Ok, so I figured out where my mommy brain cells go.... to Jack! This kid has a steel trap mind.
Today, on our way to church, we passed the road that winds back to where I have worked a few times this past spring. It was a speech-therapy based pre-school and when I worked, Jack would go into one of the classes. I worked there probably 5 times over the course of a couple of months back in April and May.
So, as we're driving by the road (you can't even see the school from where we were), Jack blurts out: "Turn that way, go to school!' I'm thinking, what?!?, he can't possibly remember that!! Isn't that crazy?
And then today, I was on Rhapsody and looking for some Veggie Tales songs to download. Jack loves listening to their songs. I played the song, 'Stand', which is from 'Rack, Shack and Benny'. We had this episode taped on our DVR this spring, but since we have moved, we no longer have that DVR and haven't watched that particular epsiode for well over 4 months now. When I played 'Stand', Jack immediately says: "The bunny song!!" (which, if you've seen the show, you know that he's exactly right!)
Needless to say, we have now listened to 'Stand' about 20 times already today!
I'm getting nervous now.... what will he say to his teachers about things we've said or done at home?!?! :)
Ugh. I feel like I've got half-a-brain today.
Jack woke up at 3:30 this morning crying that his foot hurt. When Matt went in to see what was wrong, he discovered that Jack had his foot between the toddler bed rails and had gotten stuck.
I went in after that to take over, since Matt has work in the morning. Of course, Jack wanted to lay in the bed with me (the twin bed in his room). Being 3:30am, who am I to argue....
He then proceeds to toss and turn until 5am!!
Wake up at 8am - I decide we are going to go play at the playground and then take an early nap. We go out and he plays and we come back to take a nap at 11am. I am SO ready for a nap! We lay down and.... wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. He is literally squirming in his bed. At 11:40 he gets up and comes over to me - guess it's no nap today.
So, now I'm Zombie mommy with a headache. ughh......
We just got back from Jack's preschool open house! It was fun to see his classroom and meet his teacher. he is in the Monkey room (appropriate) and his teacher's name is Mrs. Jennifer. Jack really liked the toys in the room - she had dinosaurs, cars, and a kitchen set. I'm sure that will help him transition there well. The open house was at 7pm - which I thought was a bit late for pre-schoolers - so Jack was cranky and didn't want to share anything or leave willingly.
Anyway, it will be fun to see him go and see all the things he is learning - but most importantly - I will have some Mommy Time! Maybe some of my brain cells will return......
The previous post reminded me of another funny habit Jack has developed.
Right now everything is: 'huh?' And then when we re-tell him, he answers with:'Oh, riiiight'.
For example, this happened the other day...
Jack: Mommy, what doing? (I get this question 1,000,000 times a day)
Mommy: I'm folding laundry.
Jack: Huh???
Mommy: Folding laundry.
Jack: Why not? (he says this instead of 'why' and it's usually asked about 5 times before he continues on)
Mommy: Because after the laundry is clean, we fold it and put it away.
Jack: Oh, riiiight. Put it away.
Example #2:
Jack: What's that? (pointing to a picture of a backhoe)
Mommy: It's a backhoe.
Jack: Huh??
Mommy: A backhoe.
Jack: A backhoe? Oh, riiiiight!
This happed a few months ago, but my mom shared a funny story with me after Jack had stayed the night at her house.
This is how the story went (for the most part):
Grandma: Jack we need to get our shoes on so we can go to the store. (meaning the small grocery store in town)
Jack: Store? Oh, riiiight.
Grandma: Ya, to the store!
Jack: Shoes on. Go to Walmart!
Needless to say, Grandma had a good laugh. I guess we go to WalMart too much! :D
Well, as most of you know, Matt and I built a new house this summer. We were very lucky to sell our old home very quickly, but that made us have to find intrim housing over the summer. We ended up staying most of the summer at Matt's parent's lake house. We were very fortunate to have a place to go and that Matt's job allows working from home!
During the 6 week period, all three of us shared a bedroom. Jack was in our room at night, and therefore got VERY used to us going to sleep with him.
Forward to the new house..... we had to put a twin bed in his room, along with the toddler bed, just so we could lay in his room with him at night. It was becoming quite frustrating to lay there at 8:00 in the evening, just waiting for him to fall asleep! We have slowly transitioned to us laying on the floor just outside his door - so it's much easier to 'sneak away'!
He finally found most of his books that we had stored away, so now he's taking a book to bed and that has helped keep him in his room as well.
Anyway, not a funny story, but a story none-the-less.
Jack likes to lay in our bed and pretend he's asleep and then wants Matt and I to pretend we are asleep as well. Whenever we are 'sleeping', Jack would try to 'wake us up' by smacking us! So, I started telling him we need to get a kiss to wake up. (ahh, so much nicer than the smack down!)
The other morning, Jack woke up and was very quiet walking into our room. He walked right up to my side of the bed and gave me a big kiss! He said "wake up mommy!"
What a nice way to wake up in the morning!
Welcome to my new blog, Inside my mommybrain.
The originator of this blog is my good friend and fellow mom and SLP, Katy. She has a terrific blog that she keeps about all her 'experiences' with her kids. She told me it was a good way to help her to remember all the 'cute' things that her kiddos did - as well as passing along some good humor to the rest of us.
I have wanted for a while to remember some of the things Jack does/says, so I am going to follow in her footsteps! Thanks Katy!
Thanks for reading!
Kriste
