Only 5 and already acting like a teenager..help!!!

My little girl (step daughter) is growing up....here she is at graduation, ok so its just preschool graduation but its one step closer to high school graduation. She is a great girl, she loves her little brother, she is kind, she loves to learn and she loves it when I shop for girly girl things with her. She already talks about boyfriends but she doesnt talk about them in front of daddy. She loves Hannah Montana and awesome is her favorite word. When did the age of 5 become the new "tween" years?

Im starting this blog almost 2 years late, my son is getting ready to turn 2. I should of started this when he was born however the same could be said for always writing in his baby book, getting every little cute expression on film, keeping the camera with me at all times, not giving my son french fries while shopping at Target to buy me 15 extra minutes, and not giving in to another popsicle.

All because 2 people fell in love

Highlights of the first year

Potty Training Drama

My son at 23 months old can count to 3, has never had a bottle and instead has always drank from a glass or sippy cup, can climb anything, can pick out the letter 0 and the number 1 from all the magnets on our fridge, gets his own food out of the fridge and knows where the spoons are, can see a bus from 2 miles away and yet I cant get him potty trained....instead he uses his potty chair to throw balls into. He has been watching daddy too much in the bathroom and now my son refuses to sit when he has to do #1. Daddy doesnt sit so why should he. Daddy's aim is a little better...although sometimes not by much (ladies you know what Im saying). He refuses to sit even if he has a diaper on, he will put down the toy he has in his hand and stand up to do #1, he stands up to do #1 even when he is playing in the bathtub. I should just go ahead and paint a bullseye in several locations throughout the house and let him see if he can hit the mark since his mark is not in the potty chair. At this point Id pay someone to come and potty train him. I think that there should be a book full of names, numbers, and expertise when it comes to babies and whenever a mom needs their services they just call them up. You can call someone when your plumbing isnt working, you can call for someone to bring food to your house, the newspaper is full of contractors, roofers, lawn services but nothing for potty training. This reference book could be like the yellow pages, it could be full of grandmothers names because they have all been through it, and it could look something like this...Susan, mother of 3, grandmother, experienced in burping babies, making homemade baby food and potty training 1 boy and 2 girls. Call me.

My 2 favorite guys

Daddys little man.

Life before the age of 2

Preston is my soon to be 2 year old. He is full of energy, curious, knows how to get what he wants and acts just like me. Scary thought!!!
He has been told many times not to step foot off our driveway into the road and yet will test me everyday. He likes to toggle with one foot on the driveway and the other on the road and see just how far he can get before getting into trouble. When I get on to him he runs to me and wraps his arms around my legs as if to say "Im sorry"....he then of course goes right back to the toggling.
If I have learned anything over the past 2 years it would be that children are testers, they test your patience, they test their limits, they test their food before spitting it up all over the floor I just spent 45 minutes cleaning, they test their cries to see how fast they can make you jump up and get them, they test until daddy comes home and then for some miraculous reason the testing stops and all is well in the world. I personally think daddy is paying him to test me while he is at work. Who says a stay at home mom doesnt have a real job...their job is to figure out a way to stop the testing during the day and instead test daddy when he gets home.

Ive never been one of those moms that keeps their kids clean and dressed at all times. June Clever would die if she saw us. I let my son eat however he wants cause I figure as long as he is eating then Im not going to complain. My shirts usually have some type of food on them from Preston and there is no sense in changing because its just going to happen again before the end of the day. I let my son play in his pool nude in our backyard, my neighbors think its all cute but Im sure someone driving by thinks otherwise. What can I say...I grew up in TN. I ran around and played without shoes on...by choice, I ate outside...it kept the house clean on the inside, and we ran around in the sprinklers naked once or twice Im sure. I wouldnt want the easy going way of life that we are raising our son to understand to be any different because sometimes its fun to get messy.

Siblings by chance friends by choice

I believe everyone should have kids in this order. Girl first then 3-4 years later a boy. Reason being is that girls love to play "baby doll" with the new baby. My step daughter Trinity is almost 6 and my son is turning 2 in a few days. They see each other every weekend and my son just started saying his sisters name "T" OK her name is Trinity but its close enough for him. They love each other and play together so well we can only hope that it continues this way. I have a younger brother and I have to say it was probably easier that way because I wanted to be mommy's little helper just as Trinity wants to be. Its the sweetest thing to see the 2 of them play together. She watches out for him and protects him and in return someday as he gets older little does she know that he will watch out for her and protect her. Im sure down the road she will shut him out of her room so that she can talk on the phone to her friends, he will kill one of her barbie dolls with his monster trucks, but for now its precious and loving no matter how long it last.