Happy Birthday to my sweet Simon!

Today my sweet baby boy turns three years old. He would immediately correct me though and say that he is not a baby boy but rather a big boy, and it is true. He is such a big boy! Here are some of the things that I love about Simon:


His accent:  All of his hard "k" sounds he pronounces as the "ch" sound. For example:
Michdonalds (McDonalds)
Lich = like
Bachudon = bakugon
Milch = Milk

Simon is obsessed with the color green, loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and anything involving Mickey Mouse and has a new found love for Thomas the Tank Engine.  His favorite foods are Peanut butter sandwiches, Hamburgers with Cheese (not to be mistaken as cheeseburgers, he likes to call them hamburgers with cheese) blackberries, raspberries, bananas, yogurt, chocolate cake, and french toast. 

Simon is very smart and very curious about everything.  He loves to study toys and see how they work and come apart.  He loves to build legos with his brothers, he is very good with his small motor skills and can use those little legos.  I even have a hard time building with those!  Simon is a good  and loyal friend.  He is slow to warm up to new people and kids, but once he get's to know you he will have your back. 

Simon is also a little bit mischevious.  I have to watch out when I am cooking because he will try to grab eggs and other things to "help me".  While I was making his birthday cake, he grabbed a bottle of vegatable oil and dumped it on his head and onto the floor.  Really, this all comes from his love to help in the kitchen.  He is always the first one of my boys to drag a chair up to the counter and help out with whatever we are cooking or baking. 

Simon is a cuddle bug and he really loves to hug me and Nick while we sing our goodnight songs to the boys.  He has a tough exterier, but has a really sensitive soul inside.  He has learned how to make others, especially in our family, feel better by giving them hugs and kisses (on the mouth only, a cheek won't satisfy him) when we are sad.

I can hardly believe that it has been three years since Simon joined our family!  He was truly the best Valentine I have ever recieved and I am so glad that he is a part of us, we all love him to pieces!

Valentines Day is for Fools

Nick and I have always thought Valentine's Day was a stupid holiday.  I am not really sure why, my best guess is that in the beginning of our marraige we were very poor and never had any money to celebrate.  So instead, we called the holiday Stupid.  We're mature like that.

This week I was cleaning out my filing drawer when I found this gem of a Valentine's Card from my dear husband.  I am not sure when he gave this to me (it wasn't dated, MEN!) but I remember receiving it early in our marriage, perhaps our first Valentine's Day together.    The best part of the whole handmade card is that Nick is a very talented Graphic Designer and an expert in photoshop.  So not only did he give me a weird card, but he purposefully did a bad editing job and used poor quality stock photography. Plus, I think the caption sums up our marriage quite well. Believe me the irony was not lost on me.  Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

(Before you feel too bad for us and our un-romantic marraige, you should know that we try to show our love for each other often through the year, not just one day in February.  Plus, we are celebrating Valentine's Day in Las Vegas this year, without our  children.    How romantical!)