We're hitting those milestones, left and right. In a few weeks, Cullen turns five. F-I-V-E. I cannot believe it. Cullen is wonderful for so many reasons, he's happy-go-lucky, he's hilarious, he has the
best laugh, but he lacks a little bit of discipline and focus. So, we signed him up for karate. The first class was rough, he spent the majority of the time falling on the floor; apparently, he already knows what karate is all about- hitting, he's seen it on Power Rangers. But the instructor had patience and made sure that he was focusing on the actual sport of karate and not just the action-shot highlights. He did a lot better during his second class, his focus and participation was much more refined.
Arden got signed up too. He's a natural athlete and needs to harness some of his athletic skills for screaming, "watch 'dis!" as he jumps off of any spot that he can find. Arden has taken on the role of the younger brother: you fall, I fall; you laugh, I laugh; you make fart noises, I make fart noises. Karate helps Arden harness some of his energy and also find constructive ways to show his talent, rather than just jumping from surface to surface.
And finally, the baby. She's getting teeth. Not going to lie, I thought for some reason that maybe she wasn't going to get any teeth, like they hadn't formed or something, so I was real happy when she started cutting the bottom two. And as luck would have it, girl likes to eat. She gets that from her Mama. We started off small, baby food and what not and we've now moved up to anything Gerber that doesn't require teeth or small pieces of anything that's soft; bread, cake, pie, you name, she's tryin' it.
It's a very exciting time for our family, we're all learning and growing together. The boys are becoming more athletically inclined old boys (Cullen yells at me when I say that he's a young man) and Jameslyn is chewing and once there's chewing there's talking and then there's everything else... And that's what I'm looking most forward too: the everything else.
