Nathan

Nathan has been in rare form all summer.  He went throught a little bit of a stage this summer where he pictched some fits and really showed his stubborn side.  This was a side of him we had really never seen.  He has always been the most laid back of the group.  He has also not stopped talking since summer started.  Seriously, that child never stops talking.  This is from the child who was a little bit of a late talker.  He is making up for lost time.  He has mellowed out a little since school started but he still talks constantly.  (haha)  He can be the sweetest child on earth.  For the past two weeks he has picked something for one of us when he earned "Treasure Box" at school.  The first week he chose a really large "diamond" ring for me.  He told me that I needed an extra ring in case I lost the one Daddy gave me.  This week he got Abby a finger light.  Those are a big hit at our house.  When I picked him up from school he wanted to go straight to pick up Abby.  He could barely get buckled because he was so excited about what he got Abby.  It was so sweet because when he finally gave it to her that afternoon she hugged him and told him what a great brother he was.  (Rare, sweet moments at our house!) 

One day last week we were talking about "T" words because that was their letter of the week.  Nathan came up with several good words.  I was telling him what a great job he was doing.  He said, "Of course Mommy because you see I am an expert."  He cracks me up!

Another day he and Noah got in the car and they were a little upset because another kid had pushed Noah off the swing at school.  Nathan was actually the most upset.  He told me what happened and said, "That other boy pushed my brother and didn't even say sorry.  I am so mad at him Mommy.  Tomorrow I'm going to tell him that he needs to tell my brother he is sorry."  He was so cute being so protective of his brother. 

I'll ask him if he's my baby and he'll say yes but don't tell anyone because I'm a big boy.  He tells me it's our secret. 

Here's my sweet boy with crazy hair!