Lately...

Lately you have decided you no longer like eating. After months of getting down a very strict routine having you sit at the table every meal and taking at least three bites (since you  re three years old) of all your food, I thought we had nailed this picky eating thing for good. False. You started crying, literally balling when I don't give you ice cream for breakfast, and everything is "yucky, its stinky, I don't like that" before even looking at it.

Lately you have been escaping and running up the street to play in other people's yards. Occasionally our neighbors bring you back when they find you sitting on their front steps. One time I lost you in the field in front of our house, but Billy from next door found you. Sometimes when you escape you leave the door open behind you and brother escapes too.You now have to go to time out every time you open the door without asking mommy and daddy.

Lately you have to be outside. The moment we get back from the park its always "Pool next mommy?" Once you swam for four hours straight, with the small exception to grab something to drink from time to time, while Asher napped in my arms and I got my tan on. You cry every time we have to leave.

Lately, you yell at me when I turn left to go to the freeway because you know that Grandma and Grandpa live to the right.

Lately, you love to play hide and seek. A typical game goes like this. You hide, I cover my eyes and count, the moment I say "where is Gage?" you pop out of hiding and say "I right here!" and then we start over.

Lately, you find it ffun to tackle your brother. You find it especially fun while we are practicing walking. The moment Asher lets go of Daddy's hand and takes a few steps to Mommy, you run from out of no where and plow him to the ground.

Lately, you have been getting a lot of "Boo-boos" and you ask for a band-aid probably 50 times a day. One time you got soap in your eyes and it was stinging pretty badly. I grabbed the first aid kit and flushed it out. Once you were happy and tear free you were adamit you needed a band-aid. You even went to the mirror to make sure I was covering your whole eye. You kept the band-aid on your eye for about an hour before you realized how annoying it really was to only be able to see out of one eye.

Lately you have been saying prayers at night to go to bed, they go a little like this "Dear Heaven Father, thank you for this day, ok, your turn."

Lately, you have been insisting on wearing cowboy boots to church. Most weeks I put up the good fight and make you wear church shoes. On the weeks that daddy is not there to help me out, you always seem to win.

You are energetic, kind hearted, and always wanting everyone to have a good time. You remind me so much of your daddy, I couldn't be happier.