BECKETT
My boy, B, turned nine this year. It’s not hard to believe since I have felt like he’s been nine for a couple of months. For his birthday he wanted to go out to lunch and have a party with some friends. When I picked him up from school to go to lunch, he noticed Kyle was missing and asked where he was. I told him it was just a special lunch for him and I and he could not have been more thrilled. I let him pick where we ate and told him nothing was out of the question as long as we had time for it. All the boy wanted was a Baconater from Wendys. We normally only do cheeseburgers, or sometimes a regular bacon burger, so the chance to have his pick of the menu was exciting. And wouldn’t you know he polished off the whole thing along with some fries and a drink. I love soaking up all this goodness and funny personality. I pray that he never outgrows loving on my in public. We held hands, sat by each other and chatted the whole hour long. I had a hard time wanting to take him back to school.
The party was easy since he planned everything he wanted to do. My job was informing the moms and picking up prizes. Easy Peasy. The boys had a blast playing, ‘Left Center Right” and having a lego building competition. Beckett was bummed we didn’t get to the nerf gun dual, but was happy with everything else. It’s fun watching him interact with his friends. I love that he is the exact same person at home, at school, with his friends, or anywhere else. What you see is what you get with Beckett.
I love Beckett to high heaven. I love his self confidence and his self awareness. He is who he is and loves himself for it. He never gets down on himself or beats himself up. He has always danced to the beat of his own drum, and I hope he always has the courage to do so. Beckett loves sports and is turning out to be quite the little basketball player. He can’t wait for tackle football to start this year and has wanted to try wrestling for sometime. Beckett is smart. Math especially comes easy. He tests near the 90% for all third graders. Although he still has temper issues, he learning more and more how to deal with them. If he is in the mood, he is the best big brother. Cache and Kyle love playing with him because he’ll play with the toys they want to play with. Building and creating are still among his favorite hobbies. I love finding his creations and ideas around the house. Beckett is such a blessing and I have learned so much from him. If you are loved by Beckett, then you are loved fiercely. And that’s a blessing.
TAYDEN
Taydens day was pretty low key. Although I only have been throwing parties every other year, this year I decided to do one for both of them. Jodie and I were talking about how many years we have left of throwing parties where our kids actually want us to be there. I figured since I probably don’t have many left with Tayden, I am going to take every chance I can. So he gets a party too. Although, we are waiting until next weekend to do it. He spent his day playing his basketball game, hanging out with friends and gaming. The perfect day for an ELEVEN year old. How on earth did that happen. Eleven sounds so old, but I know twelve will be worse.
His dinner wish was mini pigs in a blanket and root beer floats (he’s waiting for his cake until his party). I mean, how easy does that get. He is an easy kid to please. Although, I did feel bad that we didn’t have anything to put a candle in as we sang happy birthday to him, so we used a lighter instead. He thought it was pretty funny and it made me grateful that we find joy in the little things in life. I love having such a low key family!
Tayden is one of a kind. He is the best oldest child. However, he is perfecting the art of teasing and that’s driving everyone a little crazy. He remains my right hand man and helps me out whenever I need it. Packing lunches, shoveling the walks, babysitting, calming down a little brother, and on and on. I love how Tayden is open to trying new things. He hasn’t wanted to play basketball (outside of shooting hoops in the driveway) for years, but his year he was invited to play on a team and he gave it a go. He has been absolutely loving it.
Tayden is still obsessed with football. He watches every game, draws up plays, colors pictures. He loves it all. School doesn’t come as easy for Tayden. Mostly because getting out to the field at recess is always on his mind. But, he works hard for school. He puts in the extra hours at Tuesday tutoring, brings home work that is completed but he wants to go over and gets up early to finish assignments. I am so proud of this boys work ethic.He is incredibly social and his friends love to be around him. He makes good choices and continues to be on the hope squad as an outlet for kids to turn to. He is just the best and I feel so lucky to be his mom.
I love this time of year when I get to celebrate this two boys. They are as much the same as they are different, but they have always been the best buddies. They love and trust each other and have a great relationship. It’s not void of arguments and the occasional fist fight, but its full of love!
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