1st Day of School

Adam was very excited to go to school this morning! He finished his breakfast and said "Let's go!" I tried to explain that we still had 45 minutes until we needed to be there but we still ended up leaving about 15 minutes early. We wasted a little time checking out the bathroom and taking pictures outside.

We parents got to stay for about 45 minutes while the kids played, did a craft, and had snack time. We were the snack-bringers. I wanted something creative to go with the Teddy Bear Picnic theme of the day. My original idea of making bread in a jellyroll pan (thin) and cutting it out with bear-shaped cutters didn't work because I didn't have enough batter. I ended up making banana bread muffins and gluing a chocolate Teddy Graham on top with icing (thanks Mom!). I actually made some apple-carrot muffins first but they looked too healthy and I was afraid the kids wouldn't touch them. Anyway...one of the other mom's said I was setting the bar a little high for the rest of them or something like that. Oh, well! I'll bring Goldfish next time!

Adam's craft project was a picture of a Teddy Bear that they had to color and glue on pom-pom noses and googly eyes. They had different colored pom-poms and eyes for the kids to choose. Adam chose yellow everything..."like Winnie the Pooh." I thought that was really cute!

Parents left after snack. Adam was ignoring me at first, absorbed with all the toys in the room, while I was trying to say goodbye. Finally he started following me but decided to yell at a sleeping baby and then rock it's car seat really hard on the way to the door. Part of me was mad at him and part of me was mad at the parent for just leaving their baby in the middle of the floor like that. I left and I could hear the teacher by the door trying to distract Adam.

Pick-up time was 12:00. I was running a little late because I thought Dave was coming with but he had gotten a phone call. I got there with a couple minutes to spare but parking is across the street and the light takes FOREVER to change. Luckily, Adam wasn't the only one still there. :) The teachers said he did really well and even helped pick up other kid's carpet squares. Adam said that they went to the gym and played basketball, sang songs about teddy bears, the teachers blew bubbles, and he knocked some kids over. He said he had fun!

Another big thing for him today is that he finally figured out how to ride his big wheel!! He no longer pedals backwards! We did a test drive around the block and then he said he wanted to ride all the way to the park. The park is a straight shot down County Line but it's about a mile to get there. Well..he did it! It took a long time with all the steering into the grass but he did it! He played a little while on the slides and then wanted to swing. He was totally beginning to zone out so I called Dave to come pick us up. When he saw Dave he ran to him..and became very awake again! We managed to get the overly tired crazy man to sleep just after 8! Whew!!

Next week - the beach with my parents!

School bus

Forgot this in the previous post...

About a month ago we were sitting at a stop light and were next to a little red van that had "OURDAY PRESCHOOL" printed on the side of it. I told Adam that was the "bus" for his school. (I don't know if they really use it as a bus or what it's for really...). Fast forward to today and a regular school bus drove by our house. Adam said "That's not my little red bus. That bus is for big kids!".

i just can't believe his memory!

Funny things said

I wish I could remember all the funny things Adam says in a day! Yesterday, I was driving home from the library and Adam says "I got a small arm!" I was like 'Uh-oh! Who noticed?" So I asked "what Buddy?". He said "I don't got a big arm, I got a small arm. Mommy, can you get my cup with your big arm?" Oh - OK! He couldn't reach his cup that had fallen next to his car seat.

The other night he wanted to read his own bedtime story. He chose to read "Little Bunny Follows His Nose." It went something like this. "Hi Little Bunny! Listen! Oh, I see peaches! (scratch and sniffs) Ewww!! Too yucky! Oh, Hi Guy! Listen! I'm going over there. Squirrel. What are you doing in the tree squirrel? You have pine cones in there? Let me smell! Eww! Stinky! Listen! I'm going home. I smell yucky cookies! (hee hee hee). Little Bunny is going to bed. The End."

Adam got another time-out in the Sprouts Room yesterday, this time for pushing and hitting. They ladies said they thought it might have been due to a bunch of crazy boys in there and he was influenced by them but after a talking to and time out, he was fine. They said he was good today (the crazies weren't there). BUT, when we went to go play out in the lobby, Adam stood all the way at the top of the clubhouse/slide thing and spit. I saw it fly al the way down toward me. So I ran up to the top, grabbed him and left. He continued to spit all the way to the car and even on the window once I got him in his seat. Uggh! If he even hears you mention the word "spit" (like when I was telling Dave about it), he starts.

