i just found these on my desktop. I wrote them before Carrie was born, but probably right before since I never published them. i just wanted to record my favorite things about my boys. Lest you think they are perfect all of the time, I decided only to record the good stuff, that's all I want to remember anyway.
James
James is my calm child.
He can get plenty crazy when Spencer is around, but on his own his is
quite mild. James loves people. He remembers the people that we know and
always says hi to them. He is good at
noticing lonely people, and makes them feel welcome. Everyone likes James. Now that he can talk I love to ask James to
tell me about things. He usually
includes sound effects and his own made up language when he is unsure of what
to say next. James loves to sing. He walks around all day making up songs and
singing them. At sacrament meeting he
always opens the Hymn book and sings some nonsense while smiling at me and
making a very cute face. James is very
good at telling us he loves us, and will keep repeating it until he gets a
reply, which sometimes takes a while with Spencer. James is good with directions and remembers
how to get places, which is usually good until he runs home when I don’t
see. James likes to play whatever
Spencer is playing, but when he is on his own he usually plays cars. He loves anything with wheels, and recognizes
people’s cars in the parking lot. It
would be okay with me if he learned to fix cars since Devon and I have no clue. James loves preschool and has no fear of
being left alone. He always asks me “Can
I say good-bye mommy?” Which means, are
you going to leave today? He rides the
bus home and always says it goes “super-fast and Crazy.” James is always happy to see you, he runs and
gives Devon a hug everyday when he gets home.
The other day Devon was walking up with our friend Christy and James ran
up saying “Christy, Christy,” and then hugged Devon instead, it was pretty
funny. James likes to have people around
and asks me all day when we can go get Spencer from school. James likes to cuddle and always wants me to
carry him although I have to tell him no now, he is too big with the baby. He is a mommy’s boy and always climbs on my
lap when I’m working on the computer or anything. James is a very good bike rider and may get
rid of training wheels before Spencer does.
I remember he could ride his bike and steer before he could walk.
Spencer
Spencer is defiantly my crazy boy, but I remember before I
had him I thought “I hope if this is a boy he’s curious and wants to learn
about everything.” I sure got my
wish. Spencer loves to know how
everything works and is constantly experimenting with stuff. Spencer loves to make things out of
anything. I can tell when he doesn’t
have school because our house is a lot more messy. He is really good at drawing, but he always
draws imaginary things like machines that make toys and candy. Spencer loves to make up games (like his
dad). The other day he found a block and
said “I have a game, lets roll this dice and when it lands on the cherry we can
take a bite of our snack.” I try to say
“yes” whenever I can to his crazy ideas, they are usually messy and time
consuming, but very creative. Spencer
has a huge imagination. I can see him
writing a fantasy book when he grows up, he is fascinated by fantasy stories. Spencer is in Kindergarten and tolerates
school. He loves the learning part, but
not taking a rest or having to sit still.
The other day he told me he wanted the angels to take him up to heaven
because then he wouldn’t have to take a nap.
I told him he has to wait to go to heaven for a while. Spencer memorizes things really well. They study Bible verses at his school and he
has about 15 memorized. Spencer has so
much energy. He loves to wrestle with
his daddy and have races (if he wins).
Right now he loves sledding, and goes everyday on the little bit of snow
that we have left here in MV. He loves
to explore and always wants to go to the field behind our house. I see spencer being a writer when he grows up
and traveling to find cool places to set his stories in. He loves reading. I got a graphic novel once from the library
and he looked at it all the time. He
also loves super heroes and can tell you the names of most of them. Spencer says the craziest things and is
always making us laugh. He loves to be
scared. He always decorates our house
for the next holiday and makes Valentine’s for people all year round.
