the happy couple

Tessa and Carson sitting in a tree….ok, in the hallway at daycare. 

Every morning as Tessa walks in the door, Carson says, “Hi Tessa” in a very sweet, loving tone.  Tessa replies in the same tone, “Hi Carson”. 

Many of the high school students (that work in the day care) have mentioned how cute Carson and Tessa are together.  They are “joined at the hip” so to speak. 

When you ask Tessa about Carson, she starts to whisper and giggle saying, “he’s my boyfriend”.  And from what I hear, Carson feels the same. 

Tessa says that they plan to get married when they grow up and they want to have a ball pit at the wedding.

parenting

I saw this comic strip and found it to be first, really funny, and second, really true!

Being a psychology major in college combined with my experience working with people with disabilities, I used to think that I knew a lot about being a parent.  I would see mothers in the stores with their screaming children and I would judge them.  “My children will never act like that”, I would think to myself.  Or, I’d see little kids running around with bare feet on dirty floors with stains on their shirts and runny noses and I’d think “not my kids, never”. 

So there I was on Saturday night, sitting in the germ-infested McDonalds playland with two bare-footed, runny-nosed kids with stains on their clothes and messy hair and feeding them greasy chicken nuggets and fries.  It occurred to me that I am not the mother that I thought I would be.  They have worn me down. 

But, I think that every parent must think, “my kids won’t be like that” before they have children, or no one would ever procreate.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my children dearly, but OH I’m so tired.

Wrestle-Mania

Nate has begun an exciting career in wrestling.  Ok, I don’t know if it’ll become a career, but he really likes it…and he’s pretty good at it!!

He had the opportunity to sign up for “little Vikes wrestling” sponsored by the high school wrestling team.  He had his first “match night” last night.  He did a fabulous job and I was so proud of him.  He is pretty strong for a little guy.  He has two more “match nights” if anyone’s interested in coming!