Letter of the Week

Jimmy, the boys and I function so much better with our routine. The holidays were fun but totally got us off track. I'm struggling to figure out if Jordan is ready for one nap instead of two and what time he actually will nap so that we get more than an hour in the morning and afternoon and then a baby who is fighting to stay awake at dinner time. Landon is back to school tomorrow which should help our routine. I'm adding a task to our routine and starting tomorrow... Letter of the week for Landon. I'm excited about this but hoping that it goes smoothly and that I can figure out some cool activities to make learning his letters fun. Landon has been able to identify his letters for quite some time. The summer after he turned 2, he came to me with the first 3 letters of the alphabet and proudly identified each of them. I wasn't ready him to identify letters yet. He was just a baby! Anyway, Jimmy and I decided that we should incorporate some structured time in which to work on identifying his letters (easy, because he does this) and to involve writing the letter. Thanks goodness for Pinterest! I'm prepared with a coloring page, tracing sheet and App for the next day or two. I also have plans to trace the letters A in sand and rice and one day this week we will glue beads or some other pieces on a card in the shape of the letter A. My intentions are good! What complicates things a bit this week is an almost 1 year old who woke up from his nap sneezing and with a stuffy/runny nose. Poor baby has some bright red cheeks and watery eyes to match. Hopefully it's short lived! I will post some pictures of my smart boy, my sick boy and my attempts at early childhood education. Lauren

Jumpin' right in!

I have been procrastinating on starting this blog because I just don't know where to start. I wanted some great introduction but can't get it right so here I am months later, and haven't posted on this blog and the adventures of being a mom of two of the most loveable, beautiful, silly little boys ever. My name is Lauren and I am the mommy of Landon, 3 1/2 and Jordan, almost 1. I'm okay at this blogging thing but envy some of my friends who create this beautiful, interesting blogs. I started blogging when Landon was diagnosed with this rare metabolic disease called Cystinosis. It's my therapy. I'm not good at keeping a baby book. I have no idea when each of my boys got each of their teeth and cannot compare Landon's size at 3 months to Jordan's. I did a great job of taking monthly pictures of Landon next to the same bear and followed with Jordan for his first 9 months. Poor second child! But, these boys give me stories to tell all the time and I never want to forget these times because time really does fly when you are having fun. I'm at this great place in my life where I feel like I have balance despite the fact that I always feel like I am behind and haven't done something that I should have done. I call myself a stay at home mom, but I go to work part time in the evenings and on Saturdays. I work enough to get that "fix" but not too much that I feel like I am missing out on things. So this is my place to share stories about my two favorite people in the entire world (aside from my awesome husband, Jimmy)... Enjoy! Lauren