Introduction to My Children

Since this blog was created for my kids, I guess I should at some point actually talk about THEM!

I have three of kids, but I only had two of them. My beautiful daughter is actually my step-daughter, but we've been family for over eleven years of her twelve-year life.

Emily is blonde, blue-eyed and, well, twelve. A "tween" as they say know I guess. A pain-in-the-rear know-it-all sometimes, other times the best "mother's helper" ever, a shopping maven, goofy silly and just down right wonderful. She worries me with her computer usage sometimes, but hopefully I can get her trained up right and working more on something like this for herself. She's pretty smart ("for a blonde" as we tease her since the rest of us are brunettes) and she plays the flute (seriously, if she was my flesh and blood that wouldn't have even been an option!). We sing together for KidStuf at church and we do there manicure-late-at-night thing whenever we can. My husband jokes that he didn't marry me for himself, but so he'd have entertainment and a best-friend/bid-sister for Em. (He's a goof too!)

My boys are "identical twins" but don't let that fool ya. They're only identical in genetics and most of their looks (moles on opposite sides of their chins). They're actually what's know as "mirror twins" since one is a lefty and one is a righty (and the mole thing) - which makes them even more unique. But, beyond their twinness, just being themselves makes them special.

Travis is goofy silly, with a passion for sports, music, dancing and tickle fights. He's creative when it comes to building blocks, make-believe games and silly mommy moments. He has yet to meet a stranger - a trait he gets from his great-grandmother. He will talk to anyone, anytime, about darn near anything (which occassionally earns him a chastisement, but usually a grin). He loves his two-wheeler bike and he's looking forward to t-ball and swim lessons this summer.

Thomas on the other hand is pretty introverted in public, waiting to see what Travis does first. But, he's the first to jump in when it comes to drawing, reading, writing or story-telling. He'll do sports because Travis is, but I think his real passion lies in art. He's a pretty good artist for 5-years old and he's really good at copying his Sissy's drawings. Tom is also "in like" with a girl at preschool already. She's blonde and blue-eyed too, and he says she's "his girl". Thankfully, he just likes to draw lots of pictures of her and he hasn't tried to kiss her or anything. Not sure what I'd do with a 5-yr old suspended from pre-school!! The teachers say he actually doesn't spend a lot of time with her at school, but he talks non-stop about her at home. Too funny!

Anyway - that's just an intro to them for now. As they say and do silly, smart, fascinating, wonderful kid things, I'll try to remember to share them here. I'm bad at the whole journal thing, but maybe this will help - since I can do it from anywhere I can reach the 'net!