My Boys are Angels! Right?

Ethan as a baby

Jacob

Nicolas when he was little
Benjamin when he was younger

So, Ethan has been tagged by his cousin Sydney. But I am going to include them all and write eight things about my boys.

1. Jacob is very smart and always has been. He is reading well above his current third grade level. For Christmas he got the first 5 Harry Potter books. I am proud to report he has completed the whole series just a week ago. So, it took him a little over 3 months to complete 7 books!! That is pretty good. The only draw back is I have to listen to Jacob and his Uncle Daniel talk about the books. HeHe!



2. Jacob is also so helpful. By being the oldest he has allot of responsibilities. He is always there when I need him and rarely complains. He will make a good husband and Father.



3. Benjamin is my smallest child but you would never know it by the way he eats. He can out eat anyone. One time when he was about 4 we found him next to our bed in the morning with an orange peel in his hands and orange juice all over his clothes and face alseep. He was hungry in the middle of the night and feed himself. He used a spoon to dig out the orange. He loves vegetables and actually prefers them to candy or cookies sometimes.



4. Benjamin is also my funniest child. He is always cracking jokes and started at a young age. He can be very sarcastic and makes comments sometimes that should be coming out of a more mature child. It is hard to punish him when you want to laugh.



5. Nicolas is my challenging child. He has so much energy and stubbornness in him I don’t know what to do. He has been known to cry for one hour with his pants down around his ankles because he refused to pull them up and wanted me to do it. I thought I could wait him out and he would just give in but no. I ended up pulling them up and he was like 3 and half! He had been potty trained for almost 2 years at this point.



6. Nicolas doesn’t like his pants to be loose at ALL! He is always pulling them up and it looks ridicules some times. It can be as high as his mid chest, no JOKE!! He doesn’t like belts so you have to have the adjustable waist or it has to fit perfect. This has been another stubborn streak. He will cry for one hour till I give up and change his pants. He only has two pair of pants right now that he likes and even those he sometimes complains about.



7. Ethan is my sweetest child. Always giving hugs and kisses. Whenever I pick him up from somewhere he runs up and gives me a really big hug and kiss. Meanwhile he is laughing the whole time. Love It!!



8. Ethan is the fourth child and is always trying to act like his brothers. If Nicolas says something Ethan will repeat the exact phrase. If Nicolas is telling me something in the car Ethan will yell until I say "what Ethan" and he jabbers in his toddler language. When he is done I say "oh really" and he laughs. He always wants to be included.