Tiberias

Tiberias turns 9 in August.
I am so thankful for the progress he has made in his behavior in the last few years! He still feels like he cannot control his anger but I tell you...he has come a looong way!

He is not as argumentative as he use to be either. Sometimes he goes back to that drive to argue about everything. But not that often.

Tiberias has always been a sweet sweet boy. He is very sympathetic to others. He feels so much emotion! He is my little emo boy. lol

His favorite game right now is Telestrations. You can't play that game alone though! The more people the better. He wants to play it every single day. Sometimes Luke and I will play with him. Sometimes he gets neighbor friends to come over and play it after school. And sometimes he has to go a whole day without playing it.

After church today (Mother's day) we were driving home. Sterling and I told the kids that when we arrive home they needed to stay in their church clothes for our video call to Ster's parents.
The kids asked "why?" We answered "because we want you to look good for the video call."
Tiberias got a little offensive and responded "I don't look ugly in my spiderman pants!"
We all laughed out loud. Ty was talking about his pajamas but it sounded funny.


Ty loves writing stories, though his spelling is wrong. And then handing them over to Luke or myself to read them as written. Not to read them as we think he meant but as he actually wrote them. That way they turn into these silly nonsense sentences. He cracks up hearing his stories read nonsensically!
However, in the new school they want him to know how to spell correctly. Unlike the last school that didn't care. Both boys are now expected to learn how to spell words the right way. They have such a hard time with that.

Athena

Athena wanted to give me gifts for Mother's day and was disappointed when we did not take her to buy me chocolates and gifts. So, first thing this morning while I was still in bed she brought me her pillow and a toy and told me she wanted to give them to me for mother's day. Ster and I then suggested she make me a card. She went to her art supplies and found a small piece of paper that had been previously colored with markers.  She folded it in half and wrote the letters A and R. Athena and Roundy. She excitedly gave it to me.  (she is 5 years old)


Athena loves pets and being a doctor. Veterinarian is a good career for her.
She has a nice collection now of animals and medical supplies for those animals.
She loves for people to play pet doctor with her. No longer just "cats" game but "pet doctor."

Tiberias loves his spiderman plush toy. He beats it up and throws it all over the place! Athena tends to snatch it up when she can. Ty gets to mad! "Stop taking my spiderman!" But I know she does it because she wants his attention. She wants his love and his time.

Luke is a lot sweeter to Athena, as has always been the case.
At his first school dance last week (see our family blog for details) he danced with Athena for half of the party. But, sometimes he yells at her when he gets annoyed. Little sisters can be annoying.

We are still trying to teach Athena to do as Luke says so that one day he can babysit her. She still doesn't listen perfectly even to her mother and father. But we know that she will likely be 6 or older before she listens enough to let Luke babysit her.

Athena looooves fake tattoos! I have a large supply of them in my jewelry box. Now and then she gets into it and asks permission to apply some to her own skin.
She has always had a thing for putting them on her tummy. But then she wants to show them off to everyone and I say "Keep your shirt down! You can't show people your tummy."
I am still trying to teach her to just apply them to arms, legs, hands and feet.
Tonight she started with one tattoo but by the time she finished applying them she must have had 9 tattoos! haha
On her hands, feet, legs and stomach.

I kind of knew what she was doing but I didn't care. I was busy reading the funny stories from our first "Our Rugrats" book (account of these blog entries of my children's youth). All three kids were listening but Ty and Luke were sitting with me on my bed. Athena was into my jewelry box then the bathroom then back to my jewelry box again.


I don't stress out of things other parents might. Like my daughter taking 9 tattoos to apply. Or climbing too high in trees. I keep my cool. I know what my daughter's limits are, for the most part, and I don't like stress. There are plenty of things to say "no" about to my kids. I don't need to add to that list.