3 years of motherhood

My little boy turns three years old tomorrow. Wow! It has been a busy three years since Boomer came to join our family. He has brought so much happiness into our lives. He is worth every bit of misery I experienced during my pregnancy with him.

It is fun to see him as a big brother now. He loves to make Baby Jerry laugh, and sometimes he enjoys making him cry too. We are still working on that situation. Boomer often asks when Jerry will get bigger so he can play with him more. Yet, now that Jerry is mobile he is showing more interest in Boomer's toys. Boomer wants to play with his little brother, but doesn't want little brother to play with his toys.

The other day Boomer's star wars' toys were being threatened by little brother. He kept having to take them away from the baby so we were trying to teach him about sharing by explaining how fun it will be for them to play together with the toys. Boomer's comment of the night was,

"When my brother gets bigger, he won't play with my Star Wars guys anymore." Sorry to break it to you Boomer, but I'm afraid it will be just the opposite. The time has come for our young Padowan to learn to share. In the words of Yoda,
"Learn to share, he must!"

Happy birthday Boomer!

Star Wars

I am having to accept the fact that rather than raising a little boy, I am raising a future Jedi knight. Boomer is obsessed with anything related to Star Wars, thanks to his dad's constant guidance. I think my husband considers Boomer his young Padowan. It was all fun and cute for the first few weeks, but now it is getting old. Any suggestions on how to convince Boomer there are other things worth pursuing? He needs help becoming a more well rounded little man. His belly is well rounded, we just need to encourage more varied interests to match his tummy. It is pretty funny how he walks around quoting the movies and acting out his favorite parts. I get my hand cut off with a light saber multiple times each day. If you have not seen this website yet, check out www.storewars.net, it is a very funny spoof on Star Wars that Boomer loves to watch over and over again. Bye for now, I'm off to the galaxy of slumber land.