THREE!

Brogan is three!! Happy birthday to my peanut! 

Brogan had a monster truck art party at school. On his actual birthday, our family went with friends to a children's discovery museum for the day. We all enjoyed a very personal day celebrating our precious son!

 

Brogan loved running through his bedroom door decorations!

He was excited about EVERY gift!

A Last Resort: Bribery

Brogan had his first soccer practice yesterday. He was so miserable in the first half of practice. He cried. He clung to my leg. He refused to look at or listen to his coach, and he did nothing more than stand on the field with the ball at his feet. I tried reasoning with him and playing with him, but, in the end, I did the very thing I didn't want to do: I bribed him. And the turnaround was immediate! At the end of practice, he proclaimed that he "had fun at soccer ball practice." Phew! One day down! HA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Firsts

I remember when we first had Ayden, and I was experiencing so many firsts. First time to smile. First time he took a bottle. First time Ayden walked. And then with Brogan, we got to see those "firsts" again. As the boys got older, I think I was concerned that we would run out of "firsts." But we don't. And we won't.

Last week the boys got to sled for the first time. Our past snows haven't been all that conducive to a good sledding experience. We hardly got any snow in January (my last post), and then February dumped a bunch of ice on us. The ice wasn't very fun and lasted a week. However, we FINALLY got a snow worthy of sledding, and, boy, was my daddy, the boys' G-Daddy, prepared! He had one of every type of sled, including the steering wheel sled that I grew up using. (That thing is AWESOME!)

Ayden jumped right into the experience. He tried nearly every sled and was willing to ride them in a variety of ways. Brogan took some convincing, but he loved sledding equally as much. We had the best day! An incredible memory!