Today, in about 3 hours, is when our third son was born six years ago! With his birth the world gained an eternal optimist with unending energy. My friends would be telling me to relax. How can you relax when you can't even sit down for three years?
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's danger baby!
Yes, this was the guy who scaled the baby gate at 18 mo, pushed a chair to the stove, put a pot on it w/ a bunch of wooden utensils in it, then turned on the burner.
This was the three year old who climbed out the window of his sister's room, jumped from the ledge to the "low" roof, NAKED, right before his dad came home from work....in November.
His older brothers, Mr. Compliant and Mr. Rule Follower, didn't really know what to do with danger baby at first....then they realized that all the trouble they got into should be his fault.
It was almost as good as "not me." Eventually, they realized that he really did have most of the "cool" ideas, and so they became friends. Nothing like three boys in just under four years to keep a mom on her toes!
It's been messy. It's been hectic. It's been hair raising at times, but the third musketeer brought some much needed adventure to us all, along with the lesson that everything really does turn out okay, most of the time. He knows there's almost nothing that a smile and a hug can't fix.
He's now six. He's grown up a bit. He'll always be adventurous and bold. It's just now he has better outlets for it, like flag football and car races. Hopefully, he'll always be happy too. He thinks he'll be.
2 comments:
I'm so glad I found your blog (thanks Facebook!) I love reading about your kids, especially your nicknames for them. I miss hanging out with you and them--camping was so fun (hint hint, this is your cousin speaking ^_^)!
I'll have to make sure I check back again!
Fun! What do birthdays look like around your house?
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