T-Rex-iffic

Love languages are one of my favorite relationship tools. Someday, perhaps I'll post on how reading The Five Love Languages rescued our courtship and moved this very wary girl towards marrying her Prince Charming.

It has been equally useful as a parenting tool... it's too early to know just yet which language fills JackJack's little heart, but Flash is almost entirely Physical Touch. Without his 10 minute snuggle to start the day (with one or two more snuggles throughout the day), he changes from a tender-hearted soul into the most ornery, whiny rascal in the house.

Flash getting his snuggle quotient filled by Daddy.

Mermaid Princess takes after her Granny - she is Quality Time through and through. Doesn't much matter what we do together as long as she has me all to herself. Planting pumpkins, playing monopoly, coloring pictures, or just going for a walk - she just needs me all to herself for a while. That's a tall order with three kids born back to back, but it is totally worth it.

I've taken to spending one on one time with each of the big kids on alternating days while JackJack naps. I'll keep you posted on how it goes. My first day of one on one time with Flash saw us finally tackling his birthday project:

Flash couldn't come up with a name.

So, I put a flower in her ear and named her Tyra.

Tyra lasted until Daddy started using her parts for an archeological hunt in the back yard. It seemed like a fair demise for a dinosaur that started out as bones. I just hope we recover all her pieces. It doesn't befit a woman of her dignity to have her leg left out under the azaleas.