Toddler Talk & Other Sweet Stories

A little while ago Jocelyn came to me, gripping her finger with a concerned look on her face. "Mommy, I have a wizard in my finger!" (to the less refined world devoid of toddlers, the more commonly known term would be "splinter.":)

Jocelyn is following me in from the car the other day, and it was a rainy afternoon, so I tell her to follow in my footsteps so that she wouldn't get mud all over her shoes.

Jocie: "Oh thank you Mommy! You saved my life!"

I suppose preventing getting mud all over your pink sparkly shoes would be pretty life-saving to a princess :)



Jeron, resisting wearing pajamas to bed one night, requested to sleep in his jacket and jeans. "Please, Mom, I'm begging you."

Speaking of begging, Jocelyn had been begging for a pink dress for weeks, and anytime I was on the computer, she would ask me to look up a pink dress for her. One day, after having not spoken about the desired pink dress for a few days, she is downstairs playing with Grandma. Grandma asks her, Jocie, what is your Mom doing? With a huge exasperated and disappointed sigh, Jocelyn randomly responds, "I don't know ... NOT buying me a pink dress."

Jocelyn, in response to refusing her recent request for having a bedtime bowl of cereal. "Papa, I am going to get mad at you!!"

After helping Jeron get ready for bed a few nights ago, he sits beside me and puts his arms around my neck.

"You are the sweetest Mama ever! I always wanted a Mama just like you! I love you soo much! I am going to keep my arms around you forever ..."



I love my sweet kiddos and I'm going to keep my arms around them forever too :)

Big Boy Brax

My little Braxton is growing up too fast!


Braxton is 15 mos. now ~ It seemed like he hadn't changed much for a long time, but lately he is really starting to look alot older to me. It always is a little sad to me at how quickly time passes and kids grow!



What a little poser ;)


Where Braxton loves lately - his favorite spot! He is such a goofball and loves to crawl into Jeron's big dumptruck to eat a snack, "read" a book, or chew on some toy or another.



Finally walking! Not that 14 months is that unusual, but with Jeron and Jocelyn walking at 11 and 12 months, it seemed like I'd been waiting for him to walk forever! :o) Which desire of course now I relinquish ...



Such a little ham ~ he is reminding me so much of Jeron at this age - two little turkeys ;)


But no matter how fast he grows, he'll always be our little brother Brax :o)

Jeron's 1st Trophy!

Jeron has won his very first trophy!! He got third place in the Elks National Soccer Shoot Contest and he was so excited! The age category he was in was kids 8 and under, so he did awesome and he was so happy to place!



Jeron kept saying he wanted one of those trophies and that he was going to get one. I told him we'll see, it depends on who does the best, but he was pretty convinced :)

Going up to accept his trophy



All the 1st-3rd Place Winners




Way to go Jeron, you did so great!! Jeron is very athletic and motivated, and I'm sure he will keep that determined drive as he grows older. Hopefully at least to keep him out of trouble ;) I love my little jock Jeron!