It's spring! Yay! I'm so glad to be done with this winter for so many reasons. Here's to a fantastic summer ahead!
Kira will be turning 2 years old in July! I'm going to wean her and potty train her and stop nursing her at night and start SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT again! Yay! I'm so excited! It's about time. I've been pretty much exhausted for the last 2 years and her pregnancy sucked with the whole G diabetes thing so It's been a rough 3 years. But things are looking up! Kira's at that toddler stage where she's not quite a baby and not quite a kid and I'm thinking by this time next year we'll have 2 kids and hopefully no diapers. She should be weaned and as much as I'll miss nursing her, its time for me to start taking care of myself again. Time to eat right and exercise and get sleep and be healthy. I'm so excited for this summer/this year - I may even join a gym. I've been researching the clubs around here and am trying to find one with good daycare hours.
We joined boy scouts....or cub scouts as William likes to tell me. Will loves it. I suppose I'll have to figure out how to sew or iron those little patches to his shirt one of these days. There is this great boy scouts store and we've been learning about how to make crystals (didn't work) and Will has been mining for gems (colored glass). He loves that store!
Kira calls William, "Brother Will". So sweet!
Will has been earning "freedom and responsibility" as rewards for good-behavior and for eating his lunches and such. It's working out pretty well. We've decided that there are over 100 points for "freedom and responsibility" and William is at a level 1.5 so he can go 1.5 blocks away outside alone. It's very exciting for him. He asks me if he can use some of his freedom. I say yes. He goes out the front door and stretches. Then he jogs down our street to the corner and turns the corner and stops at the alley and comes back. This way he doesn't actually cross any streets or any alleys. I think it lets me adjust to the idea of him being alone out there as much as it lets him adjust to the idea of being alone and being responsible for himself. Freedom!
We're going to have to teach that kid to ride a bike this year...and tie shoes...and swim. Poor kid is only going to know how to build lego things if we don't get on that pretty soon. One of those gyms I was looking at offered swim lessons but I don't really want to pay for a family membership so we'll see how all that goes.
