Summer Birthdays

Anders turns 14 and Hans turns 2.  It's so hard to believe on both accounts.  Anders is excited to go to a larger Jr. High next year.  A little nervous.  He does miss his Charter school friends and I think he realizes what a great opportunity that was to know so many kids and have the teachers and administrators know them so much as well.  He also loved his 8th grade core teacher and I'm sure he'll miss her teaching style.  It was perfect for Anders.  We appreciate the unique experiences he had there.  He looks so forward to the new chapter coming up in his life.  Every time I look at him I think he has grown.  My sweet and easy and peaceful little Hans has turned into me energetic, crazy bundle of energy.  WOW!  I thought I got off easy with my last one.  Either that or I thought I had perfected my parenting skills and had really done a number on this last one.  He has done what Elli did when she was 18 months old.  When Hans turned 18 months, almost to the day, he realized he had his own agenda and could enforce it.  It feels like he runs our household!  His eyes are always huge, like he just saw the greatest thing he has ever seen in his life-except he's that way all the time!!  He is completely excited about the world and enjoys every minute of it.  That also means he's into EVERYTHING!  I'm feeling old.  I can hardly keep up.  I absolutely crash into bed every night!  He loves animals, especially elephants and grandma and grandpa's horse Pepper.  He also LOVES tractors, loaders, back hoes etc.  Like Bret says, these 3 little boys will either keep us very young or cause us an early death!  We love them!