He's got a way with words.

TK likes to watch Phineas and Ferb. It's a pretty cute-ish cartoon about two kids that do the impossible and drive their sister crazy. Phineas is smaller and sort of the leader. Ferb doesn't talk much andwhen he does it's with a crazy British accent. I don't watch it much and I couldn't remember if Ferb actually talked or not. So I posed this question to TK.

"TK, does Ferb even talk?"

"Um, he can talk, but he's really more of an action man.".

"Ohhhhhhhhh."

I'm okay!

You'll have to excuse my shrill voice - concrete floors in the house will do that and you'll have to excuse the dim lighting. It's because it's SO DIM that Todd even allowed me to share this video.

Of course, I'm proud that the little one RIDES A SCOOTER at 22 months, but that's not the funny part. You have to suffer through watching the little one "throw" the soccer ball to hear Teeks in the background crash and yell afterwards. It's so funny that I die laughing every time I listen. Comedy genuis... Oh and the little one riding a scooter is pretty cool, too.


I'm Okay! on Vimeo.

Sorry Mickey D's. It's the meat.

TK admitted today that what really "grosses him out" about McDonald's cheeseburgers is the meat...

Praise the LORD. We don't have to go back anymore!

Mini-me

And I'm not saying that in a good way...

I put the tree up this weekend. It's fake and it's freakin' huge so I take my time.

Anyhoo, I put the tree up and put the decoration totes next to it thinking I would do the decorating over the course of this week.

Today, Todd was sick and the little one was under the weather, too so they were both sleeping. TK and I were downstairs and he noticed the decorations.

"Mommy, let's decorate the tree. I'm going to help you. I'll put every hook on every decoration."

"Wow, TK - that's so nice. Thanks."

{5 minutes later}

"Mommy, turn off that TV and come over here and help me. I'm not doing this all by myself!!!"

Nice...

I totally LOVE TK

He is so, so funny. He makes me laugh about 100x/day. Saturday was no exception. We had to visit the mall to get his glasses adjusted. The parking lot conversation between he and Todd went like this

"Tell mommy what song we heard in the car today."

"We heard KISS"

"No, remember...letters"

"Oh yeah, we heard ACDC. I love their song 'Dirty Deeds and the Dunder Jeep".

I still have not stopped laughing.

A little drama goes a long way

Yesterday it was pretty chilly when TK and I left for the movie theater. By afternoon it had warmed up considerably...enough to warrant changing into shorts.

"Mommy, can I change?"

"What?"

"Can I change from these cozy pants? I'm like, SWELTERING!!!!!"

Why couldn't he have just said "hot"?

Aim high

TK asked me yesterday if Kiss could play at his 6th birthday party.

I had to sadly tell him that they are no longer doing the 6th birthday party circuit.

Oh and that even if they said yes, we couldn't afford that. Forgot that small detail.

He's in the 4th grade!!!!

TK has a friend at school named Elizabeth. She's the cutest thing ever. She picks apart her ponytail holders and gives TK the beads. She also has a brother in 4th grade...yeah, uh oh.

So, TK comes home for the third time and says "Elizabeth's brother told me he was going to punch me in the stomach and the nuts if I don't leave Elizabeth alone." I was like, "REALLY? He said that to you?" and TK said "Yes and he balled up his fists at me. I was so scared my teeth were chattering." (I almost laughed at that one).

So after a lengthy discussion with the teacher and Tiki, Todd asks him if it's all square in his head - if he can go to school Monday and not have chattering teeth.

TK says "I guess, but HE'S IN THE 4TH GRADE!"

Todd said "Yeah, but there are people bigger than him"

TK was skeptical to say the least when he said "Yeah, but who?

Sad that I'm so old I can't remember when a 4th grader seemed scary...

5 going on retiree

"So, TK, is this the park where you saw your buddy on Friday? What was his name? Cooper?"

