We had snow days on Wednesday and Thursday. Well, Ben’s not in school yet but there was a blizzard that whipped through and then everyone needed a day of clean up. I actually even got a call from the school that things were closed, funny because I’d just registered Ben for fall UPK two days before.
We took advantage of all the snow and played outside for a long time. Andy had even used the snow blower to make paths in the backyard for Ben to run through. Afterwards we came inside and Ben insisted he needed hot cocoa. Excellent idea!
Seems like I just did one of these…so many Benisms!
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“Ew yuk, cassidy slimy with spit”
While getting Cassidy’s 6mo shots Ben asked the nurse if he could get them instead of her because it would hurt her and she would cry.
Ben was telling me about the colors of stop lights and he said “Yellow means be careful out there, OK”
He was telling everyone that came out of the Y to “be careful don’t slip on the ice”
While talking about Cassidy he said “I very very love her”
We were reading about how catepillars turn into butterflies. He saw the cocoon and asked “Is it poop?” I explained what it was and then he kept calling it a “raccoon” instead of a “cocoon”
Ben has been potty trained for a year and a half. In that time I think he’s pooped on the potty four times. He usually just saves it for his bedtime diaper (grrr). Well recently he’s been wanting to read his potty book again and tells me “Mommy when I poop on the potty I can have (insert whatever I’ve promised him).” Today I thought we were close again, he sat on the potty to pee and I knew he had to poop too. You see, when he has to poop he runs laps around the house grunting and screaming but still holding it in. It would be the most mortifying thing for company to see ;-) So I had him on the potty, he’d peed and was trying to get down and I was making him sit and wait for poop. He started screaming at me “No mommy! No poop! NEVER! I’ll never poop” OMG! In the battle of wills the three year old won, he got down and sure enough, later that night pooped in his overnight diaper. When I went in his room to change him he said with a maniacal grin “Mommy I pooped in my diaper, see” *hangs head* I give up.
I finally printed and added pictures of Cassidy around the house. When he woke up the next morning Ben immediately pointed out which pictures were missing and what new ones were in their place. I don’t even think Andy noticed all the pictures I changed.
We were playing with some of his farm animals and he exclaimed “Cows get milk from their butt!” I tried to explain about udders, I don’t think he really understood.
I let him squeeze a pear we’d bought and was trying to teach him that it was still really hard so it wasn’t ready to eat yet. Every 20 minutes for the rest of the day he asked if he could squeeze the pear to see if it was ready yet.
Lately he’s been stripping down to just his pants. I’m not really sure why because it’s still really cold out. The one day he did it and said “I like socks, I don’t like shirts. No shirts for me!”
While photo bombing Cassidy’s monthly pictures he put his hat on her head a little too hard and made her cry. He said “I’m sorry Cassidy” it was the sweetest thing.
I told him I needed to change my pants before we headed out for errands (sweatpants to jeans). He asked “Mommmy, are they wet?” as in, I’d had an accident.
Ben: I have to go to work today.
Me: Oh ok what are you going to do at work?
Ben: Fix things with daddy
*awwww*
We were playing a preschooler game on the tablet and it said “Good job!” and Ben replied “Thank you”
I asked Ben how his dinner was one night. He responded “It’s not that bad.” Gee, thanks.
One of the (many) times Cassidy was crying Ben asked “Cassidy crying, her poop stuck?”
He’s become a sneaky little one and if he doesn’t want to do something we’ve asked of him he says “I can’t hear you mommy.”
I think we’ve decided to do the 5 day Pre-K program for Ben next year. I’d initially wanted to do the three day (which actually is sometimes two days, Monday Wednesday and every other Friday)…but because of his October birthday he’s going to be a very young Kindergartener next year and I think the 5 day program will help better prepare him. Ideally I’d like to give him an extra year before K, but our only options with that are a Montessori type Kinder prep or homeschooling for a year. Neither option really works for us, the Kinder preps are SO expensive. I was looking at this Transitional Kindergarten and while it looks like a great program, we can’t afford the $2,000 a year to send him. And homeschooling for a year kind of defeats the purpose of getting him confident, able to problem solve with others and in control of his emotions in a classroom setting. Plus, I am so not prepared to homeschool (even if it is just for a preschooler).
So while he’ll be one of the youngest in his class (thanks to the NYS age cut off of December 1) I think he will be fine. Or rather, I hope. Just one of those things with parenting I guess, you always hope the decisions you make are the right ones. He’s a very smart little boy, I’m just a little worried about how overly emotional he is. He feels everything so much. Pre-K is 2.5 hours and I’m hoping the 5 days help get him in a school routine and the classroom experience helps prepare him for Kindergarten. Right now we’re at a “we’ll see how he does with it” and if he’s really NOT ready for Kindergarten next year, we’ll reevaluate our options.
Can I be honest, my house is gross right now and it’s driving me nuts. Crumbs on the floor, dishes in the sink, laundry in baskets, cob webs on lights, cat fur tumbleweeds. There just isn’t time. And when there is time I’m just so tired that I can’t bring myself to clean. People have weekly cleaning schedules, maybe I should try something like that? Then again those people scrub their walls and baseboards. I don’t think I’ve ever cleaned my baseboards. I think I get discouraged that even if I do clean, it just gets dirty a week later. Someday my house will be clean. Along those lines, as SUPER excited as I am for spring…it just brings with it a whole ‘nother host of chores. Weeding flower beds, mulching, mowing the lawn, the garden, cleaning windows and siding (because that hasn’t happened in years). I’m looking on the bright side of winter, I don’t have to do anything outside just yet.
I have a bunch of photos to post from our trip to Ohio a few weekends ago. I was joking with Andy, that who goes to Ohio in the middle of winter for a weekend getaway? This guy! We had fun visiting with college friends and enjoyed the long weekend sans kiddos though.
The scowl. Daddy, don’t dump water on me.
Ok, it’s not so bad.
