Mason, Miles, and Vance

This picture was taken in January 2007

Sorry for the lack of new posts lately. There just wasn't much to write about. Everyday is pretty much the same thing! I watch the kids and Jordan works and takes care of church business.

My baby is six months old today. It's just amazing how fast it goes. He is starting to get close to sitting up. I can not get him to eat cereal! He just does not like it. And no teeth yet. We are still trying to determine if his eyes are going to stay blue, or turn brown like Mason and Miles's eyes. Our hope is that they stay blue.

Vance's new move

Yesterday, Mr. Vance(or as we like to call him, Vancy-pants)rolled over for the first time. However, no one saw it happen. I put him on his back, and when I came back into the room a couple minutes later, he has on his tummy. He did it again today, and I did get to see it. Hopefully he will do what Mason and Miles did, which was roll over a couple times, then they didn't do it again for months. But, they also did it at four months, and Vance is already five. It's just so nice when they are still immobile.
Hopefully the next thing Vance will learn to do is sleep through the night. Right now, we are still getting up four to six times a night. It has gotten very, very old. I have not slept through the night for at least six months, because the last month or so of pregnancy, you have to get up to use the restroom. Sleep is just not Vance's thing. He has mastered the art of cat napping.
It's a good thing I like him so much!!

Fighting Children

Why do kids have to fight over everything???? And I mean, everything. The strangest thing is that Mason and Miles get in the biggest fights over who gets to say the prayer at meal times. Especially the lunch prayer. Almost every morning at breakfast, they start duking it out about who gets to say it at lunch. Sometimes it starts a few days early. "I get to say the lunch prayer on Friday!!!" to which the other will yell, "No! I get to say it!"
They also fight about who Vance belongs to. Miles will say, "He's my baby!" and Mason will yell back,"No, he's my baby!" Actually, I had a little talk with Mason and now will say, "He's our baby!" Sorry to inform you boys, but he is Mommy's baby! :)
At least so far(knock on wood)their fights are verbal and not physical. I'm sure we will get there someday. With three boys it's bound to happen. The funny thing is that Miles usually ends up winning a lot of their battles. He is a brut!

Why, why, why???

I have always wondered when Mason would enter the "why" phase. You know, when kids ask why about everything. Since Mason in five, I thought maybe it wasn't going to happen.
I was wrong.
Everytime I tell him to do something, he asks "Why?" Sometimes I can tell him why. Sometimes it leads to a scientific question I just can' t answer. For example, he asked me if he could play outside. I said no. "Why?" Because it's cold. "Why?" Because it's winter. " Why?"
Oye!
I have also had to resort to the "because I said so" line. I never thought I'd go that route, but I have.
I get to register Mason for kindergarten next month. I can't believe he's going to start regular school. They grow so fast. Sometimes too fast. Sometimes not fast enough!
Oh, and Miles is still Link. And the other day, he told me "I'm so proud of you Mom." What a funny boy!
And now, Vance is waking from a rare two hour nap. It's a Sunday miracle!

Vance has cereal for the first time

Yesterday, Vance had rice cereal for the first time. I am trying to be computer savvy by posting a video of this important moment. We'll see if I am successful. It may not happen.
Vance was completely bewildered about what I was trying to make him do. You would have thought I was trying to get him to eat big chunks of meat rather than tiny grains of rice mixed with a lot of water. He did not like it at all. But, I've been down this road before, and know that it doesn't take long before they eat everything in sight. Or ask for a snack every five minutes like Miles is doing now.
Well, the video download seems to be unsuccessful. I'll have Jordan help me later. My computer skills, or lack of them, are just awful!

The Upside Down Show

Mason and Miles have a new obsession in life. It is the Upside Down Show. This is a new show on the Noggin channel. They wait on pins and needles all day long so they can watch it. It doesn't come on until 4:30. If they are not watching, they are usually pretending to be Shane and David, the main characters of the Upside Down Show. Mason is David. Miles is Shane, but you can't call him Shane, because he is still Link(see previous blog entry). He gets very upset at Mason when Mason calls him Shane. They spend a lot of time doing "action fingers," which is a segment done on the Upside Down Show. They pretend that their fingers are superheros. The kids watching the show have an imaginary remote control, so Shane and David ask if they can press the rewind button, the play button, instant replay button, or the upside down button, and more. Mason is always asking me to press some button on my remote!
In other news... Mason has returned to school this week. Now, as much as I love Mason, I still love to send him off to school and have a bit of a break. Summer and winter break seemed like an eternity! I already long for the day that I put Vance on the school bus. Although, in reality, I'll probably cry like a baby!
Jordan was called to be 2nd counselor in the bishopric, so he is very busy these days. He has been high in demand. I think he is doing a great job. It has been an interesting challenge taking care of the kids at church. Miles is determined to go sit with his dad on the stand. Miles and I end up spending a lot of time in the hall while someone else sits with Mason and Vance. I'm afraid of what's going to happen when Vance is a few months older!