What comes around goes around

Yesterday, after school when I picked up my son I noticed a female student crying (she was with her mom). I said to my son, "I wonder why that girl is crying."

Son: Mommy, don't worry about her. (He said firmly.) Worry about yourself, me and dad.

Thank God, my son was sitting in his booster seat and he couldn't see my smile.

Reading Log: By the Book for Book It!

Son finished his readings for the month of October in his Kindergarten class. He is required to read a minimum of 10 books per month, so he can earn a pizza certificate. I think this is awesome because the PARENTS might be encouraged to spend reading with their children a few minutes a day at least.

Although, Son is required to read a minimum of 10, we try to read at least one-four books per day everyday. I have decided to keep a log of his books for each BOOK It! Month.

1. Halloween Party by Linda Shute
2. When I Go to the Supermarket by Jill Harker
3. A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
4. What Will I do if I Can't Tie My Shoe? by Heidi Kilgras
5. Cookie's Week by Cindy Ward
6. Fall Colors by Rita Walsh
7. Chicka Chicka 1*2*3 by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, Lois Ehlert
8. Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice by Steve Metzger
9. Best Halloween Book by Pat Whitehead
10. Thomas and Gordon by The Rev. W. Awdry
11. Thomas' Train by The Rev. W. Awdry
12. The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
13. Scared Silly: A Halloween Treat by James Howe
14. Wings on Things by Marc Brown
15. The Bear Detectives by Stan and Jan Berenstain
16. Rain Song by Lezlie Evans
17. Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
18. Dinosarumpus! by Tony Mitton

I would like to keep track of what my son reads for my own benefit as well as his own. This blog is to be sort of like a memory keeper, so that future generations of our family will enjoy reading this post.

I am mad at my body!

Son declares that he is mad at his body because his body won't let him tell jokes. "I want to tell jokes, but my body won't let me," he said.

I asked him why not.

He replied, "I don't know. The thing is I just couldn't be funnier now."

Throw The White Crayon Out

I was sitting down with Son to make sure he was coloring correctly for his homework. As he dumped the crayons out of the crayon box, he told me, "Mommy, this white crayon doesn't work. I tried it at school. Throw it out."

I immediately knew he meant that the white crayon doesn't show on paper. I explained to him that it is for colored paper.

He said, "Oh."

Kindergarten Roundup

My dear son and I went to Kindergarten roundup today at 8:30 a.m. My son looked so cute carrying a book bag a little bigger than him.

We met his teacher and a few of his classmates. His teacher went over some rules and expectations of the classroom.

After we put our things away, it was time to leave. My son was a little disappointed when we were leaving and said, "Already?"

I've Been Tagged!

This is blog is about me the mommy, and not my son because I have been tagged to answer some questions.

Becka tagged me to play this game.

The rules of the game: Each player answers the questions themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answers.

Ten years ago... I was finishing my college degree.

Five things on today's “to do” list...

• Work on writing projects
  
• Give son a bath
  
• Visit my parents
  
• Clean out my car
  

Snacks I enjoy... Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Ice cream, apples!

Things I would do if I was a millionaire... pay off debt, put some into savings, fund child's education, and be a secret Santa!

Places I have lived... Illinois.

He is from "Spanish"

My son is very aware of different cultures. He sees that as a part of everyday life. He thinks cultures are as normal as apple pie. My husband and I make great effort for our son to appreciate cultures.

Today, my son had a 7 year old cousin come over. They hadn't seen each other for a very long time. My son was excited to introduce his cousin with the neighborhood kids.

Son: Diego and his brothers are Spanish because they speak Spanish and are from Spanish.


(Son thought Spanish is the name of the town, country or area).

Building a Castle

Yesterday was story time for my son at the library.

We arrived a few minutes early, so he could play before story time began. He was building a castle and I praised him for a job well done.

He then knocked it down, and said sweetly, "I am going to build a castle for you, big enough for you to be in."

Thinking About Marriage

My son had asked if my parents were married. I had told him yes. He then asked if his dad and I were married. I said yes.

