My boys

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.