STRETCH

Wherever sleep may find you..

I put 'Thing 2' in his bed and told 'Thing 1' to go to bed.  After about thirty minutes I went to check on T1 and this is what I found...

Yes, that's him asleep in a laundry basket...WHOW!!  What a cute kid. ;)

Sure do love you son...

Dad

Happy Birthday 'Thing 2'!!

Noble turned three today.  We did the usual.  Presents, cake, song and WATER PARK!  Here are some pics!

Noble had a great day, first thing he said when he saw his presents was "Thank you mom and dad!"  You are welcome little man.....enjoy those golf clubs, you have a scholarship to earn!

Dad

Who's Your Daddy?

So, guess what's coming up?  One of my favorite days of the year: Father's Day (which I'm petitioning a name change to 'Who's Your Daddy? Day').

This will be my fifth year as a dad and in my own unique, sometimes crazy mind, I will have won the 'Dad of the Year' award for the fifth consecutive year.  Obviously, Father's day is a time to be honored, but honestly, I consider this special day a reminder of the great responsibility and privilege I have to be called 'Dad'.

This week, to celebrate Dad's, I want to touch on a few priorities that I believe are critical to effective Fatherhood.  I strongly believe that 'priorities' must be given way to and men, unless we 'fight' to grow these in our own lives, we can easily be sidetracked, simply settling for compromised Fatherhood. 

Phillip Lancaster said.-  "What this country needs is a few good men - husbands and fathers who are willing to love and lead their households with manly resolve and godly vision."

Stretch Yourself

Jesse

Friday's are my Favorite

I love Friday's for a a couple of reasons: First, it begins my weekend.  Secondly, I have the whole day with my boys.  Here is a glimpse of our day so far:

Wake up call: 7:30 (Noble yelling "Daddy!!!!" from his room)

Official wake-up: 8:00 (Me getting Noble out of his room)

Breakfast: 8:06 (Friday's = Special breakfast; today's choice was TRIX)

Chill time: 8:40 (Star Wars for Halon, watching Oswald for Noble)

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(Okay, you get the picture - so here are some 'real' pics for your viewing pleasure:

*This picture is Halon in his Bears jersey - it represents much love to my fellow Bears fans @Bradgross @jennikeating and it should breed discontentment from my new friend and Bear hater @mr60ii.

Oh and Halon is engineering some MAD Lego SKILLS!!!

This is Noble.  He is a 'lefty' and here he is working on his penmanship.

Friday's are my favorite!

Jesse

"It's your birthday....it's your birthday"

Today is my eldest son, Halon's (pronounced Hay-lon; often referred to as 'Thing 1') birthday.  The last few days he has given us the countdown in days. "My birthday is in two more days!"  This morning, the first thing he said was, "Happy Birthday to Halon!" and then he pulled his pants down to show me that he did not sleep in a pull-up and this confirmed his 'big-boy' status.  Thank you son.

Enjoy some pics!

The theme this is was Star Wars, so my young jedi had a blast with this custom made Anakin outfit. Light Saber included! I'm so proud.

Next we moved on to opening presents.  Can you see the excitement?

Before he opened the first one, I said, "Let's open your presents buddy, every one of them is NEW UNDERWEAR!!!  That went over like I lead balloon....here was his response:

After some counseling, cajoling and apologizing (gees dude, take a joke!) he opened all of his gifts and the morning was salvaged with his very own box of Trix!

Oh and Noble (affectionately referred to as Thing 2) did a great job on-looking!  Two thumbs up for the great attitude Noble!

You would think I would have learned by now...

Every time, and I mean EVERY time I give my almost three year old something to eat or drink - it ends up in a mess on the floor.  Why haven't I learned this lesson?  Why do I keep trusting him to 'keep it clean'? 

It could be applesauce, it could be macaroni and cheese.  It could be a water cup, or a bowl of pineapple.  It ALWAYS ends up on the floor. 

I think....he needs a trough.  I may install it right in front of the TV and fill it so he can graze most of the day.