I will admit that it has been very difficult for me the last few weeks to think about having a second baby. Not that I’m not excited or anything, but it is thinking about Ricky that makes me a little sad. He’s had our full attention for 31 1/2 months and it is hard to think that now he’ll have to share that attention. But then I remember how good it will be for him to have someone to play with and that helps. Today we went to the playground at Artic Circle and there were no other kids there when we arrived. Ricky held up his hands and said “where kids go?” He played for a while and just as I was ready to leave, a play group arrived and Ricky got so excited to have other kids to play with! He bounced with each step and was so excited that he went down the tunnel slide (which he insists on going down head first) so fast that he popped out the bottom and landed on his head. Luckily it was padded at the bottom and with all his excitement, Ricky didn’t even notice, just got up and went again. So a little brother will be a good thing for this boy!
Yesterday we got another good snow and Kevin happened to have the day off. He and Ricky went out and played and played. This is the snowman they made together. This picture was taken before Ricky made Kevin put ears on it. All good snowmen need ears, right?
Here is Ricky walking back among our grapes. He loves to play in our backyard and snow just makes it that much better.
The previous owners left this dog house for us, but our dogs won’t go near it. Ricky, on the other hand, thinks it is a great place to explore.
Here are our big, ol’ mutts!
After all that snow playing, you would think that Ricky would go down easily for his nap. He did fall asleep more quickly than usual, but he still objected. When we checked on him a while later, he had gotten out of bed and decided the rocking chair in his room was a better place. Isn’t he cute when he drools?
Today, Ricky did NOT want to take his nap. It was a fight, but I know how much happier he is when he gets that nap, so I don’t give in easily. He knows that he has to stay in his room, but playing is permitted. After a couple of hours, he finally stopped talking so I went to check on him. This is what I found–good thing that Kevin will be home soon to clean up! You may notice that Ricky is using Max as a pillow. He does this a lot, either as a pillow or the cat is on his head blocking the light. This is most funny when it is nighttime and there is no light, but Ricky still has Max over his face.
