Monday March 23rd, 2020

Today is hard. This is my first birthday without making my Mom say Happy Birthday to me every 5 seconds.

2017
My boys may have got my obsession with hitting every state in the U.S. We have magnets of the United States, that we color in when we get to a new state. Kellan came up, looked at his magnet, and said, "Mom! I took a plane to Rhode Island on a field trip, so go ahead and fill in that state".....

The boys were spelling letters on each other's backs and guessing what letter was written. As Camden was writing letters on Kellan's back, Kellan guessed 'half circle' and 'money sign'. Sigh! Then Kellan proceeded to draw all numbers on Camden's back. Mr. follow all the rules didn't like that very much...

In getting ready for Kellan's birthday party (back in 2017), I told him he is going to greet everyone that comes to the party and said thank you. He whined and said "that's too many people! I guess I could get a microphone and just say it once!:.... Sigh....

I was in the kitchen and little monkey came running in. He walked to the drawer, pulled out the adult scissors, used them, and in a sing songy voice said "You're overprotectiiiive"...

Another 'this is why I keep them'. Kellan looked at me and said, "Mom, you look like you're beautiful and you like like you're cute".

Mr. always follows the rules Camden said, "Mom, we can have salami now, but not when we were in your tummy"... I think he meant salmon...

Kellan was writing his valentine's to his class. I peeked and saw, "I love you Bruce Broeker, you're cute Bruce"...

Camden (2nd grade) read the First Station of the Cross!

When I pick the boys up from school, I always try to pry on how their day was. It's like pulling teeth. Today, Kellan got in the car and said, "I tooted at school but did not smile". I laughed quietly and didn't pry anymore that day...

Little Kellan was sneezing and coughing. (Keep in mind this was 3 years before COVID-19). I asked him if he was getting a cold. He said, "No. I'm under the blanket"... Sigh...

We were all set up to play Life. I waited for the dreaded argument on who would go first. Camden piped up with, "I'll go first because I'm the role model". I turned to Kellan to see his reaction and he shrugged and agreed.