That Long

Has it really been that long since I left a Blog? Oh wow! I guess Facebook status updates have ruled my life and I forgot how much fun it is to write. My little boys are growing up so fast.

Dylan just turned 5 this week. That means he definitely not a baby anymore and not a toddler either. He's just a kid and a smart one at that. He hasn't been in pre-school this year. It just didn't work out. The one he was in closed down and by the time I started calling around, the others were all booked up. I know, academically, he'll be just fine in school. His only problem is being easily distracted. I'll tell him to do something and he starts to go do it and then he sees a toy or something on the floor that shouldn't be there and he takes care of that and totally forgets what he was supposed to go do. I used to think, WHY does he do that? But really, I am just like that. I'll be on my way to do a load of laundry but I'll see something out of place and I'll put it away and then I'll notice I forgot to make a phone call and then I'll remember I needed to add something to my calendar and then I'll check my e-mail while I'm there and before I know it an hour has past and I haven't started that load of laundry. Can those type things really be hereditary?

Eli is 2 1/2 and so full of character. He wakes up with the biggest smile on his face and the first thing out of his mouth is, What's for breakfast or Can you fix me some breakfast? He's a tough little booger, too. He cries over pain but not near as long as you would expect. He does, however, know just how to whine when his brother is around to get his brother in trouble or to get his brother away. He's got that one mastered. Most of the time they play together really well. Days where they create games are the funnest for me. They started playing air hockey with the base to their marble race track and they've made up their own rules which pretty much make them both winners and everybody's happy. I love that! Dylan is extremely helpful with Eli and protective when others come around even though he likes to beat up on him when nobody else is looking. Next year, when Dylan starts pre-school, it's going to be a different world around this house.

I've been on Facebook for a year and a half or so now and just came in contact with my best friend from high school. You know, the one that knows everything about you...your deepest, darkest secrets. We haven't been in contact much since about 2 years after I graduated. There have been Christmas cards and maybe a phone call or two, but this recent connection has led to lots of laughs, late night searches for old CDs or pictures. It's that feeling deep-down of finding something you've been missing for so long. It's that smile that won't go away when you're talking, even if it is just through a Chat window. It's that excitement to see if they posted something on your wall or are online at the same time as you. I love it! Facebook has been incredible in ways I did not imagine. I go to church with a lot of people but in the hustle and bustle of getting your kids to their class and teaching a class and then picking kids up and all the other stuff, you don't get a chance to talk with everyone. Sure, there are church activities, but even then we spend half the time preparing food for our kids, feeding our kids, cleaning up after our kids so if they aren't sitting at the table with you, you probably aren't talking much. So, Facebook has been our connection. I know it's crazy! I've gotten to know people better because you post things on here you wouldn't just walk up and tell someone. Sometimes it is just what's going on that day or that they are sick or kids are sick, but it's a way for us to connect like never before. I've been able to talk to friends who live overseas and I wouldn't normally call them or sit down and type a letter, but I might leave a line on their wall and they on mine letting us feel like we're still "friends", still "connected", still "communicating".

Life is so good right now. Even when I don't feel great or the kids are sick, ultimately I wouldn't change a thing about life right now. I sit here with a half-cocked smile on my face just because I'm thinking about all the fun stuff that has happened in my life in the last 6 months. Don't get me wrong! There have also been lots of frustrating things, but don't they make you a better person. Don't they make you stronger. I think they have for me. Smile!