News for all three!

Today Ezra had orientation for kindergarten. The parents had a big meeting in the gym with the principal and the kids went off to color and play and make friends. It was a very information filled morning for me and very fun for Ezra. I simultaneously felt both very old and very young. Old because I do not feel old enough to have a child ready for school and young because I was one of the youngest parents there. There are 70 children registered for kindergarten at his school next year. Also, I want to articulate that while I feel too young to have a child in school, I do feel ready. So, so ready. 

Silas is doing really well with potty training again. He is back to fully trained, both day and night. He only wears a pull-up swimming, and only just in case. 

Philip can roll over both directions! Front to back and back to front. Yay!

Four Month Sizes

Philip had his shots today (cried a lot) and got weighed and measured. He is at 4th percentile for weight! He jumpd up the curve by two whole percents! 

Here are all three boys, for comparison. 

Philip:

Weight: 13lb

Height: 24.8"

Head: 16"

Silas:

Weight: 13lb, 3.5oz

Height: 24.5"

Head: 16"

Ezra:

Weight: 13lb, 8oz

Unfortunately I have no other data for Ezra. 

Interesting that Philip is taller than Silas was with the same head circumference. Almost the same weight too! He's catching up! Woot woot! 

Uncle Tim and Auntie Uncle

That's what Silas was calling them anyway. 

While we certainly all missed Seth and Asher, we had a fabulous visit with my sister Robin and brother-in-law Tim. We did lots of fun things and had lots of great conversations. Here's a photo journey for you of our long weekend together. 

Philip's Baptism

Today was a busy day. This morning at church we had Philip baptized. Then his daddy preached his first sermon! After naptime had a small party with some church family and cake! It was a great day having Philip join God's family. 

During the baptism, Philip screamed the whole time. The whole time. He hadn't slept in more than three hours and was very tired. There was nothing I could do. Oh well, just part of life I guess. 

Rob did great with his sermon. It was so fun for me to hear him preach the word of God. Many people complimented him on his content and delivery. 

Like I said, a very busy day. But it was very good too! 

We had a friend videotape the baptism for you. See if you want to listen to 7 minutes of screaming ;). And, of course, there are pictures. 

BAPTISM

Bless Ezra

Ezra has a huge heart. He is sweet and sensitive and kind. He loves to help people and puts other's happiness before his own, often to a fault. It is beautiful to see him love others so deeply and wholly. 

Yesterday with no prompting or conversation starting from me he pipes up, out of the blue, "I would like to donate some of my books and toys Mama." 

So I asked him why. 

"Because lots of other kids don't have toys and books and I have so many. So I would like to give them away to kids who need them more than I do." 

Oh, bless him. 

And for the next 45 minutes he went around the house choosing some of his most precious possessions, carefully deciding what toys would be best to donate. Not because they were toys he didn't like or didn't use, but because they were his favourites. 

I kept checking, "Ezra are you sure about [this item]?!?! You love it!" 

"I'm sure Mama. If I love it, maybe another kid will too." 

Oh, bless him. 

It ended up being a large box. I reluctantly removed a few items I was unwilling to part with (Philip hasn't even had a chance to play with them yet!) and he agreed that we could save a few for his brother. 

His dinosaurs. His Cat in the Hat Learning Library books. His stuffed gibbon mother and baby. His Bible. Things he loves. So willing and generous and altruistic and missional. 

Let's learn from him. Let's be willing to give up our best for someone else. Someone we may not know. Someone who may not have anything or anyone. Let's give our favourite things because we cherish them and others deserve to have something to cherish. 

Let's give our things. Our time. Our selves. 

Four Month Old Philip

Philip is four months old today and to commemorate I made this fun video. I tried to catch him giggling but he just had a few chuckles. Enjoy!

What's up

I haven't updated this for a while and I have lots to say, so here it goes. 

Ezra: reads. All. The. Time. Can't get him to come to the table. Can't get him to get dressed. He just wants to read. A very good problem to have. He is VERY excited to be starting soccer next month. He is also VERY excited about starting school in September. 

Silas: so much for potty trained. We've gone from almost total independence to complete regression to semi-trained in the last few weeks. I guess that's what happens when you get diarrhea off and on for three weeks and your dad leaves for a week. Oh well, it'll come back. We keep working on it. We have also submitted a referral for a Speech and Language Assesment. He is not doing as well as I'd like and I want to implement any plans sooner than later. He also has perfect eye sight, as he went for his first optometry appointment ever last week. 

Philip: can roll over again! He's been sleeping 7-4 or 5 and then until 7 or 8. We are still breast feeding and bottle feeding and it is still not always awesome. He is our smiliest baby. We still have him in the playpen in our room, and we will keep him there until after Rob and I get home from Italy this July. He is four months old later this week and will go for shots and a checkup later this month. 

Rob: just got back from a conference in San Diego. It was great- he made lots of work connections, met a Noble prize winner, got mistaken for James Franco, presented three times, got third place, and judged another category. We were so happy when he came home! On Friday of last week, he was hit by a car while he as biking to work. He has a few scratches and a big nasty bruise but is fine. He could have been killed but thankfully his injuries are very minor. Today Rob participates in a research fair at the university. 

Me! Three of the four of us (me included) got the stomach flu while Rob was away and it was terrible. We had a lot of people help us while he was away but I still felt like I barely survived. I have been trying to keep up on painting but I haven't sold anything yet (but it's only been a month). I am really excited about our next visitors later this month (Robin and Tim without the boys!) and also our trip to Italy in June/July. 

Mother's Day

Do you want to know the best part of Mother's Day? 

My kids. 

After all, I wouldn't be honoured on Mother's Day without them. 

So thanks for bringing me joy and snuggles and laughter, boys. Thanks for loving me and drawing me silly pictures and telling me humourless jokes and silly made-up dreams. 

And thank you God for giving them to me. 

Spring Frolic

There was a fundraiser at Ezra's future school today and we all walked down for the fun! There was face painting, games, a bouncy castle, an auction and more. It was a lot of fun and very busy. Here are some pics: 

This was a major highlight. 

Both boys had a blast in here. 

Silas got his face painted; Ezra wanted a temporary tattoo. 

Enjoying some cotton candy. Well Ezra enjoyed it, Silas not so much. 

Of course, Philip was there too! 

I have an etsy shop!

Rob is amazing. We all know this. Here's one more reason: he has been coming home early every Friday afternoon for several weeks now, to give me time to paint. It has been fabulous.

And now, I have enough pieces of art to open an etsy shop. So I have. It's open. 

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Kimprintpaintings07?ref=si_shop

Go here. Tell your friends. Buy something. Encourage me. Do it.