Callum!
I decided that periodically I would show you all what it is like to live in our house with our children. Actually, I wanted to show you what a typical day with Callum is like, because many of you have asked if his antics have changed now that he is "older". But, so that other siblings (who may or may not be looking over my shoulder right now) don't feel bad. We will each let them have their day. So expect to see lots of pictures of Lego playing ;)
And without further ado, here is Callum!
Callum is usually the first up every morning (usually around 6. Sometimes later). It usually means he grabs a little yogurt cup, sits down and eats it before wandering back into bed with me. This morning, he woke me up to tell me the microwave went "boom!" ... That's never a good sign. In typical fashion though, he tried cleaning most of it up first. When it comes to this kid, God tends to give me an overabundant dose of mercy. This time in the form that Callum was actually near the microwave as it had 5 more minutes on the timer when he got scared of the noise and opened it. He wanted to make sauce for pancakes.
He decided to eat my dessert yogurt instead of his normal vanilla. A caffeine high doesn't bode well for my day. :/
Throughout the day you will find lots of dancing. He gets his moves from his dad. ;)
And many days you will find at least one article of clothing on backwards. Or inside out. Or both. Don't try to reason with him either. If he doesn't want it to change, it's not worth the stubborn battle. Maybe this Mama should care more about her child's appearance... but she doesn't.
Playing in the sand pit for the baseball diamond.
Yes, I am that mom who takes sand toys to the baseball game so that her kids will have toys to play with there. The other moms might not want to lower themselves to my standards, but I have heard them encourage their children to go and play and share the toys with mine. ;)
And since I snuck a picture of Aiden in, here is one of Liam as well (did you note my above comment about children hovering... ;) ... I think he ended up getting a triple at this at bat.
Playing with random water trickles going into the garage drain. He actually stared at it for 5 minutes, before he finally decided to help it along.
It rained in the afternoon. So they were housed indoors.
He isn't afraid to take on the bigger/stronger/older opponents.
And to head-butt them to take them down.
It looks so fun, sometimes the whole gang wants to get involved. Until Mommy gets involved when it gets too rowdy, tells them to go downstairs and clean up. I send the boys to clean up their Legos. And Callum his duplos. "Ok, sure!" is his response.
I come down to find this. Guiltily he looks at me. And I say, "Is that a duplo?"
So he walks over and generously throws a couple handfuls into the bin...
...while he waits for me to head back upstairs.
10 minutes later, they come upstairs playing train. At least they aren't bashing each other with pillows.
Being my knight and killing a [dead] spider again. :)
And lest I be lonely, he decided to keep me company and read a book while I was folding laundry.
Saying goodnight to the tree frog.
Bedtime yogurt snack? Umm, no. Play puzzle? Ummm, no. Endless requests to keep us out of bed? Definitely. But there is always tomorrow. :)
I didn't figure you needed pictures of naptime, and I didn't take pictures on our walk and other random parts, but you've got the jist of what a typical day is like. Some days there is definitely more destruction involved, some days more mess, but some days I am let off the hook.
All in all, I'm blessed. :)
