A Twilight Eclipse

We are moving into full summertime mode around here. The weather is warming up and has been in the high 80’s most of the past few weeks. Lix has responded by organizing the ward’s mothers into a pool hopping club. Jenna and Bo love swimming and Lix loves lounging around by the water chatting with her buddies. And as an added bonus, it takes a lot of energy out of the kids so they don’t put up a fight when it is time to go to bed in the evening. Lix is looking forward to some wonderful summer months enjoying the Texas sun, which often seems like it is only a few miles away.

 

Lix has also gotten used to having a third child because Kenzie has been a working girl lately. The Ennas have had some wonderful times, and Lix has gotten a little creative in the things she does with them. You can only let those kids play in the toy room for so long before everyone starts driving each other crazy. So she’s gone shoe shopping, broken out the sidewalk chalk, hit up the pools, and also took a page out of Tom Sawyer’s book by giving them paint brushes and letting them loose on the back yard to paint the fence and the rocks and the table. It all turned out beautiful.

 

 

 

 
I don’t want to make the girls feel bad or anything, but the best part of the last month has definitely been Bo. One is such a great age, because it seems like that is when kids learn the fastest. It really seems like he is a whole new person every few days. He has gone from crawling to taking a few steps to practically running all over the place in just a few weeks. On Sunday Jarom skipped sacrament meeting with him and spent the time in an empty classroom learning how to stand up in open space. He is very inquisitive and is supremely interested in whatever it is that you happen to have. A few days ago he spent about five minutes pointing the remote at the TV and pushing various buttons. He knew the TV should be turning on, but he just couldn’t quite figure it out. He spends most of his time wandering around the house with shoes on his hands like mittens, and is often climbing on whatever crosses his path. Jenna seems to enjoy playing with him more than she used to, although he still sometimes terrifies both her and Kenna simply by wandering near them. When he gets a little too aggressive and in her face she has taken to calling him a crazy doofus and/or hitting him in the face with whatever stuffed animal is nearby. He thinks this is hilarious and laughs hysterically. It really is fun to watch those two interact and become great friends.

 
Lix and Jarom were watching some videos of Jenna from when they had just gotten here to Texas, and it is remarkable how much she has changed in the past 8 months. She was very much a toddler, and now she is very much a little girl. It is great to talk to her and read books with her and listen to the things that she is able to learn and understand and apply from one topic to another. She still loves music and sings all the time. She also loves dance parties and will sing or hum along with the tunes. Today on the way to the gym she requested the bar closing song, which is one of her favorites. It’s funny the things that she recognizes and remembers and latches on to.

I would be remiss if I didn’t at least mention Mother’s Day. Lix had already gotten her present in the form of countertops, but she also got some cards and some flowers and some honey, because she is so sweet and doesn’t go bad, even though she is nearly 30. She is definitely Jenna and Bo’s favorite mom and Jarom sure is glad to have her because she does an amazing job taking care of him and the house and the kids.

 

Happy Mother's Day!