These past few weeks with Michael moving to Dubuque to start his job and me staying home for the summer has left me a lot of time with the kids. A lot. Of concentrated time.
Some days I am quite literally pulling out my hair and staring at the calendar. Summer break is HOW LONG?? Seriously? I feel like kids should be in school for longer than 180 of 365 days of the year. My friend Dee made a statement that she felt like she was the only one not thrilled that school was out. Dee, you're not the only one. And I'm not afraid to admit it. :-)
But I have to say, the kids have also been quite endearing these past few weeks. Here are some highlights:
Samuel: We went to my parents this past week. Mommy needed some adult time in the evenings, and it turns out my mom was taking vacation days. Ready or not Whitvers, here we come. Or went. The first night I had Sam and Jacob rest on the guest bed watching cartoons, hoping they'd fall asleep. Sam is a lounger. Always has been. Someday when I get my pictures all in one electronic spot, I'll post some Sam baby-lounger pics. Anyway, it's important to know this so that you can picture his affect. While settling in, Sam took a big gulp from a cup of water on the nightstand and then nestled into the bed with his hands rested behind his head. Jacob asked him, "What are you doing? And Samuel, sighed, and in his most relaxed beach-bum voice replied, "Just livin' my life". Followed by another sigh. I wish I could go into relaxation mode that quickly.
Noah: Noah's been pretty even-keel these past few weeks. Probably my most laid back. I won't lie, the Wii has replaced his Dad's presence in the house and the poor child will go into shock once we move to Dubuque and gets in his mom's never-a-dull-moment routine, but for now, he's just chilling and enjoying his video games. We've been traveling a lot lately and he's obsessed with the "number of towns" between point A and point B. When it's 4 or less he says "That's easy". Anything above that he resists and tells us "That takes too long." Noah is my Matthew McConaughy baby. In the summer he tans golden and his wavy curls get streaks of bleach blonde while maintaining honey undertones. He's got one dimple larger than the other and has the ability to charm anyone if he put his mind to it.
Jacob: Jacob cracks me up daily, I can barely keep up with him. In fact, sometimes I think I don't tell his quotes as often because I'm never really caught off guard by him anymore. I pretty much expect it. This past weekend though, he did catch me. We were at Michael's Dad's church. The kids are pretty used to being in a children's church or nursery program during the service, so when the offering plate was past around, Jacob found the idea quite foreign. Michael gave him a folded up wad of bills to put in the tray and Jacob graciously picked out one of the bills to put in and was going to keep the rest as his own. Michael tried to explain that it was for the church. Jacob looked confused. Michael told him, "The money is for Jesus". Jacob, still looked confused. He pointed at the pastor who was wearing full-robe attire and said, quite loudly, "Who? THAT guy?". I'm sorry folks. I don't care how quiet it is in church, that's funny stuff right there.
Aubri: My little dancing princess just turned three. She says three and holds up five fingers. Heaven help the person who tries to tell her otherwise. She thinks it's great that you are three with three fingers but she is three with FIVE fingers. "Like THIS" she says and forcefully shoves her open-hand up in the air. Look, who am I to argue. Math is not my strong point and right now 5 fingers is her 3. More power to her. She also was intrigued with being in the church service last Sunday. I thought she did pretty well. She lap-hopped quite a bit between family members, but overall she did pretty well. She tried to read when the congregation was reading. Only she chanted, "I love mommy. I love daddy. I love mommy. I love daddy." I love the words she "reads". At the end of the service the pastor prayed a benediction, at the conclusion Aubri responded, "Oh-men. Yay! We did it!" Again, another Kruse Kid who lacks an inside voice. And again, another moment where I perhaps should be more mature and not laugh, but these kids are funny.
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