheek, when he sees i am feeling down. (sometimes i feel guilty for putting that on him, but it sure is nice.) i really hope he is sensitive to the feelings of his friends and classmates as he goes to school.
chet is way more willing to try new foods lately.. which is a huge deal, if you know chet!
he has made some new friends at school - aiden, griffin, and diesel.
he is fun to have conversations with.
chet has a great imagination.
he is a whiz with lego. seriously, him and holden are, by far, better then me at creating lego trucks.
he is a good helper.. when he wants to be :)
i would say chet's downfall these days is his whining. he has always been a whiny fellow. but i assume he will have to grow out of that, or be very lonely in life!
he is kind, thoughtful, funny, smart, and my favorite 5 year old around.
holden.
with chet gone at school a couple days per week, holden is getting some alone time - something he hasn't had a whole lot of up until this point in his life. and i am not sure he really knows what to do with it!
on his chet-less days, holden follows me around like a lost puppy. EVERYWHERE i go, he follows. and he talks my ear off too!
holden and i are both happy when it is time to pick chet up from school!
it makes me realize just how much he relies on his big brother.
he is actually really good at playing on his own, but only if someone else is in the room with him. i guess he is just used to having that company.
he is great at making car/truck/explosion sound effects - a true boy!
holden is so good at sharing.
i was playing hungry hungry hippos with him the other day and was trying to make it so his hippo got always the most marbles. i figured he would like to be the winner. but, at the end of each match, he would pass me a couple marbles to make it more even! and he would make sure we took turns getting the special yellow marble!
he has a sweet heart.
holden is a silly boy. sometimes a bit more weirdo then silly!
he has a contagious smile.
he is independent. sometimes infuriatingly so, but i know it is a good trait in the end.
he likes to help.
holden is creative. he puts a lot of thought in his crafts. when he colors a page, the WHOLE page gets colored.
he sticks his tongue out when he is concentrating.
he is always up for trying something new. and, when he doesn't get it right the first time, he doesn't get upset. he usually drops a cute line like, "aww man", and then goes it another go.
holden always notices the sky - the color of it, the shapes of clouds, the things that are flying by in it, the weather that is brewing. it's neat how much he loves observing the sky.
he loooves candy.
he also loooves fruit.
his downfall is his temper.
holden sure knows how to throw a tantrum and matt and i have no idea how to deal with them.
he gets mad and, oh, so destructive. my goodness, you should see the boys' bedroom after holden has lost in his mind in there. it would be hard to make such a mess, if you tried!
matt tells me to be patient because it is just a stage. it just better be a real short stage.
holden is a happy boy, a good friend, a whole lot of handsome, and a great cuddle buddy.
