Letter to CB on his 9th birthday

Sweet CB

You are one sweet, tenacious child.   Each day you are filled with wonder, amazement and smiles.  Your mood changes with the wind and always ends in a smile, hug and an, I love you.  Your forehead kisses makes this mama happy and I dread the day when you stop giving them to me or when you stop giving me the heart sign as you walk into school. I already miss your toddler years which somehow are very far behind us. 

Your love for life, family and BFF, I wish I could bottle.   You wake up talking and talk until you fall asleep.  Your French is getting better and I love hearing you speak it.  You still love A but no longer think you will marry her. 

MineCraft is your favorite game and love it when I play with you.  You build me houses in the sky and homesteads.  You are patient with me as I navigate playing with you. Daily, sometimes multiple times you tell me you love me and that I am the best mom you know.  I cherish these moments. 

You still snuggle nightly and love your kitties.  Our new puppy is your best friend. Watching up you two play brings me so much joy.  So does watching how much you have grown into a strong bravery boy who stands up for himself. You love your friends and family hard.   You are a straight shooter and love to make others smile. You love to help others and will give your last dollar to help someone else out. 

I hope you keep your sweet, genuine, curious, loyal, loving, giving spirit. You make me proud to be your mama. You sweet alleycat, love you to the moon and back.  Always & forever.

Love always,

Mama

8th birthday letter to CB, 🩷Maman

Hi my sweet little love. Bon anniversaire mon fil gentil. You re my sweet little man who loves learning especially languages. You are the sweetest, loviest, smartest, funniest, love bug. You kiss your Mama on her head and cheek often. In fact it’s our morning drop off routine.  You get out and kiss me through my window.  It’s my fave part of the morning. 

Your fave:

Color: white

Person: Mama / Ava - it’s a toss up.

Game: Minecraft 

Cat: Monty

Food: sandwiches 

Fave horse: Tosha

You are a bright eyed tenacious, ball of energy. You are so cute when you get mad and you love your family especially, Mama fiercely.  You are great at sports, an amazing dancer, the master at imaginary play. 

You love chasing chickens and snuggling Mama. You love your daddy and brother as well just not as much, per you.  You make me smile daily.  With your wit and sassiness. I love your snuggles and kisses. I am so thankful I am your Mama.  Life is so much sweeter with you in it. 

Thanks for choosing us.  Our family would not be complete without you and your love for life. We love you, always and forever. Je t’aime mon fil. 

Always and forever,

Mama

I lost my first tooth

I lost my first tooth.  It is the bottom front left one.  I finally lost a tooth at 7.5 years old.  Mama says I am growing up.  I like being her baby but she keeps saying she is raising me to be a good human and to leave her.  No way am I leaving her. Ever! 

I am in 2nd grade but I don’t like it.  I just want to play and school is no fun.  I wish mama would homeschool me but daddy sAys no.  I love mama more than daddy.  I tell him daily!  I need to make sure he knows I love mama more. She is nicer and she snuggles me. And I just love my mama.  I give her forehead kisses like she gives me and she loves them.  

JB has been nicer. That’s been nice.  This FSU trial seems to be working. So that’s good. I sure love him.  Well when he’s being nice.   I like nice JB. I do not like mean JB 

My fave food is still chocolate sandwiches 

Fave color is back to blue 

And fave person is my mama.  She is the bestest mama I have ever met.  She is everything 

Got to go save the universe. See ya

CB

Letter to CB on his 7th birthday from Mama

Hey CB

Happy birthday you sweet sweet boy. Your sweet snuggles and your sweet forehead kisses make me a happy happy mama.  Your sweet big bright eyes light up a room,  You smile so very much and rarely get mad but when you do. Man your face gets red you talk fast like me and you jump up and down like me. But you hold grudges like your daddy haha.  We get such a kick out of you. You make us so very happy.   Even your brother would be lost without you.  You guys are bffs it is something I had hoped for and am so happy seeing come true before my eyes.  You want  his approval on everything and will even share things with him first.  He loves you too even when he calls you annoying,  he takes out his frustration in life and at mom and dad on you,  it’s not fair but you are so resilient. You use your words and set boundaries.  It’s been such a pleasure watching you grow into such a kind empathetic little human, 

You LOVE:

Snuggles

Chocolate sandwiches, yes these are still your fave 

Mama, seriously every night before sleep you tell me I’m the best mama ever and I’m your favorite. It is the sweetest 

Forehead kisses, receiving and giving

Cats especially kittens!

Any baby animals

iPad

Minecraft

Your friends

You are destined for big things! I love your curiosity, manners, and heart.  I love hanging out with you.  You are the funniest kid.  And that imagination. Oh I hope you never lose your imagination.  Keep being kind and helping others. You can never go wrong with that.  Your father and I love you more than words can express.  My life is truly better with you in it.  Thank you for picking us and for being the final piece to our family.   Cannot wait to see what this year brings you.

Always be authentically you.  You bright eyed sweet little human 

LOVE Mama

Daddy’s day out

Today daddy took s bowling with uncle Greg.  We were having fun then I pooped my pants.  I didn’t mean too I felt really bad. But daddy carried me out so the poop wouldn’t fall on the ground and got it on his shirt.  Haha he was mad. I didn’t mean too.  So he cleaned me with cold water bottles and I drove naked to the store until daddy got us new clothes

Then we went back at bowled!  I love daddy

We bought a farm

 We bought a farm!  We did.. I did not want to leave my old house but I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe that farm 

We have turkeys, and chickens, and horse and DOGS!!  We love our new place. 

Mama sleeps in our room with us and she is so warm and snuggly. 

I love riding horses. It is fun and scary all at once. 

We have so much room

We get to run around naked in the rain which we love

Bubba and I are pretty excited about the farm!

Love CB

Letter to CB from Mama 6th birthday

Oh my sweet and spicy boy.  You make me happy oh so happy. You light up the room with your bright light. You also scare me slightly you have my facial expressions and man do you have them down.  

You love me fiercely.  You have my looks, oh my do you have my looks.. Hahah your eye rolls tell it all. 

You know what you want and you are very vocal. You speak your words well and know how to use them. 

Your fave color is yellow

Your BFF is Logan

Your fave food is still chocolate sandwiches

You still snuggle mama every night and co sleep with me. 

You are a very literal kid. You are quick to call things out when they are not right. 

You will fight to the death even if you are caught in a lie, you are very very tenacious. 

Your fave games are minecraft and roblox. You love playing make believe. Your imagination is amazing and I jump through portals daily.

I love watching you play with Logan, you two have this own little world of make believe and you play so well together. He is like a little old man like you. You both are old souls who love hard and take no bull off of anyone. It is refreshing to see. 

Your teacher Mrs T still loves you like her own. It is super sweet. You are thriving in school.

I am so thankful I am your Mama and get to enjoy your hugs, daily. Your snuggles cure any blues. 

I need to get better at blogging your daily life, but I have been so immersed in living it I forget to document it. 

You love to scooter, and play with your brother when he's being nice, otherwise "he is the rudest brother ever"  You two are bffs as well and I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE your relationship. You get along way more than you fight and that makes me happy.   You are reading and doing math at first grade level which is awesome. You have a love hate relationship with school. You love your friends but you do not like going to school because there is not a lot of play time and you like to play. 

I love that we can talk things out. You are learning emotional regulation at such a young age I cannot wait to see what happens in this next year!

Your Daddy and I love you so very much. You are smart, you are kind, you are important and so very loved!

Love

~Mama