I heart books.

Since Nick has been in Utero, the babies' daddy show and I have read to him. Nick LOVES books! However, Tomasito is such a Man’s man. He's never been super excited about books. Music and singing are his thing. His active-wild-man style led me to assume that it just wasn’t in the cards for him. ECSTATIC to report, I WAS SO WRONG! As a mama, I have to force myself to read Nick’s faves from his 3year old stage ALL OVER again for the 7,5896,559th time for his little brother.

I didn’t think that he would SHOVE books into my face with such force that they literally knock me upside the head if I don’t anticipate them coming! He’s very athletic, and has literally given me a black eye with his Book-upside-the-head antics. He is quite the character and will grab a book and yell in a way that only a 3 year old can and say: “MOMMY. YOU. READ!”

It makes my heart nearly burst to hear Nick read us a story. Now we can employ his reading of ‘How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food’ for the umpteenth rendition for baby bruddah, as they say here. SCORE! for this busy mama. All jokes aside, I thoroughly enjoy reading aloud while we cuddle on the couch together. My house may not be as clean as it could be, but they will be well read!


There has been an adjustment period to our home. Not that this home school gig has been without highs and lows. The best part, Nick is learning more about Jesus, and excelling in a lot of his 1st grade review. The slight challenge is that Nick and I are so much alike that we sometimes butt heads. We have taken a few days off of school to enjoy the business of playing. Eric builds "BOL-canoes", which is Eric-ease for LEGO VOL-canoes. It’s so cute that I almost don’t want to correct him. Nick is racing Francesco and Lightning McQueen all around the house in the spirit of Cars2. I am just trying to soak up all of their cuteness while chronicling it via taking photos :)

Just the other day, we used a different teaching aid to assist his penmanship progress. He said "Thanks mom for finding something that didn't make me cry." The beauty of our homeschooling is that we can change learning modes, try a different technique and accomplish a goal in a way that still drives home a lesson but doesn't make us BOTH cry! PTL :)))

I love my guys XOXOXO, Mama