Jordan's Artwork

Jordan knows how much we love pandas, so he surprised me with this drawing. He is so perfect!

PANDA STYLE!

Wii rules according to our 5 year old

Today I overheard Jordan and Nolan "discussing" why Nolan is not allowed to play the Wii. Ryan and I did not make this rule, Jordan did. We have been having a lot of issues with Jordan not wanting to share his Wii with his younger brother. We have caught ourselves bribing Jordan with treats, money, games, movies, no school, etc. IF he will share his Wii with Nolan. This still has not worked out for us, cause our kids are smarter than us. Anyway, back to the "discussing" part. I heard Jordan telling Nolan HIS new set of rules for playing the Wii and I had to share.

1. If you touch my Wii and your hands are dirty, you are not playing.
2. Do not pee on the couch.
3. Do not pee in your diaper while you are by the Wii
4. You can never be Batman, only Robin
5. You better learn to follow me
6. If you do any of these, I will spank you until you get a rash!

Nolan pulls out his pacifier from his mouth and says "I have poo".

Jordan SAY WHAT?

I didn't think this time would come for a few more years, but I was wrong.
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Today Jordan asked about the S.E.X word. And when I mean asked he said "Mom, why do you and dad have so much sex? Um, I am pretty much still in shock. I mean what do you say when your child says that to you? I haven't even had time to rehearse this, let alone come up with a good response. My first thought was "I knew it, your teacher is a pedophile because I didn't check her background", but I knew that I was overreacting, so the first thing out of my mouth was "What? Sex? We don't do that; I don't even know what that is. The boys start laughing like a giggly school girl and I tried to change the subject. "Heeey....yooouuu....guuuuyyys...want some treats when we get home?". The whole time I am thinking "where in the hell is their father when I am asked questions like this".

For the record - we do not have a lot of sex, cause if we did I think I would know about it and I would tell you:)

So I need advice. Have any of you been put in this kind of situation and if so, what was your response?

I am too young for this.

P.S. Would it be wrong to put this in his baby book? We have hit another milestone:(

So little

I came across this picture and it almost brought me to tears. I can't believe how old they are now. Nolan's hair was black when he was born. I miss that age.

Jordan's 2nd day of school

I had to take 4 pics of them to get 1 decent.

So this is the 2nd day of school for Jordan and I think I am already over getting up at 7am. It really sucks! I feel pretty good after I am up and running, but getting to that part is so hard. I told Ryan that if I am expected to be up this early to take them to school for the next 13 plus years, than we better invest in a coffee maker that has a timer on it. I HATE making coffee early in the morning when I feel half dead. Not only do I have to make the coffee, but I have to grind the beans too. Too hard for me at 7am. - Ry, if you are reading this; this is a friendly reminder:)

I think I liked the school a little more today, so hopefully it will grow on me. I found out that they teach Spanish AFTER I pick him up; when I heard that I got angry eyes. He only goes for 3 hours a day since it is VPK. fyi, VPK is a free program that Florida does for all residents with preschool aged kids. It does not matter how much money you make and you get to choose any school you want; private or public. So we choose Montessori. It's free, so why not. The school is pretty dated as you can tell in the pictures. My brother asked if it was someones ghetto house. Too funny! They teach from preschool all the way to 5th grade and I think the cost is around $700 a month. Yikes! We won't be putting him in it next year, that's for sure.

My Baby Is In School

So this morning was the BIG DAY! Jordan's first day of Preschool.

We have been preparing him for awhile now, so it wouldn't be a huge shocker for him when the day finally came. I have to say that he did very well. We were really worried about the whole Going To Bed On Time thing, since this child will stay up till 2am if you let him. We tried to all get on a better schedule of getting to bed earlier, so we could get up A LOT earlier, but it ended up not ever happening UNTIL the night before he started school. Again, I know we are such slacker parents. I don't like getting up early. Ryan and I LOVE our sleep. Before we had kids; our friends would tell us that our kids will probably sleep a lot because that is all we would do when we were not working. I remember in high school we were all asked to write down a little about us and one of the questions were - What are some of your favorite hobbies? - All I wrote was SLEEP.

But, I digress.

