School Picture

Logan brought home his school pictures yesterday. I kept myself from crying, but it was hard. No matter how I try to prevent it he keeps growing, physically and mentally. Sniff, I now understand bitter sweet. My little man, truly he is like miniature man.

Independent

Castle came home from school on Monday, was in the house three minutes when he declared he was going to Kim's house to get a haircut. He did just that. He walked across the street, let himself into her house and told her to cut his hair. Never mind she was in the middle of packing her house to move away from abuse like this. She, of course dropped everything and obliged him. I think I saw a tear escape her eye though she kept a brave face.

As Kim was cutting his beautiful blonde locks, he kept telling her, "Shorter, cut more.". It was sad to watch the hair fall to the ground.

The whole time Kim was cutting Castle had a huge smile on his face. He was very excited to look like his dad. Or was it to look like Logan, or maybe Micah. It varied as the hair was hitting the floor.

Thank you Kim for cutting my hair and always having suckers!

I now present you with Castle, "Big Boy" Huggard!

Now the boys look like carbon copies. It is so strange to look at them now. They are growing up! It makes me sad, especially since Logan promised he wouldn't!

Logan Makes Auntie Dena Cool

Logan and Castle went on a play date with their beloved Auntie Dena. They hung out watched movies and went to the park. When they were leaving the park Logan turned to Dena and told her that all the people at the park thought she was cool. Being the cool cat she is Dena asked him what he meant. He explained to her that because she was there with him people probably thought she was his mom. As he is very talented and was performing some very cool tricks, this in turn made her cool. Ahhh we have such a humble child on our hands.

HAIRCUT!

Before

For the past week and a half Castle has been asking for his hair to be cut. I tried to talk him out of it. Delicately trying to convince him that he does not want his hair to be cut and that a hair cut was a bad idea. He was not falling for it, he repeatly told me he wanted his hair cut like Logan and Daddy. We made a hair appointment with "My Kim", Castle's Kim. I am not sure which one of us was more upset about the hair cut Kim or I.

"My Kim" cut off about three inches. Castle didn't blink an eye. He convinced "My Kim" to give him licorice and candy throughout the entire procedure.

"My Kim" combed his hair with no tears, he never lets me do that. He even got a hair wash out of it.

After

Thank you "My Kim", I Love You

Educating the Kids

“Steve” and I have been working on a few social issues with Logan. There are a few kids at school that, among other things, tell Logan to share his snacks with them. We have been trying to explain that he does not have to share, and we don’t want him to share. Every child brings their own snacks, and no one is going without something to eat. This morning Logan asked if he can give one of his Yogo’s to a classmate. I told him no he can’t share the snack. That he should tell the child to ask his mother to buy him the treat for his snack. He explained that he has been telling the kid this but he doesn’t listen. I decided to back up and try another tactic. I suggested he tell the child he can have one of his snacks if the child pays him a dollar first. We role played this for a minute until Logan was able to combat the objections likely to come at him, no sharing unless he is holding the green. Feeling triumphant I walked away to finish getting the kids ready for school. Castle walked up to me and gave me a Yogo – I took it and told him thank you. He said “Give me a dollar.”. And I am always accusing my children of not listening. I guess I stand corrected.

Kids Say the Sweetest Things

On our way home from school today Logan informed me, "You make it hard to be cool.".

Homework

This morning Logan woke up early and found his homework he asked "Steve" if he could work on it. Since "Steve" was still resting his eyes he told him to go ahead. A short while later "Steve" woke up and found that Logan had completed all but one page of his homework. When asked how he knew what to do Logan replied "I read the instructions.". Apparently he didn't make many mistakes. I am so proud of my little man.

Apples and Ketchup

Logan, Castle and I went out for a nice lunch at McDonald's. Castle decided it would be yummy to dip his apples in his ketchup. I figured if I told him he could, he wouldn't like it and stop. I was wrong. "It no yucky mommy.". I guess I will now have to order a side of ketchup with our apples.

My Handsome Boys

I don't often get both of the boys to sit still and smile for a picture, so I considered myself lucky when they stood still.

It started off as an Innocent Walk to the Park

It was such a nice day, you know the warm days that hit in the middle of the winter, they aren't really warm, they just seem warm compared to the frigid air we become accustomed to during the winter months. Logan, castle and I decided to take a walk to the park. Logan decided it ride his scooter, of course Castle wanted to follow suit. Off we headed to the park, helmets on scooters ready. Castle is getting better on his scooter, it only took about 15 minutes for us to make it from our house to the park entrance, about 100 feet. Castle fell, and bonked his head, he sniffled for just a second and then he kept on riding, I didn't make a big deal about it since he didn't cry. After a few minutes I noticed that he had a big bleeding knot on his head. Poor kid, but you would never have known, he didn't fuss, how was I supposed to know? Logan was such a good sport, he was riding ahead and coming back, riding ahead, coming back, enjoying the outdoors. Castle finally tired of trying to ride his scooter and he put it in the wagon and pulled his scooter to the park.

Castle's Update

We recently went to the Orthopedic surgeon for Castle's his year follow up as it has been about 13 months since Castle broke his legs. Castle was much more cooperative with the X-Rays than he was last year, he stood very still, the tech let him hold on to Doggie. Nice for him to have the culprit for the broken legs in his follow up X-Ray.

Dr. Stotts had very good feedback regarding Castle and his progress. After the cast came off his legs measured 3mm difference in length. This year there was only 1mm difference and he said he could not tell which leg had been broken! That was such happy news, we were told that when a bone is broken it is not uncommon for that limb to grow longer than the other one because of the extra blood that flows to repair the break. We will bring him back in a year and likely not again.

Castle had to have some gloves because that is what happens when you wait for the doctor.

Dentist

Castle and Logan went to the dentist recently. I was watching them and realized that if the dentist had, video games, cool tree huts with a toy kitchen, televisions in the ceiling, cute little hygienists and a toy prize when I was done, I would not have been so afraid to go to the dentist. Logan loves to go, as soon as we pull in the parking lot he is struggling with staying by me, he wants to run to the tree hut in the dentist office so he can play video games.

At first Castle wasn't too keen on the idea of letting anyone look in his mouth, this was not the first time the hygienist has dealt with a um, difficult patient. She was phenomenal, as you can see Castle was smiling by the time it was all over. She was even able to get X-Rays. I asked her if we could convince them to take one adult patient, "Steve" makes faces like Castle when he has to go to the dentist.