Things I Never Knew About Jack

As Mary, Jack and Gracie's mom, I take pride in the fact that I know evrything about them. I know their likes and dislikes, what they will and won't eat, I can usually tell when they aren't feeling well, etc. Well, in the past two weeks I have learned two things about my blue eyed boy that totally schocked me!

#1 Jack needed glasses.

He never ran into things or fell over things. I didn't think he sat unusually close to the tv. But after two tries we were able to have a doctor examine his eyes, and lo and behold he is near-sighted. We got him glasses. Today was day 3 in glasses, and our second trip back to Walmart to have them re-adjusted. It was also on this trip that we invested in a strap to keep his glasses on. Sorry Jack!

#2 Jack is a "basket dipper"

You might be wondering-what the *&% is a "basket dipper?" I was wondering the same thing when Mary hurled the accusation at Jack this morning while the were both painting. The conversation went something like this...

Mary: "Jack, stop putting dirty brushes in your paint...clean it off in the water cup!"
Jack: "YaYa- worry about yourself!"
Mary: "Jack- you're a basket dipper!"
Me: "Mary what did you just say- what did you call Jack"
Mary: "My good feelings are in a basket and Jack is dipping into my basket and taking some of the good feelings out....I am a basket-filler- I try to fill people with good feelings!"

My son Jack - The four-eyed basket-dipper!

Mary's 1st week of school highlights.

Mary has officially made it through her first week of Kindergarten. There were tears in her eyes the first day but now she loves it, and only complains a little bit in the morning when I have to wake her up. Here are some highlights from her first week.

*Gracie and Lily are in her class again.
*Everyone in the class wants to be her friend. Everyone except for one girl. I asked Mary what this one girls name was and she said, "I don't know, and I don't even want to know." I asked her why she didn't like Mary , to which Mary responded, "Obviously, its because I'm so much prettier than her."
*Mary got a token taken away for not listening. Mary was adamant that she should NOT have lost a token for not listening. "Because I was talking to my friends so I didn't even hear Mrs. Dawn tell me to stop talking....so its not that I wasn't listening, I should have lost a token for talking!" DUH!
* Assie went to eat lunch with her on Friday.
* Mary was the only one who remembered Friday was show and tell day. She wowed the class by taking a volume of her animal encycopedia for show and tell....apparently everyone was very impressed!

Mary is growing up too FAST!

So last Thursday Mary had her first day of Kindergarten. She loved it, or as she put it when she bee-bopped into the car, "Mom, I had a blast!" Everyone wanted to be her friend, and she even has a new boyfriend who kissed her on the playground, although she cannot remember his name. We also found out that her two best friends, Gracie and Lily, will be in her class this year. The three of them have been in pre-school together for the last 3 yrs, so I am glad they will still be together!

Then today, Mary lost her first tooth. It almost made me cry! I remember coming across a tooth fairy pillow a while back and being tempted to get it. I talked myself out of it because I thought we were a long way from missing teeth. She looks so cute and so old with her bottom left tooth missing. And I am afraid she is going to be disappointed, as she is expecting the tooth fairy to bring her "one hundred thousand dollars!" Hopefully the 5 Sacaqawea dollars will be good enough.

I want her to stop growing up! I feel as though if we keep on at this rate, we will be shopping for training bras by Christmas!

My Mary is a Kindergartener!

I cannot believe it...Mary is starting Kindergarten tomorrow! I am happy, nervous, excited, anxious, and like Mary said last week, "thinking of Kindergarten makes my tummy hurt."

I am happy because I think she will love it. I often wonder if I should have started her last year, like many people suggested. But now, I wish she could stay home iwth me forever! She will love the social aspect of it, and I am sure she will make lots of friends. But I am nervous because she is so friendly, and loving, and a lot of kids her age are turned off by her gregariousness.

It helps to remember my Kindergarten days, and how much I loved it! I had the best Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Sneed. Great friends, like Melissa and Renee that I am still lucky enough to consider great friends today.

I hope against hope that she gets a young, understanding teacher with lots of patience and fantastic sense of humor. We will miss you Mary and look forward to 1:50 everyday!