Dave and I went to Adam's school yesterday to read a book and share a snack with the class. At first we were going to read a Piggie and Gerald book. Then Adam said he wanted to read a book that Dave did so that he could say "Illustrated by Dave Aikins - my Dad!". Soo cute! So that's what we did! Mrs. Terwin said Dave "earned some super cool points with the class!" The apple chips I made were a big hit with (most of) the kids as well! It was towards the end of the day and all they had left was recess and dismissal. We asked Adam if he wanted us to stay and take him home, if he wanted to skip recess and go home, or we leave and he take the bus home. He chose have us stay while he played at recess then take him home. So we got to go outside and watch him run around with his friends. A couple of the girls in his class came up and hugged us goodbye. Sweet!
Dave figured out that Adam was mostly upset on his birthday by the fact that he didn't get to unwrap as many presents (because the Skylanders figures were all in little bags). Dave had a couple other "back-up" gifts that he wrapped that Adam could have after he wrote his thank you notes. After unwrapping those, Adam went down to the basement and told Dave they were the best birthday presents ever! Peace has been restored. (And the majority of gifts remain in their boxes on the floor since it's really the unwrapping that's the best part.)
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Happy 6th Birthday!
So the day started off with Dave going to Schneiders bakery at 3 am to get Adam some fresh birthday donuts. When Adam got up, he was excited about the donuts but I said he had to have some real food before them. While eating his breakfast, he found that Dave had installed Minecraft on the iPad. No donuts were eaten and off to school Adam went.
I went to school at 11:20 to have lunch with Adam. Talk about a quick lunch! I had to tell Adam to not talk so much because I was afraid he wouldn't have time to eat. I really enjoyed walking him back to his classroom and talking to his classmates. They are adorable! One of them is the son of Jason Singleton, a former OSU basketball player. I was asking him how his football game went on Sunday (his mom said it was his flag football team's Superbowl Sunday so he couldn't go to Adam's party). He said they did good and they won and, 'Do you know my Dad?" Ha ha! I said I recognized the last name (and honestly, I thought dad was a football player. I had to Google him.) Cute! Then another girl heard me say something about a game (referring to the flag football game) and asked if I saw the volleyball game. It was the last of the season! Then she did a cheer she learned. GO VIKES!
When I got home, Dave and I shared some donuts. Then I remembered Adam had wanted the stick one that we ate. Oops! Needless-to-say, when Adam got home from school - the first thing he noticed was his stick donut was gone! He started crying and calling Dave the worst dad ever! We had to explain that we thought he wanted the chocolate iced ones, they aren't very good the day later, and there were other ones left that tasted much better than the stick. Crisis averted!
Adam wanted to play Minecraft instead of opening presents after that. He actually waited until after dinner! The first thing he opened was some Skylanders games for his DS. He was really excited about it and then just wanted to play that for a bit. He eventually opened up his other presents and he got a lot of the Skylanders figures (along with some other things). Dave had gotten a deal on eBay and thought Adam would really like them. Plus, I think they work with the Wii games so if we ever get it for the Wii... Adam got upset AGAIN! He said he got TOO MANY figures! (I think it was along the lines of too many figures when you could have gotten me more things. Ungrateful little.....) Once again, Dave was the worst Dad ever! Never mind the Mario Galaxy Wii game he got, the Mario brothers dvds, the Angry Birds Telepods, a bunch of really big boxes to make a new fort, and several other things he had on his list... He even said at one point it was the best day ever! Dave was pretty upset. He tries so hard!
Sooo...this morning I told Adam that he made Dave pretty sad last night. He said, "I know what will help! I'll give him one of my Imaginex guys!" I said, "No. You'll just give him the Lex Luther he gave you that you said you didn't want." He said, "I'll give him the Millenium Falcon!" "No. You don't like/play with that either. I don't think giving him something you don't want is the answer." Then it was time to eat breakfast. I'll have to work on it more when he gets home.... :(
I went to school at 11:20 to have lunch with Adam. Talk about a quick lunch! I had to tell Adam to not talk so much because I was afraid he wouldn't have time to eat. I really enjoyed walking him back to his classroom and talking to his classmates. They are adorable! One of them is the son of Jason Singleton, a former OSU basketball player. I was asking him how his football game went on Sunday (his mom said it was his flag football team's Superbowl Sunday so he couldn't go to Adam's party). He said they did good and they won and, 'Do you know my Dad?" Ha ha! I said I recognized the last name (and honestly, I thought dad was a football player. I had to Google him.) Cute! Then another girl heard me say something about a game (referring to the flag football game) and asked if I saw the volleyball game. It was the last of the season! Then she did a cheer she learned. GO VIKES!
