Preschool fun

When Jaxson woke up this morning he wasn't sure if he wanted to go to preschool today. It took some convincing on my part to get him to go. When I went in to wake him up I told him it was time to get up and get ready for preschool. He opened his eyes and informed me that he did not want to go to preschool today. When I asked him why he didn't want to go he said "because I just don't want to OK MOM." I told him that he needed to go because preschool is his fun thing that he gets to do because he is getting so big and because his teachers and all of his friends can't wait to see him today. He thought about this for a minute and said "well, I DID have a good dream about preschool last night, and I would like to tell Miss Shirley about it." I said that was another reason that he needed to go today, because Miss Shirley would love to hear about his preschool dream. He said "but MOM im just too tired to go to preschool today!" I said ok then you need to go back to sleep. He didn't like that one bit. He said "WELL, I just want to go downstairs and have breakfast mom. Im not too tired for breakfast or toys, or movies." I said if you are too tired for preschool then you are too tired to play with your toys too. He sighed and said FINE MOM! After he had breakfast and got dressed he decided he WAS excited for preschool after all. When we pulled up in front of his preschool he said "Wow mom, we got here super FAST! MOM, did you drive too fast?" I promised him that I went the speed limit the whole time, and that we got to preschool so fast because it is so close to our house. He looked at me for a minute and then said "Ok mom, are you going to get here that fast when preschool is over?" I promised him I would and he gave me a hug and a kiss and walked into preschool with Miss Shirley. When I picked him up from preschool, he got in the car and said "Hey MOM, I have a new friend! You wanna know his name? His name is A.J. and guess what mom, he is the funniest kid I ever seen! Mom, he liked me so much that he said he wasn't going to let me go home today! Funny huh mom!" I told him I was so happy that he made a new friend, and I asked him if he was excited to go back to preschool tomorrow. He grinned and said Ya! Then he immediately had to show me all of the stuff that he made at school today, which included a "pizza" that he had made on a paper plate with paper pepperoni and paper olives. He is quite proud of it.

Papa George

We were driving in the car today, on our way to go run some errands. Jax had just got done listening to his favorite song by Daughtry which he rocks out to by the way. I looked at Jax in the rearview mirror and I could tell he was deep in thought. I said what are you thinking about buddy...

Jax: (sigh) I love my Papa George.

Me: I know you do, and he loves you too.

Jax: I love it when we get to go on a airplane and visit, I love Papa George and Grandma Bonnie's house. Hey Mama, do you know what I loved da most when we goed on da airplane to visit dem? I loved it when I got to ride in Papa's car, his cool little car, and Papa took me over to da park and I got to play at da park with Papa. I loved it when I got to ride in Papa's car and go to da Fox River too. I love it when my Papa George comes to visit me too, but I like going on a airplane da very best. Hey MOM did you know dat when Papa George took me to da park dat I got do down a slide and play on all of da stuff there and dat it was so much fun Mama, I can't wait till I can do dat again Mama. It was SOOO much fun Mama! Mama do you remember dat?

Me: I do remember that buddy! That was a fun thing for you and your Papa George to do together!

Jax: Ya mama, it really was! Mama, I really love my Papa George!

Big Girl!

Lil miss Ella has been standing all by her self today! She can stand without holding on to something (or someone's finger) for a little bit, before falling on her bum. Good thing she has a diaper to cushion the fall. She has tried to take a step when she is standing by herself, but she can't quite figure out how to balance AND move her foot. But she sure is trying. She is so proud of herself when she does this, she just looks at me and grins! She can't wait for her daddy to get home tonight so she can show him what she can do! These pictures are a little blurry because I had a monkey trying to climb on my back (Jax) while I was trying to take these pictures.

She is crying becasue she can't have the camera. She gets a little upset if she doesn't get her own way. I don't have ANY idea who she gets this from...

Two little monkeys

I have been watching Gabe today, I told Jaxson that when I picked him up from preschool Gabe would be with me and then Gabe was going to come to our house to play. He couldn't decide if he was more excited about 'yellow' day at preschool, or Gabe coming to play after preschool. When we were driving home from preschool Jax and Gabe spotted a tractor. Gabe said "that's a cool tractor" Jax looked at him and said "no Gabe, it's not cool it's awesome man!" Then as soon as we walked in the door Jax informed me that he needed to go put on a "muscle shirt" so that he could look cool. When he put it on he looked at Gabe and said "I look cool huh man." After Jax put on his muscle shirt they decided to play with Jaxson's play food....

Jax: "GABE! That's PLAY food, we don't really eat it! GABE! Im watchin you!"

Gabe: "Im eatin a apple"

Jax: "GAAABE that's not a apple, we are pretending like it's a nectarine!"

Gabe: "I don't like fruit."

Jax: "I know Gabe, but it makes you grow big and strong like me."

Gabe: "Can I have a hundred dollars Jaxy?"

Jax: (eye roll) "Ya Gabe, if you give me 50 dollars."

