My Superheroes

Halloween was a blast this year.  We had gorgeous weather and I had two little superheroes to protect me!  

Huston we started off a week early by double dating with Heather and Gavin to the Mummy and Me dance.  There wasn’t much dancing, but there was lots of running up and down the halls and chasing balloons.

Then on Halloween day, I got to go to both of your school parties.  Momma is lucky to have a job where I am able to take off work and enjoy these moments with you!  First stop was Huston’s kindergarten class.  We had some spooky snacks and then made a bat as the craft.  

Then we moved to Nolan’s daycare party where we had even more snacks and games.  

Next stop was the karate party at H’s after school program.  You both got to wear your costumes (Iron Man and Batman) and do karate tricks.  Everyone was great about showing Nolan what to do and you both had a blast.

Then we went to a trunk or treat with a bouncy house and hayride.  It was lots of fun and Nolan you even trick or treated like you’d done it a million times.   You were very polite and said “thank you” to each person.  Then looked at them all sweet and said “more”.

It was a fun, but exhausting night.  When we got home Iron Man went to bed and Batman passed out candy until we ran out.

Love you boys!

Nolan - November 2014

Nolan,

You are TWO!  How this happened so quickly I have no idea.  You were my chubby baby and now you are this skinny little toddler that never quits moving.  As much as I enjoy watching you grow, I miss my widdle biddy baby.  Lucky for me you are a huge cuddler and give me lots of loving.  You will sit right by me on the couch and put your little arm around my neck and hug me every 15 minutes or so and look at me and say “momm-mma”.  You have really started talking and can repeat almost anything we say.

At your 2 year old well baby you weighed in at 28.2 lbs (52%) and are 33.25 inches tall (26%).  You got one shot and gave the nurse a dirty look and pointed at her and said "you poked."  The whole drive home you said “doctor poked, doctor poked” in a sad little voice.  

You also have the most adorable curls.

You love to wrestle your big brother, jump, free fall off any high surface and your new thing is making sound effects for it all.  We went to the park earlier this week and you climbed up the huge slide (going the wrong way) and then slid down it.  No big deal.  You are fearless and I’m just waiting for the first ER trip….I know it’s happening soon.

Now that you are a little older, you are obsessed with farm animals, mostly cows.  Only you can’t just say cow…it’s “Papa cow”.  You love your Papa.  You got a barn and animal set for your birthday and will play with it for hours.  You love doing animal sounds too and it just might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen when you do a mouse.

The TV has also caught your eye and you discovered Handy Manny.  This was also Huston’s favorite at two, so you were handed down Manny and his tools.  You go around the house repairing things and are glued to the show when it’s on.

It is fun watching your sweet little personality turn to a little bit of crazy.  You are starting to tease, stand up for yourself with “brubber” and try to make people laugh.  I just love you so much and always hope you know what you mean to me.  There isn’t a day that my heart doesn’t well up at something sweet you’ve done or something that makes me proud.  I love you baby boy.

Huston - November 2014

Huston,

You might be turning into a teenager already.  Everything is “boring”.  You prefer showers over baths.  You have homework.  You’d rather play on your “phone” (aka iTouch) than anything else.  You are only FIVE, stop it!  Be my little boy again.

 

After school you go to the Stillwater Martial Arts program.  You really enjoy it and have had two belt ceremonies and a tournament.  I love seeing the confidence you have in yourself and how well you follow direction.  You really look up to the guys that run it and they are really good about talking to the class about focus, discipline, etc.

 

With the time change it is dark when we get home, so you are really missing playing outside with your friends.  I have to say I kind of like you being indoors with us though, we kinda missed you when you were outside from the time we got home until bedtime.  Hopefully you can bundle up and play with them on weekends still.

 

You are working on being polite and phrase things the cutest way.  "Mommy is it ok if I please play outside?"  Although you still lose it from time to time, I’ve really noticed your patience improving.  I’ll hear you get short with Nolan and then you will calm down and rephrase in a softer voice.  You are really proud of yourself when you teach him to do something and he just falls more in love with you each time.  That little brother of yours ADORES you.

 

You are learning so much at school.  It still amazes me when you spell a word or write something really clearly.  There are times you will just blurt out some random bit of knowledge and it takes me by surprise because it seems like you are too young to grasp.  You are going to be a thinker.  You’ll hear something or watch how something works and sometimes hours later you will follow up with how you think it works or ask more questions.

 

You are a little quirky with your outfits and I’ve learned to just let it go.  It’s not uncommon for you to go to school with some random colors going on or high water sweat pants with crazy socks on.  You are definitely expressing yourself.

 

I love you so much Huston.  You are such a smart, handsome and caring boy and every day I am proud of you.  I hope that you always love your momma as much as you do right now.