Dear Bently,

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday! We drove an hour to go but boy was it worth it! You had a blast. You were so excited about everything! We went down slides and fed goats and got pumpkins. It was just fantastic! :) I loved watching how happy you were! 

I must admit my favorite part of the evening was when you stole a peice of licorice! Now it wasn't your fault per say. They just had a tub sitting out so you grabbed one. But that wasn't the good part. The good part is you immediately without being asked exclaimed, I'm going to share this with Olivia. You broke it in half and gave her some. My mommy heart was just glowing. I was so proud of you. It's the little moments like this that give me hope I'm not totally screwing you up! ;) you are a good sharer. I hope you always are giving to others! I love you handsome!

Love, 

Mom

Dear Bently,

You are in this adorable stage where you love the mail. Now going to get the mail has always been a highlight in our family. We usually all go to get the mail together. You love it! One day I sent a letter to Aunt Janaye and you were fascinated by the process. So now you color us pictures put them in envelopes and then into the mailbox. You get so excited every time for us to get our mail from you. You jump up and down and squel the whole way to the mailbox. I love watching you be so excited and happy! Even though we're wasting more envelopes then I could count, it's worth it. :D

You also have rediscovered you love of coloring. You have always loved to color but you stopped doing it for awhile. Well the love is back. You color all the time. We had to buy more coloring books because you had gone through our old ones! You literally spend hours coloring! And you've gotten really dang good! You color inside the lines now and everything! :) I don't even bother putting the coloring stuff away anymore because I know it will be back out in a matter of minutes! I love my artistic boy. 

Today was your second day of preschool and you did so good! You were so excited to go. I was a little sad watching you go. You didn't even look back. I yelled I love you a couple times as you walked in. You're just getting to big handsome!

I love you! 

Mom

Dear Bently,

You're new brother is here! You love him! You were so dang excited to see him! You jumped up and down and screamed when grandma kaylynn told you he was born! The love hasn't died but you definitely aren't gentle with him. I wish you were more gentle. Maybe that will come with time. Or you'll just make Lincoln super tough! :)

So after much debate your dad and I decided to put you in preschool. We had to drop you from one preschool because we couldn't afford it. I had huge mommy guilt. But luckily we found a free online preschool. You've loved doing that. Well I was on a waiting list for a cheaper preschool and they wrote me to say they had a spot available. Well then we couldn't decide if we should put you in or not. I knew it would be good for you but it was still another bill we would have to add. Also you really didn't want to go to a physical preschool. You were terrified. Finally after two weeks we decided to just do it. We didn't tell you you were going until the morning of. And after you had gone potty, eaten breakfast, and gotten dressed. I knew it would not be pretty when we told you and boy it wasn't. You cried and screamed and tried to go back to bed. We literally forced you into the car. Luckily your cousin Skyler is in the same class. So I planned with aunt Jen to arrive at the same time. You cried the whole way telling us you didn't want to go. When we pulled up and got out and immediately ran to Aunt Jen's arms and she with a big smile on her face told you how much fun you were going to have. You stopped crying and willingly walked inside. I immediately loved your teacher Mrs Sherri. You even ran off without us downstairs to the preschool room. You didn't cry when we said goodbye. And I didn't cry either surprisingly. I think I was just so shocked we could leave and you weren't throwing a fit. It went so much better than I expected. :) I'm so proud of you my big boy!!! :) Now you are so excited for preschool! You ask every morning if you're going. We started you on fall break so you only got to go one time this week. I hope you love it as much next week! :) 

Love,

Mom