My evening yesterday consisted of many bazaar conversations with the little ones..
B-man came to me and said "Hey mom, just so you know, if you ever see a hippo and think its bleeding, its probably just hot"
Me-with baffled look on my face- "why is that?"
B-man- "hippos sweat red, so sometimes people think they are bleeding"
Me- "ok buddy, thanks. If I see a hippo anytime soon I will be sure to not get concerned"
B-man- "your welcome, I just didnt want you to be worried"
Me- "to be honest, if I ever saw a hippo, I would probably be running away, I wouldnt be so concerned as to whether they were bleeding or not"
B-man- "you shouldnt run, it will chase you"
this carried on with scenarios on how I should react to a "bleeding hippo"....
AJ spent the day counting how many times he ate with a tooth missing.. then from about 4:00 pm on, started with the what ifs...
what if the tooth fairy has a tiny fairy body and a big scary face?
what if I wake up when she comes to take my tooth?
what if my light in the night lights up and scares her away?
what if my brother is up and she doesnt come?
what if I wake up and she is just looking at me?
then we went into...
are fairies real?
what does the tooth fairy do if nobody lost a tooth?
what does her house look like?
does the tooth fairy ever sleep since she is going to hong kong china when we are awake and then has to come to us when we sleep?
why does the tooth fairy like teeth?
what does the tooth fairy look like?
doesnt the tooth fairy want another job?
do people hire fairies?
are there other faires that arent tooth fairies?
By 8:00 I needed ear plugs.
Both kids went to sleep great, we did have to put the tooth in a ziploc bag and rest it on the ladder of the bunk beds so that the tooth fairy wouldnt come near AJs pillow, or him for that matter.
AJ woke up at 9:30, and then again at 10:15 and said he was done sleeping and the tooth fairy still hadnt come yet. Once he was asleep the tooth fairy come to visit and both mom and dad went to bed.
We were woken up at 2:20 to B-man, just coming to tell us the tooth fairy came.. soon followed by AJ whom he had to wake up to share the good news. Both kids were in our room talking about the dollar bill ($5) that the tooth fairy brought and I sent them back to bed.
They both woke up again at 5:15 only to replay the last part because they were both still half asleep, so seeing that the tooth fairy had actually came was a surprise to them again.... OYE!!
Have I mentioned that they are on summer vacation and have been up before 6:00am all week!?!?!?
How does one teach a child to sleep in???
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
And so it begins..
School vacation that is!!
Both kids have successfully completed Kindergarten and 2nd grade and are moving on.
AJ woke up this morning on his 1st official day of summer vacation, and his 1st tooth fell out!! He was SO excited!! He quickly advised me that he will not be placing his tooth under his pillow for fear that the tooth fairy (that he doesnt fully believe in because it seems way too far fetched that there are actual fairies buzzing around) will be entirely too close to him while he is sleeping. He would like to put it next to his bed. I think we will look for a special little sack to hang on his bed post for future tooth fairy visits seeing as this madness has just started.
B-man has taken to his sleep walking as of late, Im not sure if its the stress of being finished w 2nd grade and the transition to a new school for 3rd grade, or if its my parents moving south in the next week that has him extra stressed, but he has been up each night, strolling the upstairs. I will say I am glad that he isnt peeing like usual, but these sleep walks get a little weird.
The boys will spend this week with Dad, doing boy things around the house and likely embarking on some daily adventure to get out of the house.
I find myself wondering at the end of each school year how I can land myself a job where I get summers off. I think I woul dhave so much fun hanging with the kids each summer. There is so much to do and who wants to be doing "chores" on weekends or summer vacations!?!?!? Not this girl!!
Maybe someday I will figure out what I wanna be when I grow up and it will involve summers off. :)
Both kids have successfully completed Kindergarten and 2nd grade and are moving on.
AJ woke up this morning on his 1st official day of summer vacation, and his 1st tooth fell out!! He was SO excited!! He quickly advised me that he will not be placing his tooth under his pillow for fear that the tooth fairy (that he doesnt fully believe in because it seems way too far fetched that there are actual fairies buzzing around) will be entirely too close to him while he is sleeping. He would like to put it next to his bed. I think we will look for a special little sack to hang on his bed post for future tooth fairy visits seeing as this madness has just started.
B-man has taken to his sleep walking as of late, Im not sure if its the stress of being finished w 2nd grade and the transition to a new school for 3rd grade, or if its my parents moving south in the next week that has him extra stressed, but he has been up each night, strolling the upstairs. I will say I am glad that he isnt peeing like usual, but these sleep walks get a little weird.
The boys will spend this week with Dad, doing boy things around the house and likely embarking on some daily adventure to get out of the house.
I find myself wondering at the end of each school year how I can land myself a job where I get summers off. I think I woul dhave so much fun hanging with the kids each summer. There is so much to do and who wants to be doing "chores" on weekends or summer vacations!?!?!? Not this girl!!
Maybe someday I will figure out what I wanna be when I grow up and it will involve summers off. :)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
School..
The school year has almost ended for the boys, they have the rest of this week and then 1.5 days next week. It seems crazy that AJ is finishing Kindergarten, and B-man will be heading to a new school to start 3rd grade!!
We will end the school year with the tradition of ice cream sundaes. B-man has always LOVED this, I feel like it isnt all that fitting to reward AJ w/ a sundae seeing as he doesn't enjoy the milky treat nearly as much and usually ends up with a tummy ache soon after. We may have to compromise on that one.
I have begun my shopping for summer supplies to prepare the boys for summer camp. I have gone through all of their stuff from last year and am quickly reminded how gross their things get. Everything is slightly gritty from the sand and smells of overused sunscreen-if that even makes sense.
I have also started showing them the proper sunscreen-ing technique so that they will be properly protected all summer.
Lets hope they finish up the school year on a good note and we can kick off the summer right!!
We will end the school year with the tradition of ice cream sundaes. B-man has always LOVED this, I feel like it isnt all that fitting to reward AJ w/ a sundae seeing as he doesn't enjoy the milky treat nearly as much and usually ends up with a tummy ache soon after. We may have to compromise on that one.
I have begun my shopping for summer supplies to prepare the boys for summer camp. I have gone through all of their stuff from last year and am quickly reminded how gross their things get. Everything is slightly gritty from the sand and smells of overused sunscreen-if that even makes sense.
I have also started showing them the proper sunscreen-ing technique so that they will be properly protected all summer.
Lets hope they finish up the school year on a good note and we can kick off the summer right!!
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