Lincoln the Champ

I gotta brag for a moment about Mr. Lincoln. He has been SUCH a TROOPER with this entire move. I cannot even begin to try to understand what is going in his little mind...but I know he must be confused. He didn't sleep that well until his room was all set up and then it was like magic...sleeping his normal 11 hours at night, and taking a solid 2 hour nap. He rarely has outbursts with me, (I should, outbursts out of no where...because come on, he IS three!) and our days are spent running up and down the stairs, playing with all his toy trucks and playing outside. He seems so happy here. I think he really just needed the space to play. We have been SOOOOO fortunate with the weather here (it has snowed ONE DAY) which allows us to take full advantage of having a yard. When his little self grabs my hand and asks to go on a walk, I eagerly hold his little hand in mine, and we walk around the neighborhood, saying hi to all the dogs, and finding little treasures along the way.

Another major change we have is we got rid of cable. Have you looked at your cable bill lately?!? We were paying $80/month for literally, Disney Jr. That was ALL we ever watched. I admit, I would fall victim to "okay shhh sit down and I will put a show on for you". I don't like to admit that, but it is true, I did it. I sat down with Shaun and we had a serious talk about the money we were wasting each month on that. We made a list of all the channels we watched, or would be sad to see go, and we could only come up with FOUR!!! Why were we spending so much on FOUR channels? So we said adios to cable and welcomed ROKU into our lives. We already pay for Amazon Prime so we knew we had all those channels included. Plus, my inlaws have a NETFLIX account so we can use that too. We hardly ever use the tv now. We are so busy playing and doing other things, it is never really on. I love it! The one show that we will watch before bed is...RUGRATS! HAHA...I love it because it was my favorite show when I was younger and now Lincoln will ask for the "baby with no pants". So fun!!! I am so glad that we NEVER have to pay a monthly cable bill AGAIN!!!

Anyway, Mr. Lincoln has been a champ at these changes and I could not be more proud! That saying is true (at least I think it is a saying) build a strong foundation of trust, love, and support, for your kids, and they will be fine. Granted, he does ask for his cousins from time to time, and he does ask to go see the cows (meaning his friend Austin's house) but that is totally to be expected. We have a little countdown in his room for when we go back to California in a couple months and even though I don't think he fully understands it, he does get excited when we take a chain off! :)