"Yeah, Cooper. He was from my old school, HLC"

"That's cool"

"Yeah, daddy. And it felt really good to reconnect with an old friend"

Bu-wha?

Snazzy boots for a snazzy kid

TK's annual boot pick. So cute with his little jeans and his big glasses...

Can you use that in a sentence?

Today my amazingly amazing 5 year old used the word perseverance. in a sentence. in context.

All we could do was smile. And then all I could think was "Slow down, sweet boy...slow down. I'm not ready yet."

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwuh!

Yesterday we headed to Todd's grandmother's house for lunch. About 15 minutes into the trip TK asked if we were dropping him off at school. I told him school was closed on Saturday and Sunday and he was mad. And by mad I mean mad. Mad enough to say that closing school was the "stupidest idea in the world". I couldn't help but be a little envious of that enthusiasm... and a little sad knowing he will be just another jaded, cynical kid this time next year. :-)

I thought fickle was for girls...

08/26/2008
"Mommy, I have a new friend and she's a girl. She has a 6 year old brother with a girlfriend! Can you believe a 6 year old has a girlfriend?"

08/27/2008
"The girl that's my friend, that I don't know her name, with a 6 year old brother with a girlfriend...she was tricking me about her brother having a girlfriend so I'm not her friend anymore."


At least he's got standards. I wouldn't settle for that kind of deceit either!!!!! :-)

Smackit brothers ~ disbanded

"How was your new buddy - your Smackit brother buddy?"

"I'm not friends with him anymore - he kept hitting me."


Oooooooohhhhhhh. Hmm. Maybe you should have called yourselves something else...???????

*Exactly* what I hoped for...

"How was the first day of school TK?!?!?!?!"

"IT WAS AWESOME! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SCHOOL WAS SO MUCH FUN? I WANT TO GO BACK THERE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!!!"

...Excellent. That is perfect since you are committed for at least the next 13 years. State law and all.

The Smackit Brothers

That's the name TK and his new classmate came up with today at the Kindergarten Meet n Greet popsicle social. I guess it's their club...The Smackit Brothers...

Poor, poor teacher.

Meet the teacher!!!!

...did not go *exactly* as planned.

Perhaps it was me. Perhaps I hyped it up too much in an effort to secure the excitement of starting kindergarten. Perhaps it was the crowd. Perhaps it was hunger. Perhaps it was during the *witching hour* for TK. Who knows? Who will ever know? What I DO know is that I will be praying extra hard for TK's teacher come Monday morning.

Some things that were said and overheard tonight...

"Mommy, CAN WE JUST GO HOME NOW?!?!?"

"I don't care where my cubby is"

"Mommy, CAN WE JUST GO HOME NOW?!?!?"

"I hate those t-shirts"

"Mommy, CAN WE JUST GO HOME NOW?!?!?"

"I want to go to the ice cream park right now. This is boring"

"Mommy, CAN WE JUST GO HOME NOW?!?!?"

"I hate tennis shoes. Why can't we wear flips to school?"

"Mommy, CAN WE JUST GO HOME NOW?!?!?"

And wouldn't you know, as soon as we were safely back in the comfort of our car on our way to dinner

"I'm going to LOVE schoool and I can't wait for it to start."

There it is people. PROOF that I will NEVER get it.

T minus 3 and counting

In just 3 short days we will be gearing up for the first day of school! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! TK's teacher called today to introduce herself. I didn't speak with her, but Todd did and said she sounds nice, excited and competent. PERFECT. TK can suck that right out of her in the first week. KIDDING! Seriously, kidding :-)

Actually I went upstairs to tell him that we now *know* his teacher's name and he asked what it was and I told him "Mrs. ______". He pondered that and rolled it around his mouth for a second. Then repeated it and said "Well, I bet she's pretty."

I'm impressed that he got that from just her name...

The math...

2 adults + 1 five year old + 1 sixteen month old + 10 hours ONE WAY in the car = 4 lucky to be alive people...

T minus 13 and counting

13 days until TK is a kindergartner.