Charming Boys

My sons are so wonderful. I can say that now, because they are both currently sleeping. But once either one wakes up, I won't think they are so wonderful then! :) Especially because they will wait until I am finally comfortably snug and warm in bed before getting me back up. But come morning, I will think they are wonderful once again.

I brought both boys to choir with me tonight. Nick is out of town again for the night. We will pick him up at work tomorrow evening. But his day out of town would have to fall on a day that I had choir. They both did really well, I was a proud mama. It also helps that everybody is so easy-going. Whenever I would try to quiet one of them, everybody else would speak up, "Oh they're fine!" It relieves some of the pressure to present a "perfect children" face to the world.

Joey charmed everybody with his dancing to the music and walking around the entire room, stopping by (and nearly stepping on) everybody. He was going NON-STOP. I was exhausted just watching him. But he did make me smile. I love watching how everybody responds to him, as if they realize what I do....he is one of the most precious boys you can ever meet.

Baby Nick also made his contribution to the noise. Lenore, seeing that I was juggling both boys, offered to bring up some toys from the nursery. She brought an Exer-Saucer for Baby Nick, so that I could set him down to play and not be afraid of him scooting down the two sets of stairs. Of course, the Exer-Saucer has lots of fun toys to play with, all of which make a terrible racket. And it also allows the child to jump up and down in (which sets all the toys off to rattling.) So as we are trying to sing, we have the percussion section completely off beat, provided by my son. I kept trying to hold the noisiest toy to mute the sound a bit, without preventing Baby Nick from jumping....but I was told by the others to "just let him dance!"

It will be nice to have Nick home tomorrow night. It is funny how much longer the days seem while he is gone. If he were in town, he would still be working those same hours, but knowing that he won't be coming home at night seems to make the daytime hours stretch on. So even though Nick is only gone overnight, by the time we pick him up, it will feel as if I have spent a week as a single parent. (You would think I would be used to it, having spent three months apart last summer...but I had all my family around, so I was never really alone. Having absolutely NO ONE up here makes a difference.)

I know I haven't had as much to say lately, and I apologize. There is just not that much that goes on each day around here. If I remember, I try to write down the funny things Joey says, so I can blog about them later, but I don't always have the availability to do so. (Imagine that!)

Baby Nick is pulling himself up to a standing position on just about everything, as often as he can. He has even ventured at hinting at moving along the furniture. It may still be awhile before he actually does walk along the furniture, but the time is coming. And you know what that means, don't you? It won't be long after he walks along the furniture before he tries walking around the middle of the room! (And this from a kid who still refuses to crawl and can't bend in the proper way to sit on his own!) I tell ya, I don't think that Baby Nick doesn't crawl because he can't, I think he doesn't crawl because he doesn't want to.

Well, it is way past bed time, and if I stay up much later...I will miss my opportunity to even get comfortable in bed! Sweet Dreams!