Family Fun Day

Natalie, Stephen, Thomas and Carolyn

This past Saturday we drove out to see some friends of ours in the valley. It was a fun trip and we had a nice visit with the Jensens and the Robisons. Tim and Katie are going to be packing up and heading back to the east coast to live, so we wanted to see them one more time before they left. We also made a quick stop to see the Jensens. Thomas was thrilled to play with Stephen and Steve and I had a nice chat with Carolyn and Natalie.

Stephen took Thomas outside to play. I tried to get out and take some pictures of the two of them, but Thomas would not give me the ime of day. I asked he to look at me and say "cheese." In this picture he is actually saying "cheese" but would not look at me. He was too busy!

Natalie and Clara. Natalie usually does not wear her hair in a formal up-do. She was having hair practice for her wedding.

The drive out there was a little interesting. I don't know what was in the air that day, but Thomas was pushing all the right buttons. I think 3 year olds must have some kind of sixth sense that allows them to know when to "ambush" their mothers. He has really been on a mission lately to see what he can get away with. On Saturday, while we were driving, Thomas kept on taking his feet and pushing them up against my seat (he sits in back of me in our really cool mini van) and then trying to rock me. I started off being really sweet about it. I told him he needed to stop and that I didn't like being pushed in my seat. He stoped and then a minute or so later he would start up again. After the second round of "lets get mom" I reached back and pushed his legs down and said to stop a little bit more firmly. Again, one or two minutes pass and he starts up again. I about lost it. I whipped the seat belt off and turned around in my seat and told him to stop. I think there was smoke coming out of my ears at this point. When I first turned around he was smiling, but as soon as I opened my mouth to say something he started to cry. I then felt bad, but what can you do? I have got to discipline him.

The other day on Oprah Kate Gosslin was one of the guests. If you are not familiar with her she is a mother to twins and sextuplets. The sextuplets are just a few months older than Thomas. Oprah asked the question, "I'll bet your glad to be out of the terrible twos." Kate laughed and said "oh, threes are much worse than twos. Don't you know threes are the new twos." I laughed out loud. It is so true! Thomas was an angel in his 2's. He is still a really good boy, I have nothing to complain about but he is starting to talk back. We have had to do more time outs lately. I know it is because he is trying to assert his independence. He wants to do more things on his own. I guess this is part of parenting. You have to let them grow up, but it is hard to let your baby turn into a little boy.

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