So we got up at 7am and got Jordan dressed right away. He wanted a Toaster Strudel for breakfast; which I got him, but our toaster broke so it was a hot & soft Toaster Strudel. YUM! He wanted to watch Noggin which had Blues Clues on and I wondered if that comes on everyday at that time, because I am gonna get sick of JOE really quick. Daddy ended up doing his hair, so it matched with his. Jordan had his Batman backpack on and ready to go, but guess who was holding up this excited 4.5 year old? His younger brother who was still sleeping. I hate to wake that child up, because he is so grumpy in the morning. He growls and moans like you have been poking him with a stick for an hour and saying "ha ha, ha ha, ha ha". Anyway, we finally got him up, dressed and fed and out the door.

We arrived at his school and were told TODAY that since he has a late birthday and because they are Montessori they don't follow by the rest of the county rules on age, so they put him in K-1 grade; not Preschool. I still don't know what I think about this, because the schedule is completely different then what we planned on and what I told Jordan he would be doing. No yoga or a second language. I am going to let it sink in more and give you my opinion in a few days.

We went into the new area that I had never seen before. That kind of upset me, because now he has a different teacher, different classroom, even different bathroom. This was a shock to me because it was out of my control. I couldn't all of a sudden say - Hey, let me check your bathroom to make sure you have soap, or let me see the teachers credentials, so I can assure myself she is not a pedophile or let me see the schedule to make sure it was a good fit for my child. And then with all that info, I get to choose if I want him to go here. NOT surprise, you get stuck with this. So at the moment, I feel a little confused and uneasy about the whole thing. I hope I will get use to it and I will love it tomorrow or the next.

Jordan did very well. After we put his stuff away in his cubby and we showed him his workstation, he told us that it was okay for us to go. That was really hard for me and I had to refrain from bawling right there. My little guy looks much older to me in school rather than at home. What was surprising, was that even though they put him with the K-1st graders; he still seemed a little bigger than them.

When we picked him up and were driving home, Ryan and I asked him if he met any new friends and he says "Yeah, I have like 16 friends". p.s. there is only 8 total in his class:)

So this is Part One. Sorry so long. Will keep you posted tomorrow.

Back To School

It is that time of year and any parent who has school aged kids knows that back to school shopping can be a major pain. I am such a procrastinator; I have waited till the last week to do all of Jordan's clothes shopping.

We decided that this evening would be the last day we could do it, due to my brother visiting last weekend and leaving yesterday and Ryan leaving tomorrow for New Orleans for business till this Saturday. The child starts school on Monday. Yeah I know; Bad Mommy!

We decided that since we live in Florida that we mostly just need to buy plenty of shorts and short sleeved shirts. Little did I know that stores here; such as Gap, tend to carry the same style of clothing that appeals to the rest of the country that sees Winter. Do they not stop and think that it doesn't even get chilly here until Nov? And when I mean chilly I mean high 60's.

We go into Gap and all they have for back to school clothes are long sleeves, jeans and fleece pullovers. Where in the damn are the shorts and regular clothes that all of us shopping at this mall or in the entire state will ever need for the next 3 months. If I put my child in these clothes he would be dying of heat and I would probably get a call from Child Services.

We ended up finding a couple of polos in the sale section from their summer collection. We had to go to several different stores looking for Summer clothes, and no such luck. I am curious what other parents are thinking or what they did. I think I might ask some moms when I drop him off on his first day if they know a store that keeps secret summer clothes.

Anyway, I spoke about this for way too long and this was not what this post was suppose to be about.

I wanted to talk about how sad I am about him starting school. Since this is kinda my online journal I thought it would be appropriate.

Jordan, I love you so freaking much and as I am so excited for this milestone. I am also very sad to let go of you. I know it is only Preschool and it is only 3 hours a day, but never again will you be able to hang out with me all day. Never again will you or I be able to sleep in until 11:30am cause we stayed up late playing Nick Jr online or watching Noggin till 2am. I hope you love your school and make lots of friends.

I remember like it was yesterday; looking at him so small and perfect and thinking someday that I will be picking him up from school and it seemed like forever away. I am now living what I couldn't even imagine 4 years ago.

I will post pics of his first day on Monday.