Seven Years..

I’ve decided that I want to try and write my kids a letter on their birthdays and give them to them when they leave for college. Since we live in the age of computers I’m going to just post a letter to them on here for the rest of you to read too. J

Dear T,

You are seven years old today… SEVEN… S. E. V. E. N. As your mother I cannot believe that I have a SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY. I’ve said this every year since you turned one but for some reason this year has been the biggest reality check.

You are no longer a little kid but an independent, active, loving, affectionate, smelly, athletic, brave, endearing, BOY. I’m not sure when it happened… when you went from being a little boy to a real boy but this past year has been a lot of firsts for you (and mom/dad). You lost your first baby tooth, played ice hockey for the first time, started taking showers everyday by yourself, you read your own books, you play your own games, and you tie your own shoes.

We also moved to a new house and you started at a new school and daycare, all the while just going with the flow like you’ve done since you were a baby. You never cease to amaze me with how easily you accept change in your life and just throw yourself into the midst of it.

You continue to be an amazing brother to R and love her endlessly. You have a profound sense of maturity when dealing with her even when she’s biting/hitting/stealing your toys you just tell her no and give her a hug. She in turn loves her Bubba more than anything in the world. When she gets scared at night or wakes up too early the first place she goes is into your room and onto “her bed” (the bottom bunk). You may complain when she wakes you up but more often than not we find the two of you playing games in your “fort” (the bottom bunk). We are so proud of everything you have accomplished and even more proud of the young man you are turning out to be.  

Here are some fun facts about your life this past year:

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Food: PB&J or spaghetti

Favorite Friend: Caiden

Favorite subject in school: Math (technically math is second to recess but whatever)

Favorite sport: Hockey/dirt biking

We love you and can’t wait to see how much more you accomplish as a SEVEN YEAR OLD… (still getting used to that).

Love,

Mom and Dad

New Year.... New Post...

It's a really good thing I didn't commit to any daily (or even monthly) blogging goals because I fail. I fail miserably. So here's an abbreviated list of everything that has happened (in no particular order) with some details and promised posts (lol):

1) A new year happened... yea where did 2012 go cause I missed it too.. just saying. Happy New Year!  I'll be back with more on "resolutions."

2) T turned 7. I realize now how depressing birthdays are. As a kid I was SO pumped to turn another year older (fun fact: I also thought that being 25 for the rest of my life would be the ideal age), and now I dread them. I dread them for me and my kids. Obvious reasons on my own birthday... who likes getting older?... for the kids though its just farther and farther from them being babies. One would think this attitude would lead to more babies... I'm not missing it that much. SO yes I am the mother of a 7 year old boy. Another post about that...

3) Christmas/December happened. Phew... December was a whirlwind. I finished my first semester back to school since R was born.. ended with straight A's so that's awesome (go me!). Then it was full on Christmas prep time. I took the week off between Christmas Eve and New Years for the first time and it will become a yearly thing for me. I did a bunch of crafting which I will write about too. (post count so far... 3... this is getting to be a deep hole). We also had Christmas in our new house with everyone coming down for the first time. When I say for the first time I mean not just in the new house but having it at home with the entire family too. You see we live less than an hour from both sets of grandparents and therefore our presence is expected at the holidays. Before we moved we lived in a teeny tiny townhouse which definitely could not have accommodated everyone. So we did Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents and Christmas day with the other. It was exhausting but its for family and that made it fine. This year however we didn't have to go anywhere it was AWESOME.. let's say that again... IT WAS AWESOME!  I also kept it simple and had help with the food. (I gave out food assignments to the Grandmas/Aunt C). Everyone said they had a great time so hopefully this will become a yearly tradition. T was so cute and asked us on Christmas morning if we had to go anywhere, to which Aunt C replied "For the first time in your life, No!"

4) Thanksgiving... it happened. haha no, seriously though that was WAY too long ago to even attempt to recall any good details. The food was good though! :)

So yea in a nutshell that leads us to today.  Stay tuned for the above promised posts and maybe even a few more! :)

What's next in the world of the Gilsfam clan?

• Hockey... way more hockey
• A fancy work party.. I promise pictures on that. Mr. Gil will be in his brand new suit! (I'll be in a new dress but seriously I could talk for days about the suit.. just saying.)
• R turns 3... see above comment about birthdays. I mean seriously can they please get with the program on this growing up thing? We might be moving to Neverland where no one gets older... or L.A... whichever.

And that'll get us through to February...

XO
Mrs. Gil