Jim found a frog for Brody on Friday and he has been keeping it in a tub. We told him that he should probably let him go...wow did that lead to a lot of tears. I was surprised at how attached he became to this little guy. We finally convinced him that it would be a good decision to let the frog rejoin his family and to help ease the pain we took a picture with him!
We headed down to Rockford on Saturday morning to finally take some pictures! It was a beautiful morning and the kids did pretty well with the idea.
The sun was really bright so some of the lighting didn't work with my photography skills - but at least we finally have some photos of the three kids together.
Addisen smile seems to get bigger and bigger with every shot!
They love to play in the waterfalls.
My big boy is finally sitting up consistently - that big head really makes it hard!
Ryder has mastered the army crawl and I'm not sure that he will ever crawl "normal". He can get himself anywhere he wants to be and into all the kids toys! His little friend at daycare is now standing...I really hope he doesn't learn that very soon. I think that is the scariest phase!
I love his little cheeks!
Great picture of Ryder and Addisen (even though they were staring at Jim waving his arms!)
My pretty girl!
I was lucky enough to catch this picture of Jim kissing Addisen's hand after she fell down - this will be shown at her wedding for sure!
Silly sister posing!
My big boy Brody! I cannot believe he is going to be 6 in a couple of weeks! Where has the time gone!
I realized this week that I am going to have a rough time being a "school agers" mom. Brody came home from school on Friday and told Jim that another boy had pushed him down and choked him. It almost brought tears to my eyes! Brody said he didn't tell anyone until he went to his classroom, so his teacher really couldn't do anything about it. I guess he just laid there while the boy choked him and his friends watched - what should they have done? I wouldn't expect 5 year olds to know much about choking....guess I am wrong! Jim taught Brody how to get someone to stop choking him the next time and I said he needs to tell the recess aid. It has bothered me thinking about the fear that he had in his eyes, thinking that I am the one sending him off to this school where he is being faced with things I never imagined. But I guess this is growing up...I guess this is the way it is suppose to be...I just have to hope that Jim and I know how to teach him to protect himself and how to be a great boy -one that will stand up for himself and his friends....oh boy can I really go through 12 more years of this?!
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