My boys are at a very sweet stage right now. Hooper is 5 1/2 and Boston is 2 1/2. Hooper is starting to read and learning things so quickly. Boston's vocabulary is growing by the minute and he wants to be big like his brother. Hooper has zero baby in his face and is all little boy. He even has a few loose teeth. Boston is beginning potty training and is getting so coordinated.
On the other hand, Boston has moments when he hugs my leg and says, "Monny (Mommy) hold you?" That means he wants me to hold him which I ALWAYS do. Hooper continues to posses a certain sweet innocence that I know will all to soon be changed by the world we live in. So at the moment I have the best of both worlds. A little bit of baby and a little bit of big boy.
Hooper has been asking how to spell everything. He loves to read the treehouse books which are his first chapter books. He believes he is the smartest kid in his class and he will readily tell you this. The funniest thing in the world to him is to insert the world hiney where it does not belong, much to the dismay of his father.
Boston has picked up the phrase, "Are you kidding me?" I blame Shiloah for that. If he gets spanked he swipes at his assailants hand and says, "Don't spank me!" That's probably my genes kicking in. In everything Boston does, he puts his whole heart into it. If he's mad, he's mad all over and he can not be talked down. If he loves you, he will kiss you and cuddle you until you feel like the most special person in the world. He does nothing half-way.
This stage is so odd for me. I have had difficulty letting go of not having little babies anymore. I am getting better at it every day. But I will always hold on to these boys and they will always be my babies.
