Friday, July 20, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
52 Week Update
Obviously with my belly ever growing and all the new items in our house, the topic of Harper comes up quite often. Owen has been so super sweet and is getting very excited about being a big brother and meeting his new baby sister. Darren and I set up Owen's old crib for her and he has taken on the responsibility of learning how to care for his new sibling. He carries around a stuffed animal, "Harper" and rocks her to sleep, sings her songs, swings her on the baby swing, feeds her a bottle and changes her poopy diaper with a real diaper and wipes. Though every time he changes a poopy diaper he says, "Oh gross, this smells. Mom come smell this." My question to all of you is why do we always smell something that is disgusting and then ask others to smell it? Apparently this is not just an adult thing but also instilled in us as children no matter if the smell is real or fake!
Owen is taking this Big Brother stuff seriously. Darren was putting Owen to bed and reading a few books to him before he started to count sheep and he told Darren that he had to read quieter because Darren was going to wake Harper sleeping in her crib. So Darren obliged and read in a more quiet voice and at the end of the story even had to give Harper a kiss good night. Owen also told us last night at the dinner table that he is going to protect Harper and won't let anyone be mean to her. If they were mean to her he would punch them in the face. Hmmmm, not sure if that is quite necessary but at last we know he has her back!
Owen also takes caring for others to the next level in school. His teachers are constantly telling us how sweet and loving Owen is. There are a few kids in his class that do not have a lot of friends and in particular a girl named Lexie who has some developmental issues and speech delays. Owen has taken Lexie under his wing and takes that extra step to make sure that she is included and understands what is going on a daily basis. His teachers say that it is the most amazing thing to witness, that Owen just gets it and understands that she is a little behind everyone socially but he wants her to still feel apart of the group.
The other day I went to pick him up and I heard him tell the teacher, "Ms. Romnina, I think she understands, she knows what I am trying to show her." Owen was showing her how to play a simple game of tag and by the end of it, Lexie was running around just like all the other kids playing a fun game of tag in the sunshine. Owen's teacher put it best, she told me that Owen is a very good friend to the friendless. It just makes my heart melt, what a sweet and loving characteristic to have, and we couldn't be happier that it is our little guy that just knows these things.
I will leave you with one last story about our cute little 4 1/2 year old. He has found a new career path as a paper delivery boy. The other week on a Sunday morning Owen asked if he could gather up the old newspapers and deliver papers to the neighbors. So he folded up three of the pieces of newspaper and put them under his arm and was off to deliver papers. He first went to Anita and Dean's house. Anita answered her door 5 minutes later in her bath robe and coffee in hand (it was 9:00 am) and Owen spoke up and said, "I am here to deliver your paper". Anita thanked him and said she would read it while drinking her morning coffee. Owen was off the Jackie's house. He knocked on the door and she answered and he said the same thing. He accidentally gave her two of the papers and insisted he needed one back. Jackie obliged and said thank you and Owen was off the the next neighbor. The third neighbor answered the door and Owen went through his routine and she asked him to hold on for a minute and she went back into the house and came out with a shiny gold loonie ($1 coin). Owen's eyes lit up and he ran over to me to show me his first paycheck. He told me that he definitely needs to get a job like this! Ever since that day he asks me if he can deliver the papers, the boy has some motivation!
Well keep us in mind, July 26th is our scheduled delivery date! We will keep you all posted!
Love you!
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