Playing House

I love to hear Ty and Paige playing together. They like to play pirates, cars, little people, restaurant etc. However, my favorite is when they play house. It always goes something like this:

Ty: Paigey, let's play house. You be the mom and I'll be the dog.

Paige: Okay!

Ty then proceeds to get down on all fours and crawl around the house barking. Paige follows him giving him orders in her sweet little mom voice. Ty usually ends up in his "doghouse" which is some place they have made up.

It always catches me off-guard when Ty says he wants to be the dog. I am always expecting him to say the dad. I don't know if this is something against Cody or just a healthy fear of being married to his sister. Anyway, it makes me laugh every time.

I love seeing them play together. If the moon aligns just right and it hasn't rained recently and it is during the 2nd week of the month Ty and Paige get along splendidly. I treasure those days!

Ty's 4th Birthday

Ty had his 4th birthday on June 25. I can't believe my little boy is 4 years old. He lets me know that he is now big. I cannot refer to him as my little boy without a bit of a reprimand from him. We had a great day on his birthday. Aubree and Sydney came over and we got out the pool. They had a lot of fun playing in the water.

When Cody got home we opened presents and had birthday cake. Ty loves GeoTrax. He has been telling me for quite a while that Alex (his friend) has the airplane. That is what he got for his present was an airplane and bridge to drive it around. We was excited about his presents, but nothing was quite as exciting as his cake. He wanted a Spiderman cake. I am not the best at cake making so I opted for a normal cake with a spiderman toy on it. He could not have been more pleased with his cake. He didn't want to open presents. He just wanted to blow out his candles so he could play with the spiderman toy. He doesn't even like cake. He would be fine with a big spoonful of frosting!

It was so much fun to celebrate him and remember all the wonderful things about him. He is such a good helper. He is getting so he will help me with things and it is actually helpful. He loves Brock so much. I just see a bond there that is so fun. They love to play together. Ty loves Paige even though he says he doesn't, he wouldn't know what to do with himself if she weren't there. They are good little playmates most of the time.

We are so lucky to have Ty in our family. He is a very sweet, good boy that always tries to do what is right.