How'd you sleep?

I think it's funny that when I ask Tre how he slept he answers with, "Well." (Using "well" grammatically correct too!) When I ask William how he slept he answers with the literal, "Bed, Blankie, Bear!"

Merry Christmas everyone! Santa was good to us and the boys were happy, so we can't complain. Although, Santa did have a few mishaps. He couldn't find the Geotrax tower that Tre's been asking for and that was his first question. When I heard, "Where's my Geotrax tower?" in a sweet innocent voice, I nearly cried because I felt so bad. Ahh well, they can't get everything they ask for. To add to that, Santa was getting Tre's new Leapster ready and realized "he" bought the recharging system and not the actual Leapster. Santa sent Jack to the stores at 10pm to find one and of course they were all closed. Santa left Tre a note along with his Leapster games telling him to ask mom and dad to buy one. Needless to say, we are going to the store first thing in the morning. I cried last night because I felt so bad. Pathetic, I know, but I couldn't help it! Thankfully, he's fine and he loved everything he got!

Mimaw and Pop Pop, Jack's parents, are in from Arizona for Christmas. They haven't seen the kids in over a year so it's been fun watching them get to know them. Jack's birthday was on Monday and his sister sent him a singing card and William just got the biggest kick out of it.

Tonight is Christmas Eve and Tre is soooooooooooooo excited! It's the absolute sweetest thing ever. He asked to go to bed at 5:45pm and I usually have to coax him into bed at 7:30ish. He picked out the cookies he wanted to leave for Santa and then suggested that we leave him CHOCOLATE milk. How thoughtful!

I don't know who is more excited for the morning, him or me! I can't wait to see his eyes light up when he sees what Santa left him and his brother.

William is oblivious to it all, but I am sure he'll be excited in the morning too! :)

Daddy spell

Jack was gone for 7 weeks, and although I dreaded those 7 weeks, they really weren't THAT bad! The kids were amazingly well behaved and I could probably count on one...maybe two...hands how often they were in time out or were in trouble.

Since he's been home, William's behavior has remained the same. I guess he is so young, he doesn't really know the difference of Jack being home or away; that, or he just doesn't care.

Tre, on the other hand, did care. He constantly cried for him, asked about him, wanted to talk to him on the phone, etc., and now that Jack's back he's like a different child. I think that since Jack was gone for so long, he built Jack up in his head to be this wonderful man (which he is) that let's him do whatever he wants (which he doesn't).

It's hard not to get my feelings hurt (I know he's three and doesn't know how to handle all of these emotions), but after so many days and so many, I want my daddy's, it's soooo hard. Ever since Jack has been home, Tre has acted out and when I punish him he screams for his daddy (who is mostly at work), like Jack will save him! He is constantly telling me how much he loves Jack and if I want to help him do something he'll say, "NO! I only want daddy to help", which is sooo sweet, but it keeps me wondering if I am chopped liver! I know. I know. He's only 3 and Jack was gone for a long time. I have to keep reminding myself! It's just hard because I was the one watching him and taking care of him for those 7 weeks and now I feel like he's blaming me for Jack having to leave.

I have to give props to Jack because when he gets home from work he takes over the disciplining so I don't have to be "Mr. Bad Guy" all the time. Last night Tre was REALLY acting out and Jack was VERY appropriately tough on him! Tre actually said, "I want my mommy!", which secretly made me smile. I hoped that might have finally broke Tre from his "daddy spell," and it might have.

Tre has been SOOOOO much better today. We went to Barnes and Nobles to play with the train table and after only 20 minutes William had a major poop and I was unprepared with no diapers so we had to leave. Tre simply said, "Okay!" and that was that! I was very proud! No talking back. No tantrums.

William has stage fright.

So, William was SUPPOSED to be on stage, but the minute he saw me, he climbed into my lap. I wasn't surprised at all. When the kids started singing, though, I wanted to get some pictures of Tre and you can see what happened! My poor baby!

Christmas Program

This video cracks me up. Tre was the star and the angel knocked his star loose and left his ears curled the whole time. I know all mother say this, but is he not the most precious thing ever?

Biking and braking

Tre's REALLY LOVES his bike, and he's getting so good at it too! I'm almost tempted to see how he does without training wheels. He's recently learned how to brake really hard and skid a little.