reid & kaitlyn were trying to plug the drain and create a pool, they were very persistant
wesley was a little nervous about pushing the button for the water the first time
i love this picture, ian looks like he's doing the spanish dance that buzz does in toy story 3 (that was our favorite part)
today we had an un-birthday party. there were a couple of reasons i was driven to throw this last minute party. first i've always wanted a summer birthday, water parties are so much fun! the other reason is due to an unfortunate incident we had with one of the boys' friends. we had a received a birthday party invite early in the week. the boys were so excited, they LOVE birthday parties! well, thursday the little boy, whose birthday it was, informed us that the invite was only for ian and wesley was not welcomed. wesley was heartbroken, as was i. i told the boy as politely as i could that if he'd like to invite one of the boys, then they are both invited. he promptly corrected me and said, 'no just ian'. so i thanked him for letting me know and told him that neither of my sons would probably attend. it's hard. if it had been one of ian's friends from school, it wouldn't have even been an issue since they have seperate school friends. but the boy is in the neighborhood and usually plays with both boys, in fact he's in the same school year as wesley. it's just so heartbreaking to have your child be rejected. so i decided to throw our own little party with our family. i want to teach my children that family comes before friends and that they need to stand up for each other, to rally each on. i think ian is going to face that a lot in the coming years, and i want him to be the brother that wesley is going to need him to be.
so here are some pics of our fun party. i frosted cupcakes and let the kids decorate them themselves with candies, sprinkles and mini cookies. we had icecream, too. then after they got sufficiently messy, we cleaned them up in the sprinklers. it was the perfect party (except for the wind, that tried to dampen the festivities to no avail). all in all it was fun times.
5 comments:
A very good lesson.
It really sounds like you're a great mom. Your kids are lucky to have you, Kelly.
thanks, that's so nice to hear. sometimes i think we all worry that we might not be getting it quite right. hopefully, we get it right more often than not
Kelly, you're amazing! I hope that my kids will stick together as well, I love to see when Malachi defends Noa from another kid at the park who is being mean. Wesley and Ian are so lucky to have one another. I am truly sorry we missed the party.
We can always hope. I always have that fear that my own childhood is creeping into my parenting, the parts that aren't the best and then I worry that I'm ruining them for life and the future.
However, I know that they know I love them. Maybe that's all we can do.
I thought I should just update everyone. the little boy who had the bday party, actually apologized to wesley, without any prompting from me or his mother. hopefully this was a good teaching moment for all of us.
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