No, but seriously though. I have no idea where the time flies! It's like one minute I wake up and it's New Years, and the next BAM! I wake up and it's already April and she's turning 2, and then BAM! I wake up and we're already back from Disney and now we're planning our summer trip home and Jack's graduation from preschool is right around the corner and it's already H-O-T HOT HOT outside...and I know soon BAM! I will wake up and be back from Georgia and Jack will have his first day of kindergarten! I've heard the phrase once that with kids this age, "the days are long but the years are short." That is so very, very true. Some days drag on in an eternity of mediating the kids' fights and surviving the day-to-day struggles of an almost-5-year-old and a 2-year-old. But then somehow, at the same time, I blink and a whole month has gone by and I haven't even noticed it passed.
The kids are growing by the day. They keep us constantly entertained and always on our toes. Jack is a walking question machine - everything has to have an explanation or an answer, and not just a perfunctory one. This age is fun but exhausting because I really can't answer "how do car engines use gas to move?" when I'm trying to navigate rush hour traffic, or "why is my blood blue inside my veins but red outside my body?" while I'm trying to check out and wrangle two kids in the line at Target. I do love his curiosity though and I try to remember his questions to show him on the computer when I get home.
Jack is still super emotional and has moments that stun us all where he really wears his heart on his sleeve - especially when he's tired. But he is doing phenomenally well in school, and learning new things every day. His teachers have nothing but positive things to say about his imminent move up to kindergarten, so we are all looking forward to it (hesitantly.)
Caroline is a crazy mess of stubborn 2-year-old energy and love. She's cuddly and lovable and she screams "HIIII!!!!!" and "BYYYEEEE!" and "SEE YOU LATER!!!" to everyone we meet. (Literally EVERY.ONE.) She's also very curious but in a much more tactile way - everything goes in her mouth. She climbs on everything to see what's at the top. She runs everywhere, she wears her shoes on the wrong feet, and she's addicted to sunglasses. She still hides binkys all over the place and even got in trouble for keeping one in her pocket at school and pulling it out during circle time (no binkys allowed at school!) She's so much fun, and she ADORES her big brother Jack and will do anything he does. If Jack says something is yucky, she won't eat it. If Jack tells her something is fun, she's right behind him trying it out. I love watching the two of them together.
Her language expands every day. I wish I could copy her way of saying words with this super strange distorted southern accent: "more swing!" comes out like "moooaaaaar swwwang" and it's so funny. "Hand" is "HAAAIN!" We laugh daily at the way she says things...sometimes things only J, J or I can understand.
So life is exhausting. It's exhilarating and it's crazy and it's adorable. Every day is a new adventure and we ALL collapse in bed absolutely spent at the end of every day. But we LOVE it and we wouldn't trade it for the world. I can't wait to share these kiddos with all their family this summer. It's going to be a blast!
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