Has it really been 3 months since I last posted an update? I guess the only thing I can say about that is oh well and here goes!
Ryder. Is my lover. He loves kisses and snuggles and can belly laugh from here to the other side of the world. He is the one that i can always expect an answer from when I ask him a question. He says "Yep" and "Yeah" with such enthusiasm that it makes you smile every time. He is a little bit of a picky eater much like his big brother but is not afraid to at least try new things. He loves milk and adores chocolate milk (choc-choc). He has a HUGE sweet tooth and gets pretty upset when he is denied dessert after breakfast. He is a better sharer than his younger brother and will sometimes bring things to Tucker for him to play with. Pretty cute and a moment to remember because it doesn't happen very often.
Tucker. Although I love this kid to death, lately he has been the most difficult of the 3 to parent. He steals toys, pulls his dogs ears, hits and scratches. He will scream at the top of his lungs if he doesn't get his way and "no!" is his favorite word. He also has the biggest personality and when he is smiling (which is almost always) so are you. His happiness is infectious an when you are really ticked that he just took all your lotion and rubbed it on the dog you can't help but crack up when he looks at you with beaming pride. He absolutely loves balls and is built like football player. I'm worried that I might not be able to convince this one to steer clear of contact sports. He eats almost everything I put in front of him and is 3-4 pounds heavier than his brother and over an inch taller. He is going to be a BIG kid.
Both boys vocabulary is growing at lightning speed. They take directions very well (most of the time) and actually understand when we ask them to do something. This is an amazing step in development and it means that we are no longer talking to a couple of walls. The stroller is becoming less and less of an option and instead we are now constantly hearing "I wok! I wok!" They both love to dance and any time they hear a tune they shake their booties like its 1999. Both are constantly pushing chairs around and stacking pillows to turn lights on and off. Smart ones I tell ya. Both are still using their pacifiers and although we know it is something they need to give up on soon, we are dreading the day that we no longer have a 'plug' if you catch my drift. They are getting very good at using spoons and forks and are getting closer to sitting at the actual table but for now and to keep them contained, they are both still in their booster high chairs. Although Ryder is a bit better sharer than Tucker, they are constantly fighting over everything. I'm hoping this is a faze and that some day soon our lives will be filled with peace and harmony. Yeah right. At least there is never a dull moment at the Magnus house.
Jackson. This boy is seriously one of the funniest kids I have ever met and he is constantly cracking us up. An example... We always talk to Jax about the smoking and the reasons to never try it. The other day we were walking across the parking lot when he saw a cigarette butt on the ground. This is the conversation that follows:
Jax: "mom, did you see that?!"
Me: "No, what was it buddy?"
J: "A cigarette.... good thing he's dead!"
He continues to love school and is becoming this amazing reader and writer. One of his new hobbies is to make books. He staples pieces of paper together, draws pictures and writes the story. All his words are written phonetically so it is so much fun to read them and figure out what he is saying. He loves the Broncos and although he has never lived there would claim them as his favorite team despite all my best efforts to get him to love the Seahawks. Last weekend he decided to paint his room Minion colors which are blue and yellow. He had to make it very clear that the colors were NOT Charger colors and that they were DEFINITELY from his favorite movie Despicable Me. He has also really gotten into building things with his dad. Over the last month or so, the two of them have pieced together a car from scraps that Cory has had in the garage. Jax has made it a license plate that says 'Zombie Car' and he has painted it Green, Black and white. The car really is pretty cool and it is something that he is very proud of. He has even planned an unveiling and wants to invite many of his friends from school to come watch him race it for the first time. He takes swim lessons every Saturday and is now at the point where he can jump in the pool, swim out, around and back to the side all while taking breaths and doing the crawl stroke. He has become very interested in soccer and wants to start playing with a team although he says he really is only interested in playing goalie. We tried to tell him that he will have to try all the positions and might like something else better but he just tells us back that no, he really is only interested in being a goalie. This boy knows what he wants. He continues to be the pickiest eater on the planet and we are trying everything to get him to try new things. Everyone tells us that someday he won't be so picky but with this kid's determination I am not so sure.
Although there are times during the day when I feel like at least one of the balls we have flying in the air is going to drop, it amazingly never does. My life has been forever changed by these little munchkins and I can't imagine what life was like before we had them. Actually I thing we watched a lot of animal planet.
I'm behind but I promise to blog about Halloween and Thanksgiving in the next installment. Both really good times!
