March/April 2018

Spring of 2018 is just around the corner and we are all getting spring fever.  March brought us signing up Crew for preschool.  How is he already in preschool?  We are so excited and signed him up with Little Achievers for now but would like to research the school preschool.  The difference is that Little Achievers is only 2 mornings a week but the school preschool is every morning and Crew would get to ride the busy with Tate in the morning.  Which I think would be really cool but David seems to think it would be too much for him.  We have a preschool screening for Tate in May and then we can decide after that.

Crew have a decent Easter this year.  We had an Easter egg hunt schedule the day before Easter at North Park.  It was cold and a little rainy but we survived and this was really the first year Crew actually figured out what this whole Easter egg hunt thing was about.  He ran around like crazy and got a basket full of eggs and even found the “GOLDEN” egg for his age group which entitled him to another fun basket with some prizes and his picture in the paper.  He was happy.  We then spent Easter day at grandma and grandpa Stroh’s house where they had another egg hunt.  Crew had fun, ate a lot of candy, and was a sugar crash nightmare that night. 

April kept us all busy with track, soccer, karate and baseball.  Between the three boys we were gone most nights and most weekends.  Crew is a trooper and does “decent” at all the sporting events.  As long as there is some candy or popcorn in his hands, he seems happy.

But April also brought our very first event for Crew.  The singing concert for his Thursday school that he attends.  That night we had already been to Brayden’s track meet and Tate’s open house, so we were asking a lot for Crew to be happy at 7 p.m.  We got to the church and Crew was actually happy to be there but we had to change his clothes really quick and putting jeans on him was not his idea of a good time.  So he started the breakdown mode.  Crying and clinging to mom with a death grip.  We go him in the church and mom peeled him off of me and dad took over but ended up leaving with him in tears.  The class came out 5 mins later and Crew was still upset but walked to the front of the room with a brave face.  And our little guy sang and did all the motions to the songs.  I was so impressed how well he did.  Huge smile the whole time.  It was a good night for him and for us.

MILESTONES:  Super into being at home or going home.  Will ask to go home often when we are out and about or at someone’s house.  Really into suckers and apples lately.  Finally, will crawl out of bed in the morning and come into our bedroom and lay down until other people are awake.  Before he used to sit in his room and scream for us to come and get him.  Has a sweet little “PLLLEEEEASE” voice when he wants to do something.  “Can we go to the park….PPPPPLLLLLLEEEEEEASE?”