When I got home, Dave and I shared some donuts. Then I remembered Adam had wanted the stick one that we ate. Oops! Needless-to-say, when Adam got home from school - the first thing he noticed was his stick donut was gone! He started crying and calling Dave the worst dad ever! We had to explain that we thought he wanted the chocolate iced ones, they aren't very good the day later, and there were other ones left that tasted much better than the stick. Crisis averted!
Adam wanted to play Minecraft instead of opening presents after that. He actually waited until after dinner! The first thing he opened was some Skylanders games for his DS. He was really excited about it and then just wanted to play that for a bit. He eventually opened up his other presents and he got a lot of the Skylanders figures (along with some other things). Dave had gotten a deal on eBay and thought Adam would really like them. Plus, I think they work with the Wii games so if we ever get it for the Wii... Adam got upset AGAIN! He said he got TOO MANY figures! (I think it was along the lines of too many figures when you could have gotten me more things. Ungrateful little.....) Once again, Dave was the worst Dad ever! Never mind the Mario Galaxy Wii game he got, the Mario brothers dvds, the Angry Birds Telepods, a bunch of really big boxes to make a new fort, and several other things he had on his list... He even said at one point it was the best day ever! Dave was pretty upset. He tries so hard!
Sooo...this morning I told Adam that he made Dave pretty sad last night. He said, "I know what will help! I'll give him one of my Imaginex guys!" I said, "No. You'll just give him the Lex Luther he gave you that you said you didn't want." He said, "I'll give him the Millenium Falcon!" "No. You don't like/play with that either. I don't think giving him something you don't want is the answer." Then it was time to eat breakfast. I'll have to work on it more when he gets home.... :(
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Future career
(I'll post about the birthday party later)
We were driving around yesterday and passed a building being built and Adam said, "They're framing that building!" I said something to Dave about how his class is learning about Community and houses and they watched a video of a house being built. Adam said he already knew what framing was before the video. I made the off-hand comment of "Oh, we have a future home builder or carpenter on our hands!"
Later that day... I somehow got Adam to go through his piano books and play the piano. He was doing really well and then I made the mistake of saying something about keeping his hands in C position. He said, "It doesn't matter. I'm not going to be a piano player when I grow up! I'm going to build houses!" Ha ha! I tried to explain hobbies but he was done.
Oh -and now that he's almost 6 - a "What the Hell?!?!?" slipped out of his mouth tonight. I had to hide behind the newspaper then leave the room so he didn't see me cracking up. Dave had to tell him it was a bad word. Asked him where he got it from and said he just knew it. (I think Dave says it. I'm more prone to the F-bomb.)
We were driving around yesterday and passed a building being built and Adam said, "They're framing that building!" I said something to Dave about how his class is learning about Community and houses and they watched a video of a house being built. Adam said he already knew what framing was before the video. I made the off-hand comment of "Oh, we have a future home builder or carpenter on our hands!"
Later that day... I somehow got Adam to go through his piano books and play the piano. He was doing really well and then I made the mistake of saying something about keeping his hands in C position. He said, "It doesn't matter. I'm not going to be a piano player when I grow up! I'm going to build houses!" Ha ha! I tried to explain hobbies but he was done.
Oh -and now that he's almost 6 - a "What the Hell?!?!?" slipped out of his mouth tonight. I had to hide behind the newspaper then leave the room so he didn't see me cracking up. Dave had to tell him it was a bad word. Asked him where he got it from and said he just knew it. (I think Dave says it. I'm more prone to the F-bomb.)
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