My Boys

It's 2:27 P.M. and I have just sat down for the first time since dropping the boys off at school today. Since returning home, Starbucks in hand (a pleasure that will soon end once I have to be at work at 7:35), I have been knee deep in clothes. LOTS of clothes. Piles of clothes. Clothes that have been handed down to us but don't quite fit Will yet. Clothes that Will has outgrown but don't fit Alex yet. Clothes that Alex has outgrown. More clothes to be consigned in the fall or next spring. And lets not forget the clothes that they actually can wear right now. It is a huge undertaking and one I usually only take on twice a year, ALWAYS when the boys are at school and ALWAYS with Starbucks!

I went straight to work. I didn't even take the time to turn on the TV for some background noise. I became so nostalgic going through some of the things that Alex can no longer wear.....that once even fit Will. My babies are getting SO big. I know this is what happens. It just makes me sad. I love the little boys they are growing into and I love the stages they are in, but the mounds and mounds of clothes remind me how quickly each season really does pass.

I have LOVED my summer with them. This summer was so much fun because they are both at a pretty easy age to go places and do things and take out to breakfast or lunch and to play with each other (for about 10 minutes...). There were moments (probably every day) that I just wanted to lay down and watch reruns of 90210 and drink a diet coke and just have a bit of silence. Selfish, yes. Truth, oh yes!! But that is what I am doing right now---Diet Coke, 90210, silence.....and I have missed them like crazy today!!! I remember earlier this summer after having been up several hours (we are early risers around here....me, not by choice), and after playing outside, playing inside, eating multiple snacks, I finally told Will that he couldn't have anymore snacks, but we could go ahead and eat lunch because I was SURE it was lunch time. Y'all, it was 9:47 A.M. I kid you not. I couldn't believe it. That is how exhausted I was. I was just positive that it had to be time for a lunch break and then a nap soon after!! Nope....9:47.

But that is just our stage right now. In just two short weeks when summer is officially over, I know I will long to be home with them playing "boat" on the couch or "crack the egg" on the trampoline or "kitchen" and ordering up some pizza and cookies. It has been a good summer. FULL. Full of crazy, frustrating, hysterical moments and full of doughnuts and ice cream dates!

Will and Alex, at 4.5 and 2, are awesome. Even though they are both boys, they could not be more different. Don't judge me for my next statement, but when people ask how I would compare their personalities, this is the best way I know how to...I feel like Will is going to be the designated driver where Alex is going to be the guy dancing on the tables :)
Will is our first born, anal, cautious, resistant to change. He loves to go "exploring" with John into the woods in our neighborhood. He is obsessed with bugs. He loves to build things or rig things up in his room or outside. His sense of humor is hysterical and the things he says make us laugh always and question where in the world he gets this stuff from. He will go up to Alex and squeeze his cheeks and say "You are just SO cute, I have nothing to do with you!" This cracks us up...we think he is trying to say that Alex is so cute, he doesn't know what to do with himself....

Alex is almost the exact opposite in every way. He is free spirited, WILD, fearless (sometimes to a fault), and a complete goofball (He probably gets that from Will). He is drawn to sports of all kinds and constantly wants to be playing with a football or a ball and bat....and He LOVES to eat.

I am sad to see the summer end. I have so enjoyed a slower pace of life. Not having to be anywhere so early. The boys start their new class on Monday. Prayers would be appreciated...especially for Alex. I feel like we can reason with Will to explain to him what is going on and he understands. I think the change will be rough on Alex. While he is so very easy going and go with the flow, he LOVES Ms. Mek-Mek and Ms. Kei-Kei and I know Monday will be rough on his little heart!