Jon Reading and Talking

Let's just say he had plenty to say to me :-)


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I Was Not Yours To Keep

I did not write this, but I don't know who to credit. I found this and it was just too beautiful not to snag. It makes me cry.

I was not yours to keep but children never are,
My life and death have touched others and changed you in ways you cannot completely know or understand.
Ripples in the pool spreading,
my life and death will enrich your life,
pain and loss are not my only legacy.

Weep for i am worth every tear, each worth more than gold.
A gift of love from you to me, and many die with no one to weep for them.
But do not weep for my sake.

Know and remember,
I never once was touched by fear, i never was afraid,
i never felt the cold, not once, nor hunger pains
and never, never was alone,
you were with me always.

You gave me chance to be and now i have a spirit and a soul that can never be lost.
To you the days were few, to me a lifetime.
A week to a child is a month or more.
To me the days were long, with all my needs supplied by you.
Till time came to move on to better things.
Leaving you to pay the higher price.
Sometimes living is harder than dying.

So weep to heal yourself, you will never be the same,
allow my life to touch your heart and you will grow.
Learn from me that life is always precious and today is all we have.
Learn to love others today not tommorrow,
maybe tommorrow they are gone or we are gone.

Learn this and my life has had purpose and my death, meaning.

I will be forever safe in your heart.

RIP baby Rachael Leigh
Born into the arms of Jesus September 12, 2008
Due to be born on Earth March 26, 2009
Love and miss you always Mommy and big brothers

Eric on the Slide

This is from Friday's park trip. This one was really short because it was colder outside than I expected, and Andy was not in the mood to be out to say the least.

Wow Eric, that slide would be too big and high for me! He got all the way up there!

That was fun!

My Eric is a big boy.

Next time we are going to wait for a day off of school so we have time and warmer weather before we try a family park trip again.

One May Actually Talk Back to Me???

Should I be careful what I wish for lol?????

Jon was stinky so I told him I had to change his diaper. He was busy playing with his peek a block wagon. I told him it was time for a new diaper, he said "NO" to me. There was no mistaking it, he said it very clearly.

Yesterday he told Eric's ABA therapists to "go away". Again, it was very clear. Wow, that is not nice. Then he saw the box from his favorite cereal "mine". OK. We have a toddler that is not afraid to speak his mind!

I know that toddlers do this. It should not be a big deal. Heck, some parents may dread this day. Not me. I never heard this out of Eric or Andy at 21 months. Eric is just learning words now at 6 years old. I will take it, even if he starts aruguing with me :-)

Andy and Jon at the Park

We headed to the park late morning to enjoy the weather. It was a bit challenging getting both of them ready to go. Once they were outside there was no fussing :-) I forgot my digital camera so I had to take the pictures with my cell phone. That was not easy to do. These pics are not the best, but they will work. I will make sure I leave with my good camera next time!

On the bridge going across the lagoon and entering the park. The boys were not in the mood to stand idle.

The lagoon from the bridge. I have to get a picture of this when the ice is gone. It is so beautiful. We are very fortunate to live across the street from this park.

Jon enjoying the freedom and the space to run! Notice that one foot has no shoe.

The missing shoe.

This is what Jon spent most of his time doing, playing in the wood chips, dirt, grass and leaves. It was very encouraging to see him touch all of this without issue. He loves exlploring his surroundings.

Big boy Andy on the play structure. He gets through this thing like a pro!

Here he comes!

My slide man Andy. He could do this all day.

Jon hasn't figured out he is supposed to go down the slide, not up. He was getting quite frustrated.

He figured if he could not go up it, he would put wood chips on it.

I lifted him up on the play structure. Here he is chilling and checking everything out.

He finally figured out the slide. He went down on his tummy going backwords, just like he goes down stairs. He enjoyed it, that was the main thing.

Jon LOVES the swing. I was a little concerned because he would not hold on with his left hand. It is really hard to get Andy on a swing. He won't hold on well enough for a regular swing, and he is too heavy to lift into a baby swing. He is all about the slides anyway, so all is good :-)
Tomorrow is supposed to be nice too. If it doesn't rain we have a date with another mom and her daughter after school. This time I will be going with all 3 boys. I'm ready to brave it. We have to take advantage of these times while we can.

A Taste of Spring

The boys and I spent the day enjoying the beautiful weather! It started out a little cool and grey, but by afternoon the sun was shining and it was in the mid 50s. It hit 60 degrees towards the end of our outing. Nice weather days like this are not consistant this time of the year in SE WI. Gotta take advantage of them when they are here. In this post I will add the pictures I took of Eric and Andy this morning and one I took this evening of Eric, since he was in school during the park outing. I will post the park pictures in the next post.

Andy and Eric waiting for their school busses

Eric smiling. Capturing this is not an easy feat. It helps that he loves being outside. I love this pic of him :-)

Andy did not want to stay still so it was hard to get his picture.

Eric outside during his therapy session. He was being asked to jump, clap his hands, run in place, touch his toes to see if he could comply consistantly. Normally I would keep this on the blog dedicated to the boys and their therapy, but I was so happy that he could go outside during his session that I included it here.