Words from JJ

JJ - Mommy, girls are not my best buddies.

Me - Oh, Why not?

JJ - Because girls use the girl bathroom.

Me - Well mommy uses the girl bathroom. Don't you like mommy?

JJ - (Pause) Yes.

My Son, The Kindergarten Bachelor

One day on the drive home from school AJ shared a new idea with me.

He said "Mom, I want to have a 'Girlfriend Club'."

Oh really, I thought. I asked him "What is a girlfriend club?"

He explained "It's where I invite ALL my girlfriends over to my house. We will play in the backyard together. And then they will all line up and I can decide which one is my BEST girlfriend!"

(I'm so glad he couldn't see the look on my face or hear me laughing.)

Kind of sounds familiar, don't ya' think? And this is from the same child who was concerned about being "girl trapped" at the lunch table just three weeks ago. I don't think it bothers him anymore ;)

Any of you with young daughters better be on the alert if you receive a playdate invitation from AJ!

Someone Looks Different

AJ has new glasses! Don't they look good on him? Ever since we saw the eye doctor a couple of weeks ago, he has been so excited for the glasses to come in. He has spent the weekend getting used to them and gets to wear them to school for the first time tomorrow.
AJ said he liked these frames the best because they looked like his daddy's. I like them because they come with a 2 year full replacement warranty (we will see how many times we have to use it! :)

Empty Beds

**Update**

Here's the scoop: It was all AJ's idea. He said that they were both scared of the thunder and he suggested that they get under JJ's bed. AJ told me that he talked to his brother "really nice" like this (imagine the sweetest, most innocent little boy voice)

"JJ, Do you want to climb under the bed and sleep a little?"

Isn't that so precious?! Moments like this make the bickering, pestering and fighting a distant memory. At least for five minutes! :)

When we put the boys to bed tonight, we could hear thunder in the distance. Both of the boys are a little scared of thunder & lightning. JJ wakes up every time it storms during the night - AJ usually sleeps straight through. So we wondered how our evening would turn out once the lights were out in the boys' room.

We really didn't hear much of anything from them, so we figured they were worn out from the day's activities and had quickly fallen asleep. After about an hour of silence, I went upstairs to check on them & gaze at their peaceful faces before I went to bed. But when I opened the door to their room,

THEY WERE NOT IN THEIR BEDS!!

I quickly discovered that both of them had crawled under JJ's bed and were cuddled up together (with several stuffed animals) sleeping soundly while sharing JJ's pillow. Apparently they were hiding from the thunder ;)

I was able to pull them out from under there and place them in their beds without waking them. I could then see their faces, peaceful despite the thunder that continued to roll.

Hopefully we will have a quiet night. And I will have some questions for them in the morning.

What's That Smell?

The doorbell rang this morning. It was our neighbor who informed me that he had found a skunk under the grill on his back patio. When he uncovered it, it ran under the fence that we share and he thought that it may have gone under our sandbox.

Great. Just great.

Jimmie was at work, so when he got home I told him what the neighbor had said. He was skeptical, but thought he should check it out. After all, the boys and a friend were playing in the sandbox just last night. Better be safe than sorry ;)

He carefully peeked into the sandbox. No skunk. He tapped around the sides & didn't hear anything. He used a board to poke around under the sandbox and didn't think there was anything there. Satisfied that everything was fine, he started back around the house to the garage when he smelled something - skunk.

So now Jimmie was convinced that there was indeed a skunk under the play set. He had built the sandbox insert himself, creating a bench on all four sides of a smaller square. He knew the skunk must be in the space under the bench. After taking off both the front and back panels of the sandbox, Jimmie could see it hiding in there. He took a deep breath and poked it with an extension pole we borrowed from a neighbor. It worked!

There went one. And then another.
That's right, two skunks!
Under the fence
And across the field.
And Jimmie didn't get sprayed - thank goodness!

All the while I was taking pictures through the safety of the patio door.
Goodbye skunks. And don't come back!

We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Birthday......

To bring you fever, chills, and vomiting.

Not by the birthday boy. But by JJ, who is missing his 2nd day of preschool to lounge on the couch with mom all day and watch movies. I had some special plans in mind to celebrate Jimmie's birthday today, all of which have been altered or rescheduled for tomorrow. Hopefully JJ's bug will be limited to 24 hours and we can enjoy the weekend.

So how old is the birthday boy?? In his own words (I would never have said this) he is now "One Third of a Century". Technically, it will be another 3 months, and 10 days before he is a third century old, but who's counting? Definitely not me because I will be turning the same age in a matter of months.

Happy Birthday, Sweetie! Thanks for getting up in the night to verify accurate medication dosing, comforting our little guy, helping me clean a disgusting mess, and allowing me to get a couple good hours of sleep. You're the best!

JJ's First Day of Preschool

JJ's first day of preschool was yesterday. He had a great day despite the rocky start we had. I wasn't sure how he was going to do when he ran into the backyard when it was time to go and I had to chase him down. All the while he was yelling "I don't want to go to school!" But I cornered him and bribed him with fruit snacks to allow me to take this picture of him. See the smirk? He is thinking that he sure does have things figured out! Look out preschool teachers! You have your work cut out for you!