Then he had a serious look on his face, you could just see his brain was thinking, he said with great concern: "I want to get married. How will I find her? Where will I find her?!"

I then replied, "DS don't worry. Dad and I will help you find her when it is time to get married."


Just a reminder he is only four!

Defining Plumber

My husband, son and I were at my parents' home when a plumber was comming to fix pipes and leaks in the bathrooms.

My son said, "Is a plumber the fixer guy?"

Milestone: Son learning to ride without training wheels

Today, my son has rode his bike without training wheels better. He stops after going a couple of feet to balance.

Hubby says that son began practicing since last Sunday, June 1st, 2008.

This is a milestone because now he rides his bike without training wheels. Yes, he does wear the helmet, knee and elbow pads.

Just wanted to share the excitement!

Kids can be mean

I have this rule that my son knows about when he is playing outside. He cannot leave the backyard without asking permission if he feels like playing with the neighbor's kids, just so he can learn to be responsible.

I happened to notice that he was talking to one of the neighbor's kids over the fence. I called my son over with an intent to remind him of the rules. He comes and bursted in anger and tears. I was totally caught off guard. He tried to punch and hit me while he was crying. I immediately took him inside. He threw the biggest temper tantrum.

Through tears, he was telling me the neighbor's kid was being mean, taunting him basically. The kid told my son that he could never play forever, and the dogs will chase him away.

I basically told my son that he is not allowed to go play with the mean kid again.

Ugh. How do I protect my kid from the meanness of some? Any advice?

Graduating Day!

My son kept asking is it time for his graduation yet, since 9 a.m. When the time came to get ready, he was deciding if he should wear his tie loosely with an open collar. He did not want his shirt buttoned all the way up.

I convinced him that it looked cooler, to button all the way with a tie. The graduation ceremony was nice.

After it was all done, he told his dad and I that he is "so proud that school is done and over with."

Getting Ready for Graduation

Last night, my son and I prepared graduation favor bags for his preschool. We had stuffed them with candy, pencils and other items. As we were doing these things, my son said to me, "This is so much fun, mommy! I love it." I could tell he meant this from his heart.

I told, "Yes, this is so much fun!"

Name Changing

Last night, my son and I were sitting on the couch when he said, "Mommy, when I am five, I want to change my name to Drake."

Me: "Why?"

Son: "It is cool."

Me: "But I love your name it is the coolest name ever."

Son: "I have an idea. I will keep three names: H.A., H., and Drake."

Me: "I don't like Drake. I love the your name H."

Son: "You don't like Drake? Then how about Josh?"

"Why are those the truths?"

When my son is told why some things have to be done certain ways, he then asks, "Why are those the truths?"

He means, "Why does that have to be that way?"

Dump Cookies

My son said that for snack at preschool he had cookies and "white milk."

Son: I took the cookies and dumped them into the white milk. It is sooooo yummy. I wish you could have had some, mommy.

Me: Thank you, dear son.

Son: I am just joking we had a healthier snack at school, but I do wish I can eat cookies with white milk, so that I can dump them into the milk.

My son meant to say "Dunk" instead of "Dump."

Buttoning Pants!

Saturday, March 22, 2008, my son has learned to button his pants without any assistance. He was so excited about his new skill that he either showed or told family members about it.

I wanna be 55!

My son for the last few days has been saying that he wishes he was 55. Not 5, but 55. I asked him why? He said that because that is a cool number.

I told him, "Love, I want you to be four, five, six,..." and I counted up to 55. Then I added, that I wanted him to live a long, happy, and healthy life, more than 100!

I know he doesn't understand the concept of being 55 years old. I am gonna remind him about this when he becomes older.

Do They Get Room Service?

My son and I were driving past some apartments when he said to me, "Mommy, do those apartments get Room Service?"

I said no. They are apartments not hotels. He had said that because they were huge apartment buildings. In his view, they looked like hotels, he had seen on television.

Use Parental Controls

I have recently installed two different types of parental controls on our computer and television because my son would see things I feel weren't age appropriate and showed too much violence. (No, I am not a fan of Caillou or Barney either).

