Thomas is Nine!!

Thomas had his ninth birthday a few days ago.  This kid is growing up way too fast.  Sometimes I can't believe that my sweet little Thomas is no longer so little.

Thomas is my reader.  When I was young, my mom would often come into my room when everyone else was asleep and find me reading a book.  She would get after me and tell me to put the book away and go to sleep.  Now, I often find Thomas doing the same thing.  It warms my heart that he loves books and reading like I do.

Thomas is a good student and he is dedicated to school.  I don't think I have ever had to push him out the door to go to school.  In fact, one day he was sick and throwing up.  I told him he had to stay home and he was mad at me.  The kid loves to go to school.

Thomas has a lot of friends, and they are good boys.  I am so grateful that he has made such good choices in his friends.

Thomas loves to laugh and can always be counted on for a joke or a funny story.  (At least they are funny to him and his brothers - I am not always a fan of the boy humor.)

I love my Thomas and I am so grateful that our family was blessed with him.  Happy Birthday Tom!!

Jack is Seven!!

Jack recently had his seventh birthday.  He has pretty much had a full birthday week.  He had all of the normal birthday festivities on his birthday (cake, presents, his choice of dinner), plus Grandma Teichert sent him an Amazon gift card, so he got to go online and look for just what he wanted.  We ordered a Lego set and a game for his new 2DS.  Yesterday, the UPS man dropped those presents off, so it was like his birthday all over again.

 This morning Jeremy and I took him out to breakfast.  We do this with all of our boys on their birthdays, but we weren't able to do it on Jack's actual birthday this year, so we did it today (a little late). This afternoon, we had a Minecraft birthday party for him and a bunch of his friends at the park.  I don't really get the Minecraft craze, but I learned some new things about it while planning this party.  Jack had to share this party with Thomas this year, since Thomas has a birthday coming up in a few days.  So, we had over twenty kids at the park with us.  It was crazy to say the least!!

Jack is a great kid.  He is so fun to talk with.  He sees life through completely different eyes than my other boys, and I love all of his observations and insights. I could go on and on about this kid, but I will just sum it up by saying that he makes all of our lives better and we are so grateful that he is part of our family.  Happy Birthday Jack!!