Remembrance, February 2013

The boys are so fun.  If I could bottle up our conversations and pull them out when I've had a bad day, I would never be in a bad mood. (Don't over-analyze this.  I KNOW bad moods are a matter of choice, and I can always choose a better mood, even without my magic bottle-conversations.)

Here's what has happened lately, but mostly today during the car ride after school:

1.  Aidan told me that I should start asking him "What did you accomplish today?" Upon further investigation, I realized his motive.  I told him that when I ask him "How was your day?", his answer can include his accomplishments.  I don't have to ask specifically in order for him to share anything with me.  However, I also wanted to ask him the question since he particularly asked me to.  I thought maybe his teachers had had a discussion with him about this, and he had been convinced that this is an important question.  But, upon more questioning (including the question he asked me to ask), he wanted me to know that he made 2 paper airplanes in a new way that he personally discovered.  He was super excited about it.

2.  I don't want to forget Ethan's desire to use big words or phrases.  He really loves to pick up new ways of saying things, then he uses it. Not always correctly.  I wish I had specific examples to share right now, but none come to mind.  It may be more of a tone and way of delivery than the actual words.

3.  Wesley has been disrobing in the middle of night, removing his underwear, putting his pants back on, and putting his underwear on his head.  We find him the morning with his underwear on his head as a night cap.  I am not making this up.  He's sound asleep...with underwear on his head.

4.  We are one class away and one make-up session away from completing our foster parenting training.  Still much to do, but the classes are about to be checked off the list.  Yay!

Remembrance: July 7th, 2012

1.  W:  "I smell some-ting, Momma!"
      Me:  "Really?  What do you smell?"
      W:  "I smell He-Man!"

Found the old 1983 series of "He-Man" on Netflix that I watched as a child, and Wesley has decided he loves watching it.  It's ridiculously cheese-y, but were not most things in the '80s?

Remembrance: June 21, 2012

1.  Wesley is going through a phase.  Kids go through phases often.  The good ones seem to go by really fast, while the bad phases drag.  I guess I would label this as a bad phase, but it's stinkin' hilarious.  He is mooning us.  Yes.  That is not a typo.  His older brothers should be spanked...I mean thanked for this.  He likes to drop his drawers walk through the room and yell "BUTT CHEEKS" to those willing to give him an audience.  It's, of course, not encouraged by the parentals, but we can't help but find it amusing.  Hopefully he doesn't recognize that we find it amusing and sees our serious faces.

Remembrance: June 13, 2012

1.  A and E at the pool today.  Not being able to swim, and the water being too cold for E to enjoy it, they found a way to entertain themselves while W enjoyed splashing around.  Aidan was Poseidon and Ethan was Zeus.  It was awesome to hear them pretend using Greek mythology.

2.  This afternoon, while Wesley was napping, the older two watched some TV.  They watched an episode or two of "The Electric Company" on Netflix, and Aidan exclaimed, "Francine [an antagonist on the show] has only read books she was assigned for school!  She doesn't know the pleasure of reading!"  He was very appalled at such an idea.

Introducing Remembrance Series

Kids at Marathon Spring 2012

Introducing Remembrances Series.  In this series I will post occurrences that I want to remember and they may not be long enough to warrant an entire paragraph or further observation by moi.  These will mostly be about my kids, I am certain.