During this conversation Jax was using his grown-up big boy voice. Or maybe it's his cool voice, I don't know but it's hilarious. After they played with the play food, they helped me make cookies (healthy cookies I might add) Jax kept telling Gabe exactly what to do, and exactly how to hold the spoon when it was Gabe's turn to stir. He told Gabe to listen to him because he is always mommy's cooker so he knows what he is doing. Needless to say, I have not been short on entertainment today. These are my handsome little sous chef's!

Grumpy and Happy

When Jaxson woke up this morning Nick wanted to go in to his room to get him. Most mornings when Jax comes in to our room Nick has already left for work. So when he has the day off he loves to go into Jaxson's room when he first wakes up. When Nick went in to get him this morning, Jax grinned at him and said "I knew you would come and get me!" Nick asked Jax what his dream was about last night and Jaxson said "It was about me and my daddy having a picnic together." Being the softy that he is, this made Nick absolutely melt. He loves it when Jax says stuff like that to him. Who wouldn't? Meanwhile, princess Ella was downstairs with me. Since she decided to wake up early this morning. I was getting her breakfast for her. I cut up some grapes and gave them to her, which she instantly started shoving into her mouth as fast as she could. Then I gave her some pieces of bread, well this made her mad because the bread was covering up some of her grapes. How do I know this is what was making her mad? Because as soon as I moved the bread away from the grapes, she was fine. I was also feeding her some bites of oatmeal, and if I didn't give her a bite of her oatmeal RIGHT when she wanted it she would throw a princess tantrum. If I tried to give her another bite before she wanted it she was mad. If I waited too long to give her a bite, she was also mad. This was very frustrating since she can't talk, so I had no way of knowing when I was supposed to give princess her next bite! I was laughing at her little tantrums, which probably didn't help the situation. But I couldn't help it! When Nick came downstairs with my happy smiling son, I was glad that ONE of our kids woke up on the right side of the bed.

After Ella got some food in her princess tummy, she was back to being a happy little girl. She is taking a nap right now, and hopefully lunchtime wont be a repeat of our breakfast tantrum. Jaxson is still in a very good mood with no temper tantrums to report from him. Hopefully it will stay this way. Wishful thinking I know, but a girl can dream.

Gabriel

My sister called me today to tell me about her adventure to carl's jr. with Gabe. I may get some of the story wrong, and I may even leave stuff out. But since I was laughing my butt off by the end of the story, I had to blog about it because Gabe never ceases to make me laugh!

Danielle took Gabe to carls jr. before she had to go to work this afternoon. He was playing on the kiddie playset or whatever you want to call it. According to my sister, it is a huge playset. She said he was crawling through the jungle gym and was going to go down this twisty tube slide, which according to my sister was also huge. Danielle was at the bottom of the slide waiting for Gabe to come down the slide. He informed her that he was too scared to come down the slide. She told him it was ok, and to just come down the slide. Then she heard thump thump thump. She asked Gabe what that noise was and he said "it was my shoes, did you get dem mommy?" Then a second later she sees his socks come down the slide. Then Gabe said "did you get my socks mommy?" I don't remember what Danielle's response to this was. She then proceeded to climb up the slide to get Gabe down. This attempt was unsucessful. She then crawled out of the slide and started ordering Gabriel to come down the slide immediately. This did not work either. He told her to come and get him, she told him that she couldn't come through the jungle gym maze and come get him, and he would just have to either come back the way he came or come down the slide and she would catch him. I am unclear on exactly how she managed to get him down because at this point I was laughing my head off. I think she ended up climbing all the way up the twisty tube slide to rescue Gabriel. For those of you who know Gabe, this story should be rather comical to you as well. For those of you who don't, you may not find this as funny as I did. Whether you found it funny or not, I found it hilarious. Probably because when Danielle called me she was already laughing, and because I can just picture Gabe at the top of the slide taking off his shoes and socks and sending them down the slide, and then refusing to send himself down the slide. Gabriel, you are hilarious!

Mornings

This morning when I opened my eyes, I wished that my little human alarm clocks would just stay sleeping for a little while longer. My bed was so comfortable and I woke up with a headache. Not that waking up with headaches is a new thing for me, but it doesn't make getting out of bed any easier. I just wanted to sleep some more. That is until I heard Jax yawn and stretch on the monitor, and I heard Ella jabbering. Suddenly it didn't matter that I was still sleepy, and it didn't matter how bad my head hurt. Just like every morning, I could not wait to get up and start my day with my kids. No matter how early they wake up, and no matter what kind of temper tantrums the day brings. I look forward to each day with my kids. I can't wait to hear all of the funny things that Jax is going to say, and I can't wait to see what new thing Ella will learn to do today. While my bed is extremely comfortable and sleep feels oh so good. Spending time with my kids is waaaay better. Grumpiness and temper tantrums included. Besides, who wouldn't want to wake up to these faces?

This is why I get out of bed every morning.