So, every time he tries to get into Power Rangers and other Cartoon Network cartoons, parental controls on the television and computer kicks in. He would say, "Computer (or TV) why won't you let me watch Power Rangers!"

"Mommy, the computer (or TV) won't let me watch Power Rangers. Why not?" he would ask.

I would tell him that the computer or TV don't want him to watch bad things. They will give him bad dreams.

He accepts that for now.

Going to Candyland

When I picked my son from preschool, he told me about his day. One of the things he mentioned was that his friend *Zack* was not in school.

I said, "Oh really? Where do you think he is?"

My son thought about it and said, "I think they are in Disneyland or wait, maybe even Candy Land!"

Counting, Now Doing It Four Times, and Bedbugs

Counting:

My is proud that he can count to 50-10. My husband and I say, "Oh you can count up to 60? Wow!" He then replies, "I like to see 50-10 better."

Used to be four, now it has to be five times:

Usually, my son likes to do some activities four times because he is four. Now, when he wants his dad to play with him a little longer, he will say say "Five times because I am going to be five."

Bedbugs:

Tonight, as I tucked my son into bed, I told him, "Happy Dreams." Then he told me, "Don't forget to say don't let the bedbugs bite!"

So, I said, "don't let the bedbugs bite." Then he got a serious face and said, "Mommy how do you stop the bedbugs from biting? Do you kick them?"

I said, "Don't worry. They will not hurt you."

Birthday at Chuck E Cheeses

I was telling my son that his father's birthday is this Wednesday and his aunt, my sister, has her birthday on Friday.

My son said, "Awesome! Is *aunt* is going to have her birthday at Chuck E Cheeses?"

I replied back, "Why don't you ask her?"

Right and Left

Today, I was explaining to my son, that people are either left handed or right handed. I told him that he is left handed because he uses his left hand more than his right, just like his uncles. I also explained to him that I am right handed.

He then asked me, "Is dad right handed or wrong handed?"

I want to be like you!

Today my son and his dad were snacking. My son asked his dad all sorts of questions. He then told him, "I want to be a daddy like you. I want to copy like you. I want to grow your size." My husband was touched. He said, "God willing, you will one day."

I giggled at what my son had said.

Registering for Kindergarten

It is almost that time. Time to register my son for Kindergarten. I can't believe it. He still seems like a baby to me.

He is so ready, but I don't know if I am. He keeps telling everyone that when he is five he is going to Kindergarten, "Big kids school".

Registration is at the end of this month.

Snow Day, But....

Today was a snow day for schools because of up to 15 inches of snow. I was happy because I had a day off from work. However, my son was not happy. He moaned and groaned, and asked, "WHY, don't we have school?!"

I was surprised because I have never seen anyone be upset about a snow day, especially a four year old student.

However, I managed to keep him preoccupied throughout the day.

"I know I am Cool"

I was going to post yesterday, but I fell asleep--I guess I was exhausted.

My mom bought my son some very nice clothes as a gift. He wore them to school yesterday. After returned from school, my husband asks him, "Did your friends say, 'You look cool'?"

Son looked at his dad and said, "I am cool. I don't need my friends to say I am cool."

There you go world. He just proved to me that he is not a follower! I hope and pray that it stays this way.

Sleeping at Grandma's and Grandpa's house, Naming a flower

My son spent the night, last night, without us at my parents' house. That was his very first time to be away from us. The reason why let him spend the night because we didn't want to carry him out in the cold. He did pretty well.

As my son and I looked through photos, he pointed to a cactus in the photo. He said, "I remember that type of flower. That is the Hurt Flower that is when I had hurted myself when I was three trying to get the balloon away from that!"

When my mommy is happy...

A friend of mine told me that my son yesterday had told her, "When my mommy is happy, she eats me!"

Then her son replied, "My mommy is never happy!"

My friend and I both laughed at what they had said.

On Our Way to Preschool, Homework and the Library Card

On the days I take my son to preschool, I always go over the same rules (so poor guy hears this three times per week for the time he started preschool at 3).

Today, we were running late, about the exact same spot where I always remind him about the rules, my son jumped in and listed the rules.

