Brooks' prayer: "Please bless that I won't be mean to Cam and that I'll enjoy the spirit."
Cam is starting to say more words and it's so cute when I realizes that I recognize what he's saying. Some of the words he can say:
Dada, Momma, cheese, shoe, up, dog, this, again. I'm sure there is more that I can't remember.
Porter thinks he only says, "thzthzthz"
Signs- please, more
He shakes his head yes and no.
Cam finally started walking in August before he turned 19 months. He was so proud of himself and would clap every time he did it.
Last night we had a fun family home evening where the boys had to act out an animal while Porter played a song on the piano that went along with the animal. Cam loved this game and he would dance around and he tried to "jump" like a kangaroo when Mason acted this out. Cam definitely got into it, but his little feet never left the ground.
Porter and Mason have both been playing football. Porter's is tackle and Mason's is flag. Porter's is pretty intense and they practice 3 nights/week for 1 hr 45 min and then an hour and 20 min before each game on Saturday. His team is doing really well and is currently ranked 2nd in their division. Porter had a great pick in one of his games. It was actually a super exciting play.
Mason has loved flag football and he's turned out to be pretty good. He had two pick sixes in one game along with another touch down. He's thrown great passes and made great tackles. It is so fun to watch him move and get into the game. Mason is extremely athletic and he practices diligently to get better.
Porter has gotten back into playing piano again and I love it. The other day his friend Ollie Metcalfe was over and they sat down at the piano together and each played parts of a song.
Brooks started preschool on his birthday and is loving it. He does not like if anyone at school "teases" him, but he doesn't like that at home either. He is really good with numbers, but does not like working on his letters. He always tells me, I already the song. He does know the letters in his name and knows how to spell his name. He continues to love puzzles, driving his new dune buggy like a maniac, playing any sports his brothers play and riding his bike.
Jonas has developed a love of reading. And my most favorite thing to see him read is the Friend Magazine. He is so excited every time a new one comes in the mail and he devours it. Jonas still loves to run and has started cross country season. Jonas cut his face with a glass bottle that broke last month and he had to go to the ER to get stitches. The owners of Sports Den were so unbelievably kind and generous. I was at Little Caesars with Mason, Brooks, Cam and 3 of Mason's friends. We had walked/ridden bikes. When they called me about Jonas I was wondering how I was going to get over there to pick him up. They drove him to me. I was so grateful.
When I took Jonas to the ER, David met us. Jonas has become a lot less shy and he even twerked for several of the staff. I was dying and David I were wondering what happened to that shy, private little boy.
I miss his cute sweet toddler face, but he's growing up to be so handsome and funny.
