Identity

Miles has been conceptualizing who he is and his identity lately. Of course he does not know that's what he is doing. He does not want to be called a baby any more. He is a big boy. And he calls himself "Milesy boy". And he will often say " I am a chef and an athlete and a b-boy (dancer), and a big boy and Milesy boy!". He is a chef because he invents recipes like "blueberries, blueberry yogurt, chocolate syrup and sprinkles" or "banana sAndwiches" which are little round slices of ban a a with peanut butter in the middle or "letter sandwiches" which are sandwiches cut into letter shapes. He is an athlete because he plays soccer, goes swimming, rides his tricycle and bike with training wheels and plays basketball and tball at home. He is a b-boy because I took him to a show to see some breakdancing and now he has 'moves' and they are really cute. Milesy boy is just a charmer from any way I look at it!

Dust devil!

fixing dinner tonight and we had the blinds open to backyard and witnessed a dust devil come up into our garden just on the patio and throw the playhouse and chalkboard around, stir up a lot of dust and leave. The desert is so cool! Thankfully nothing and no one was hurt by this mini tornado so it was fun to witness but loud and confusing also.

Lonely times

So it's just Miles and I for the next little while here while Norris is off for a bit. It's been 10 days now and tonight was the first night we didn't have plans with friends or something to do. And it was a bit challenging and lonely. Miles just was fussing about everything and not wanting to be home and I have a summer cold and not really as patient and resilient as I could be and I was so happy when he went to bed.
We did decide on a preschool to send him to. And he starts August 30 and will be there 3 days from 930-1230. And I will volunteer in class 1x a month. So that I think will help him to stay busy and have fun and not miss daddy too much.
He's been angry with norris when he calls and won't talk to him on the phone. Luckily Norris is very understanding. But last night Miles got up at 4 am fussing and wanting to be held and told me he misses Norris. So we made plans to do something about it and he mailed him a homemade card today. Gotta get better at sending out packages and cards a couple times a week and it will make things easier I think.