Thoughts on a Third Child

God-willing, our third child will be born tomorrow. We are suppose to arrive at the hospital at 7:45 and hope that we will get to meet this baby before lunchtime. Lots of emotions today - getting excited, anxious, enjoying our last day as a family of four. Before I had Theo, I had Charles take a picture so that I could show Theo what I looked like the day before I delivered him. I now think I was insane, but in an attempt to treat my children equally, here is the same picture taken today. Prayers would be appreciated tomorrow.

Mr Thumb Down has said that he will make a posting tomorrow so do check back.

Jack's Morning Out

So as I mentioned earlier, Theo is now going to playgroup on Friday mornings. Therefore, this Friday was my first time in a long time with just Jack - and it was extra noteworthy since it was the last Friday we would have pre-baby, God-willing. So I decided that Jack and I should do something fun. I gave Jack a lot of different options of what we could do - go out for tea, go out for ice cream, go to a playbarn, etc. I was surprised, but probably shouldn't have been, when he said that his ideal way to spend Friday would be 'if someone invited us over'. This is just a small view into Jack - he is so gregarious. He truly would love to spend every minute with LOTS of people.

I decided I shouldn't be hurt by his lack of wanting to spend the morning with JUST me, but I did persevere and told him that we would do something just the two of us this Friday. So after some deliberation, he decided on ice cream in the morning! We walked down to Southgate (he scooted on his new scooter) and ended up at McDonalds since it was the only restaurant that had ice cream in the morning. We then topped the time off by riding the underground 2 stops and scooting home again. Ice Cream and Trains - a sure win for any four-year-old! Here is a video of Jack at McDonalds.

Theo's First Day of Playgroup

Oak Hill runs a playgroup for young pre-school age children. The main aim of the playgroup is to provide time for mums to go to lectures, but it can also be used as more of a mother's morning off as well. We enrolled Theo this term for the first time. He will attend on Friday mornings from 9-11 am. I chose Fridays because I thought it would be fun to have a day with Jack and the baby, whereas on Tuesday and Wednesdays when Jack goes to pre-school I will have time with Theo and the baby. Well, Theo went for the first time yesterday and had a great time. He just walked right in and acted as though he owned the place! There are 5 other kids that attend the same time as him and two leaders. When we came to collect him he was up dancing around as the leaders were signing Old Mac Donald. It looks like playgroup suits him well so far. Here are two pictures from his first day.

Theo on first day of playgroup


Jack and Theo before leaving for playgroup

So and So Anderson

I was reading a book to Jack today about two children called Poppy and Sam. Jack asked which kid was older. I told him that I thought Poppy was older because they always say her name first. I then continued to explain that normally I would say Jack and Theo versus Theo and Jack because Jack is older.

Very astutely, Jack then showed he understood by stating that I would say Theo before the new baby's name. I said yes. I told him I would probably normally say 'Jack, Theo, and So and So'. Jack then looked at me and said, 'is that what we are going to call the baby?'.

I then decided to play along and said, 'do you like it?' to which he said it again 'So and So'. You could tell he was thinking about it and then he said, 'yeah, I like it.' So there you have it, let So and So Anderson enter the list of possible baby names.

A few more Jack quotes

At lunch, Jack asked me to pray. I prayed for quite a few things, but apparently I didn't thank God for the food because afterwards Jack said:
Jack: Dear God, Thank you for this food. We pray that it will be used for our nourishment.
He then looked up at me and said,
Jack: That is what PaPa (Charles's dad) always prays.

Tonight while I was brushing Jack's hair after the bath.
Jack: Thanks Mom for brushing my hair. Then tomorrow when Theo sees me he will say, 'hey big brother you have good hair.'