Thursday, April 26, 2012

I am leaving with Jeni to go visit Heather in Mountain Home and you are going to stay at Grandma and Grandpa Packers tomorrow and Saturday night.  When I told you where I was going, you wanted to go with me, but you felt better when I told you that Jeni and I were bringing back Clara and Quinton to stay for a few days.  But, then when you realized that I was going to see new baby Warren, you were pretty sad and want to go with me just to see him.  You love little babies!

I have been cleaning out the office and I have been putting all your birthday cards and art projects in a box.   You found the box and you LOVE going through it!  I was in the other room and you had Connor run back and forth between us asking me who each card was for and who sent it.  You are actually getting really good at bossing Connor around.  You have realized that most of the time he is pretty willing to do what ever you ask.  It's pretty funny watching you boss him around, though!

You got to spend some time this morning with Hampton while Connor was at the dentist getting 3 fillings!  You are actually really excited to go the dentist and keep asking me when your turn is, which is next week.  When I keep telling you that it's next week, you keep asking me "what is next week".  That is another concept that is so hard to understand!  We keep talking about days and weeks and months, but it is tricky to understand!

Friday - Wednesday, April 20 - 25, 2012

On Friday, April 20, you got a new cousin!  Heather and Barry Jenks had a new baby boy, Warren Tate Jenks.  When I showed you a picture of him, you immediately said you wanted to go to Quinton's house to see him.  You really love babies and love looking at them and love trying to make them smile and it always gives my heart a little pang knowing I can't give you another baby brother or sister.  In fact, on Monday, you drew me a picture and when you told me about it, you said it was me with a baby in my tummy and there was a doctor standing by me to help me. 

When we play outside, you and Connor look for treasures and the treasures are basically anything shiny you find on the ground, which is always just garbage!  But, you love it!  I told you that you couldn't take any of it inside, so you got a box and you keep it on the porch to put all the treasures inside!

You are doing so good reading the "Dick and Jane" book!  You ask me every day if you can read it to me.  You are going to be the smartest kid ever to go to kindergarten!

You are trying to figure out the relationship to cities and states and the earth and it's a pretty hard concept to grasp.  You are always asking me what city we are in and trying to figure out how big the earth is. 

We went outside today to eat a snack and sat on the grass.  You looked at me and said, "Sit on the grass?  What if there are spiders?"  I told you that you can't be scared about spiders, so you sat on my leg!  You did end up on the grass, eventually!  :)  But, you do love all other bugs and seek them out in the grass and dirt and then make homes for them in jars and boxes.

On Monday as we walked home from Heather's house, you picked some dandelions and put them in every mailbox that we passed and you kept saying that the mailman was going to be so surprised to see flowers in the mailboxes!  You thought it was so funny!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

You had pre-school graduation today from your pre-school you do with your friends.  We went to the movie theater owned by the Andrews and played games, fishing game and got a book, pin the graduation hat on the smiley face, and matching numbers.  We also had popcorn, cotton candy and cupcakes with graduation hats.  You also got a cape with a big "T" on the back, which you wore all day!  It is sad that this is over, but we do hang out with and see most of the kids at church.  The only one that we don't see at church is Danielle.  But, of course, you are going to marry her, so we will keep in touch with her!

You got a dollar at pre-school today and once again, you immediately wanted to spend it!  I can not help you understand that it is better to save money!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Connor went to the dentist today, but your appointment is not for a couple of more weeks.  You are pretty excited to go to get your own light-up toothbrush! 

Today, you started holding up fingers on both hands and adding them up.  I was pretty impressed!  You are too smart! 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Tonight as you were getting ready for bed, you looked at me with all seriousness and said, "When I grow up I want to see a frog". I felt shocked and a little sad that you have never seen a frog in real life before. And then you said, "Actually, I want to hold one!" My goal for this summer is to get you to hold a frog!

We left our car at Evelyn Marchant's house for her husband to fix our air conditioning and so we are borrowing Grandpa's truck. You are so excited about that and love riding in Grandpa's truck!

Monday, April 16, 2012

You registered for Kindergarten today!!! While I filled out paperwork, a teacher took you and gave you a little screening test, which you got a 16 out of 20, which actually shows that you are ready to learn and write! You have been reading from the "Dick and Jane" book every day and you can read the entire first section pretty good. You want to move to the 2nd section, but I think you still need just a little bit more practice. You did get a little upset at the screening today because you wanted to go out and play on playground, but I wouldn't let you. So, when the principal tried to talk to you, you were pretty quiet and sad.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

I have been so proud of you for the last couple of Sundays. You have sat through Sacrament meeting very reverently! Our rule is you can't color or look at books or anything until after the Sacrament has been passed and you have sat with your arms folded very patiently waiting for the Sacrament to be be over!

You really enjoyed your primary lesson today and you played a game like "Chutes and Ladders" that talked about Choosing the Right and making wrong decisions. You got to take the game home and we played it a couple of times and you are one smart boy who can make lots of right decisions!

You didn't take a nap today, so you were pretty tired and whiny, and tonight when you were going to bed, you saw a picture of you at your tumbling recital last year and started saying you wanted to go back to tumbling. About a month a half ago, it got really hard to take you to tumbling. You kept saying you didn't like going anymore, so we talked about it and you made the choice to not go any more. Well, tonight you decided you wanted to go again and you cried and cried when I told you that you made your choice and couldn't go anymore. I know it's a hard lesson to learn. I couldn't even calm you down by telling you that Kindergarten registration is tomorrow and that I wanted to sign you up for T-ball and swimming lessons. So, you went to sleep pretty sad!