He said, "I need to listen to my teachers. Be nice to my teachers and friends. Share with my teachers and friends. I need to do art activities, and I know I will do a good job."

I smiled. I told him, "Very good my cutie-pie!"

Today, my son got his first homework as a four year old preschooler. He will be working writing his name (he already knows the letters and recognizes them) and letters. We will be working with him this weekend.

While I was at the library, I updated my library card, and then I asked the librarian if my son was old enough to get his library card. She said he was as long as I understood that I, the parent, would take full responsibilities for overdue books and so forth. I got my son a library card.

I told him about it. He was excited. Tomorrow, I will show it to him. I didn't have a chance today because we were getting caught up with household activities.

Spelling words

My son has been spelling more words lately and now trying to sound it out!

I am so excited because he seems eager to learn.

It is YOUR favorite game!

My son was excited when his dad came early from work because that meant they would spend some time together.

My son went to his room and got the game Candy Land out. He quietly walked into the living room hiding the game behind his back. He told me that he was going to play this game with daddy (because my son knows that I don't play games at night because it is 'resting' time).

My son said to his dad, "We will be playing YOUR favorite game, Candy Land." His dad told him, "After I am done eating, I will play with you."

Putting my cup in my "Cup Folder"

Today, my dad, son and myself stopped by Starbucks to grab some coffee and chocolate milk. My son loves his chocolate milk in small-kid sized cups like the grownups. I was telling my dad that he could put his coffee in the cup holder since there was only one between the driver and passenger seats.

My son said, "Mommy, I am going to put my drink in my cup folder." I smiled.

Is that a pignick?

My son and I were watching a commercial on television when he asked me, "Mommy, are they on a pignic?"

I asked him to repeat his question.

He said, "Are they on a pignic?"

I smiled and said, "It's called a picnic."

He smiled and said, "Pignic. Picnic. I like pignic better."

Took a few days off, "I had a Good Dream"

I want to apologize for not blogging for the last few days, my family and I have been on a little vacation, and now I am ready for things to get back to "normal"--whatever that is!

Two days ago, my son says to me, "Mommy, did we go to the park yesterday?"

I said, "No, son (because it is winter time). Why?"

Son: "Oh, then it was a dream. Mommy, I dreamed a good dream. I dreamed we went to the park, played and had fun! What a good dream!"

My son does remember his dreams because he tells me the what he dreamt first thing when he wakes up.

Why Don't You Be...

Today, my son and I visited some friends. My friend's nephew was there as well. He is 13 years old and very energetic. So I was asking him what he would like to study when he gets older, the 13-year-old said, "I am not sure yet. I might be a lawyer or a ..."

My son interrupts and said, "Why not be a doctor? I think you should be a doctor." I smiled at my son's suggestion.

The 13-year-old said, "I was thinking that too. A lawyer or a doctor."

My Son and Quiet Time

My son and quiet time do not go together.

He dislikes resting and sleeping. He will fight and whine about why he has to do it "all day."

I ask him, "You mean everyday?"

So, in hopes of having some time to myself, I told him he would have quiet time instead of nap time. With quiet time, he can lay on the couch watching TV quietly. No getting up. No going to the bathroom. He has to lay there quietly for about one hour to one hour and a half.

Although, he does get sleepy, he WILL not sleep during the day. You think he is a good sleeper at night?

Hah! That is another post for another day.

Grandpa's Birthday Party

We were snowed in today that my husband, my son or myself could not drive our vehicle. So, instead we called my parents told them that we couldn't be coming. My parents said it was too cold to come anyways, and that maybe tomorrow or some other day.

However, my son wanted to go today because it is my dad's birthday. He told my husband that he wanted to call my mom, to see if someone could pick him and my husband up (I was staying home because it is too cold for me). My mom was so touched when she heard my son on the other line. He innocently and sweetly said, "Grandma, I don't want to miss grandpa's birthday because I have a present for him. Can someone pick us up?" She ended up sending my brother to pick up my son and husband.

Boy, was my son a happy camper! I stayed home and got caught up with my tasks.