Welcome to Ricci's World, sit down, hold, on and enjoy the ride!

Hello, good morning, and nice to meet you! I am Ricci's (by the way it is pronounced "Richie-- NOT Ricky) momma! Ricci is my three year old son. He is gorgeous inside and out, (no I am not just saying that), and entertaining ALWAYS! There are serious sides to that which shall come later, and then there is just the fact that he LOVES an audience. Never-the- less I am inviting you to visit Ricci's world because it is for us very much Ricci's world on a day to day basis. No--- I am not over-indulging him, first it is simply age appropriate that he believes such things, and second- let's just say he has a strong perrsonality and has since day one!

Well, now that I put that all out there, let me start. This is my very first blog. I know that it is random to start a blog on a Sunday morning at 8:27 (I know a good mom would be getting their child ready for church, or making pancakes or something) but the mood strikes, so I better go with it. My son, Ricci is climbing on his father and using his face as a battle ground for small figurines from the "Kung Fu Panda" film. My husband I am sure right now is very angry with me! (That is what he gets for taking Ricci to see a kiddie Kung fu film, seriously...)

So yes, Ricci's parents are married, this year it will be 9--- yes 9 years! We have only one child, and right now I am not sure there is room enough for another child in Ricci's world, let alone our bed. (Yes, we co-sleep, we need maybe to transition out of that, but Ricci is not yet receptive, so... alas, no more children, right...) Ricci tells us it went like this, "You and daddy were married and then I was a baby, and I would crawl on you and poop (his favorite part to mention of COURSE) on you! I would say 'whaa- whaa..."'

It was kinda like that except as anyone with anymore than an egocentric three year old mind and a slight ability to do math might figure, there were four years sans children and then in 2003 we FINALLY made Ricci.

Also, my husband and I are in love, and happy, but we also have A LOT of philosophical differences (T.V., Spirituality, literature, fitness, going green,). This I think is what happens when you meet your someone at 20 years old, but we make it work.

So now, we are deep in Ricci's world and there are great amazing parts like that he kisses and hugs and loves with this GIANT heart that just might engulf this house, us, and the two acres we live on, and will at a moment's notice sing Tenacious D's "Greatest Song inthe World -Tribute," perform a spontaneous tap dance, or break dancing routine. BUT--- there is also a little boy that is hard to keep safe, and I mean this (he can outrun almost any adult male, he scales most walls and high up places like spider man (speed all I can say is speed), and will jump in any pool without a second thought), has absolutely no fear (except when stalling at bedtime- and believes dragons, snakes, spiders, and birds have all occupied the space in our bedroom), and can take literally twenty minutes to get in and out of a pee pee session in the bathroom( lots and lots of redirection). AND THEN the fact that it took him until over three and a half to potty train.

So now a brief visit with the serious side, we are in the process of assessing Ricci through First Five (a great resource!). I work with children in Early Childhood Education and honestly know something is a bit different, so for that we will wait. But as a mom, I know that outside of Ricci's world, other mom's are wondering "what is going on, is it really supposed to be this hard?" And for that reason, I will share some of the highs as well as more difficult moments of Ricci's world. Please visit anytime and feel free to laugh, get angry, make fun, whatever... I welcome you to Ricci's world where the creativity (his not mine) and laughter flow freely, and where every minute is a bit of a ride... So sit down hold on and enjoy, we do!
I will sign off for now, and rescue my husband from Ricci's sparring toys.