Today I met a new mom at the play center that I take the kids to. Well…actually I met her a while back but we had only really shared a few words here and there. Today however we got to chatting and Nate and her son started playing and well a lot of time past. Finally it was time for all of us to leave when we discovered that we live about two blocks apart so we decided to walk together. We got to the point where our path split and stopped. We stood enjoying the sunshine and talking for about half an hour while the boys slept in the strollers and the babies (she has a 7 week old) slept on our chests in their carriers.

It is so wonderful to meet new moms and to have other adults to talk to.

I am amazingly blessed to have 3 wonderful children. They are great kids (although I will deny it if you ask me on a school day morning). So I just wanted to brag a little.

Cam is an amazingly smart child he is 4 and is learning to read and write. He is also very good at math (adding and subtraction). He is very thoughtful and loves helping others and is quick to smile.

Nate is toilet training which for him is an extra big challenge. He is also doing great with his speach and works very hard at it. He is loving and funny boy who loves to entertain and make people smile.

Aly although young is very out going. She recently started crawling and now she seems unstoppable. She loves exploring. She is a very happy baby.

I count myself blessed to have such wonderful children. I am amazed at how quickly they are growing up right in front of me.

I love you kids!

This morning Nate was so excited that there was snow again. The whole walk to Cam’s school he was talking about the snow so we played out side for a while but it wasn’t enough time for him, so after Cam came home from school we played out side for a little longer. I swear if he had the choice he would have stayed outside till the sun went down.

While the boys were playing in the snow I noticed something peeking through. Through the snow and dead leaves I could see the tips of something growing. I am not sure what it is but then again I don’t know what most of the plants are in my garden. However I do know what means. Spring is almost here. In just a few shorts weeks the air will start to warm and we will cast off these horrible winter coats and move to a much freer revitalized time. I love spring but even more I LOVE the changing of the seasons.

Earlier this afternoon the boys were sent to their room for misbehaving. They were suppose to have quiet reading time on their individual beds, but for some reason Nate decided he would go over to Cam’s bed and steal his blankets off of it while Cam was under them. Of course this made Cam REALLY mad and a fight ensued. At least this is the story the boys told me after. I joined the event when I heard Nate screaming in pain for his brother to stop. I went up stairs to find Cam pinning Nate to the bed with his full body weight with Nate scream “No Cam, Stop!”. I broke up the fight to find out that Cam had bitten Nate (which he lied about when I asked him but there were teeth marks to prove it) and he had scratched up Nate’s face. The poor kid looks like he was in a cat fight.

Nate's battle scars.

This is a picture Rob took of Nate a few  hours after the fight and posted to his blog. (I stole it from his blog.) You can see some of the scratches. The boys have always rough housed but I hate that they are becoming this violent with each other. I know boys will be boys but this I can not and will not accept. Cameron has become more aggressive since starting school and I must find away to put an end to it. I am just not sure how to do it. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Oh. P.S. Nate’s okay. I think it looks worse then it feels. And he did get off scot free Cam got in trouble for hurting him but he also got in trouble for being up on Cam’s bed pulling it apart.