So this week was a learning experience for sure! I am having to adjust from being a caregiver, to a care enabler. I am figuring out how to make the boys be more self reliant and independent. IT IS SO HARD! Ugh I cannot tell you how much of an adjustment it is mentally!!! When I first started with my boys it was all about helping, cleaning and entertaining... Now, I play, encourage, and motivate!
(Its actually pretty easy when I say it that way!)
BUT when I catch myself doing a dish for them, or babying a battle scar... I have to pull a Homer Simpson and say D'OH!- That's not it!
C's line is "Der Dah Derrrrr"
In other news B is working on his bicycle skills. This week we worked on pushing off by ourselves and riding longer. We're on two laps around the block! Our goal by summer's end is to ride ALL THE WAY TO THE SOCCER FIELDS! (Approx. 1 mile).
C is an awesome dude. I have never felt so loved. This 10 year old openly hugs me and says "I love you". Makes my heart melt. He sees me as a mentor and a playmate. He has a GREAT sense of humor. The official hilarity of the week is the annoying orange. (seen here) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7F5nIA8xmw
In Ashley news I will be back at Montana Mike's for about 2.5 weeks... I AM SO NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT! But its what happens when my boys have such busy big kid summers. Wakeboarding camp, UT soccer camp, Camp Grandma. haha. So I will go and sell some steaks and put up with petty drama. (But at least I'll be back in Austin in the fall.) Maybe?
CLIFF HANGER!
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