March 6, 2012 - Skating and Swimming are finished!

The Girl passed her skating lessons.  It was great to see her doing so well.  I especially liked that she had something to herself.  Her brother wasn't taking skating lessons, so she didn't have any competition from him, instead she did great, stayed positive and kept a smile on her face while she did everything her instructor asked.  I love that when she fell, she got back up and tried again, and that is what I ask of my kids.  They need to practice the things they want to do well, keep trying to do the things they aren't good at and get back up and smile when they fall down.  After school we went to their last swimming class.  The Boy and Girl both passed their levels and gained more confidence in their abilities.  I am proud of the Boy who spent the majority of his weekly lessons doing lengths of the pool, last year he complained that he was too tired to do the lengths, and this year he never complained once.  He is slowly building up his stamina and ability to work on the one thing for a long period of time.   This skill will hopefully spill over to his school work, where he spends as little time as possible completing his assignments.  The Baby has been very cranky the last few days, I am wondering if he is finally going to cut a tooth or if it is another growth spurt.  He has been feeding every 1-2 hours during the daytime for the last week or so, it kind of snuck up on me, so I only really begain to keep track of it the last couple of days.  Today he breastfed at 5am, 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7:30pm.  Then he had a bottle at 8pm (4oz) and slept for about 20 minutes.  When he woke I couldn't settle him and gave him another 3oz, he finally crashed out.  The photo above for today shows him fast asleep in our bed.  He looked so adorable I had to include a photo.

I realized that today's blog is pretty long, and although I might write about the mundane activities of my life, I will treasure reading about them when Baby is older and the other kids will love to remember how much they made him happy.  I also hope that someday, when the Girl and Boy recall my maternity leave, they will remember all the things I did with them over the year, and that not everything revolved around the Baby.