Happy 4th Birthday Nora!!

Dear Nora Boo,
        Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!
I can't believe you are 4 years old. It seems like yesterday that we were bringing you home from the hospital. I couldn't be more proud of you. You have so many gifts and talents and your personality is just blossoming. You are wickedly funny and I love how much you love your siblings. This past year, you started preschool and we all quickly learned that you have a great love for learning. You love to do your homework and even Reese's homework. You love learning games, learning videos, and anything that has to do with learning. By the end of your first year of preschool, you could count to 100, start reading, write your numbers 1-20, and add. You really are so smart and I just love watching you enjoy learning. We also learned that you are a very good runner! You have always enjoyed running laps around the house so I thought I should start taking you down to the track to run. The first time that we went running, you ran 1.5miles. Nora, you also love being a Rockstar and you really are! You have a leather jacket that you wear all the time and call it your rockstar jacket. You say the funniest things all the time and I wish I could write it all down. Just the other day, I accidentally turned the tv onto the wrong channel. It was some weird cartoon and Reese asked what the show was. I said that I didn't know and it was a bad show. We shouldn't be watching it. YOu said, "It's okay! I like bad shows!" ha ha You are so funny, but you also have so much love to give. You are my cuddler and such an obedient child. I never have to worry about you not listening or getting into trouble. You still are our best sleeper and love your little bed. You are such a good sister to all your siblings and are such a great helper. You bring so much joy, laughter, wit, and happiness into my life everyday and I am so grateful I was blessed to be your mother.

Happy Birthday Ren Ren

 Happy 2nd Birthday Ren Ren!!
February 17,2017

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Happy Birthday sweet Renners! I can't believe you are two already! You love the movie, "The Jungle Book" and watch it at least twice a day so we had a Jungle Book party for Ren. He always yells. "Peace Rock! It's the truce, the water truce!" We decided to make him a Peace Rock cake and he loved it. I couldn't find any big candy rocks so Ron finally told me we should just go get a rock from outside so that is what we did. :) I washed it, covered the bottom with ceran wrap, and put frosting over the ceran wrap. It worked great! Ren also got a 5 foot giraffe and a 4 foot long elephant. He was so excited. He loves to say the law of the jungle from the movie...."This is the law of the jungle. As old and as true as the sky. The wolf that keeps it will prosper. The wolf that breaks it will die. Like the creeper that creeps up the tree trunk. The law runneth over and back. The strength of the pack is the wolf. And the strength of the wolf is the pack." It's so funny!

Dear Renners, a little bit about you at the age of 2.....We call you Renners the runner because you run everywhere you go and it is difficult to keep track of him. If you go to the store, aquarium, zoo, park, you will run away so you have to be on high alert. You are the most determined little boy and once you make up your mind about something, there is no changing your mind. I know this will be such a strength as you get older. You are so smart and can figure out almost any lock that you can reach. ( That is why we had to add another dead bolt at the top of the front door. ha ha) I love that you are a Mama's boy and you love to cuddle with me. You also want only me to change your diaper, put your clothes on, brush your teeth, buckle up your carseat, and read you books. You have such a contagious smile and I love your love for life. Your smile can light up any room and you are so handsome. You love to help and I love how you always finish the job. You love to help get Sachi's food. I think it's so cute how you want to do everything on your own and if you spill some of Sachi's food when you are pouring it into her bowl, you always clean up every piece and then always put the cup away. You watch how things are done and then do them correctly. You love to be outside and your favorite thing to do is to drive your truck outside. Some of your favorite sayings lately are, "OH, Come on!", "What, the What!", "Mama, I wanna get out!". Ren, I am so proud of you for how well you have become a big brother. You try so hard to be gentle and control how much you love the twins. You are always giving them kisses, hugs, wanting to hold them, give the twin's their bottles, and making them laugh. Although, I have to remind you on a daily basis that the twin's are not horses to ride, you love them so much and it has been such a joy to watch you be a big brother. I know big things lie ahead for you buddy and I'm so grateful to be your mom! Happy Birthday!
                                                                    Love, Mama

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