On a cuter note, he walked to the Sprouts room holding hands with a little girl named Allison whose mom is in my work-out class. It was so stinking cute watching them walking down the hall, hand-in-hand!

Tomorrow is Open House at his preschool tomorrow! Next week is the real deal! He's been in undies and pants almost 2 weeks now so I guess he's officially potty trained (and he's been staying dry at night too!).

No Thank You

Those are Adam's favorite words lately. It's soo hard to get frustrated with him when he's so polite!
Hey Adam! Wanna go to the store with me?
No thank you! Stay home.

Adam, would you like some lunch?
No thank you...I'm not hungry.

This morning he was cracking me up. He came into our room and asked Dave to help him take off his PJ's and get dressed. No getting in bed and hanging out for a while. He left and I got up and got dressed. As I was leaving our bedroom, Adam was coming back in and said his stomach was grumbly and he was hungry. I asked what he was doing while I was getting dressed and he said he let the dogs out. "You know, MoMo and Kirby?" Umm..yeah - i know the dogs names. As I was getting his breakfast ready, he let the dogs back in and said he had to feed them. That's a first! Then he was just a chatterbox all morning. He's very into puzzles these days and can do the 25 piecers by himself. He'll put a couple pieces together then say "something goes here" and looks for the next piece. It's just fun to listen to.

We went apple picking on Friday with Jen. Adam loved it and ate a couple apples that day but I think the novelty wore off and he hasn't wanted any more. Guess I gotta learn how to make a pie for Dave. :)

Sprouts room

Forgot to put this in the last post and I have told a few of you the story already but it's pretty funny.

Last Friday when I picked up Adam from the Sprouts room, I asked him what he did while he was there. He started off with his normal "I do puzzles, color, slide...and I get a time out".
Me:"A time out? Like you had to go sit somewhere by yourself?"
Adam: "Yeah. I sit in a chair"
Me: "Well, what did you do to get a time out?"
Adam: " I scream like this! AHHHHHH! AHHHHHH!! MOMMMY MOMMYY! {{{SCREAMS}}}!!!"
Me: "OK! I get the picture. DId you stop screaming?"
Adam: "Yeah"

Funny thing is - the staff said nothing to me about it. I talked to one before I went to pick him up and she asked if I had taken a peek at "Dr.Adam". Apparently he had dressed up in the doctor costume and she told him to introduce himself to the other kids as Dr. Adam which she said he did. 2 minutes later when I got there, he was putting on a construction worker vest. I guess it wasn't a big enough deal to mention.

Yesterday when I picked him up, I asked him if he had fun.
Yeah.
Were you a good boy today or did you get another timeout?
Yes....No.....Maybe!
OKaaayyy....Did you get a timeout?
Nooo. There was a baby in the Sprouts room today!
Were you nice to the baby?
NO!
What did you do to the baby?
{{{no comment}}} Where's my cup?


When we got home, I told Dave to ask him about the baby. Once again he said he wasn't nice. Dave asked him again what happened. He thought he said something about taking away Buzz but were not so sure. Hard to get a full story from an almost 3 year old! And nothing from the frazzled looking staff who told us only 3 people could be in there at a time picking up our kids.

August AFP/ultrasound and randoms

Adam had his quarterly tests done last Wednesday. He has got the ultrasound routine down! He walked right in the room and started to get up on the table before the tech even had the sheet down to lay on! Once up there, he lifted his shirt and just laid there patiently (watching Clifford) while the tech got the machine ready (which took a little while because the power outage the night before). He watched some of the belly pictures and asked if that was his lunch in there (noo - just your liver and kidneys - and some gas). He was so good that he didn't even need a lollipop (although he asked and I said he had to wait). After the tech praised him for being so good and asked him if he could be her patient all day, we went to wait for his blood draw. I guess they only had one phlebotomy tech that morning. She came out about 5-10 minutes later and asked if Adam had done this a lot and if he was pretty good. She said she had a 16 year old boy back there who had lost it and if we would mind if he watched how well a 3 year old did. I said he still screams when the needle goes in but that's about itl. She said she didn't know what else to do so she talked to the kid. She came back and said he was too embarrassed to stay and watch but would listen from another room. Great! Of course Adam started yelling as soon as she got the rubber band around his arm but she stuck him soo quick it was over before we knew it. Then he continued to cry a little because he didn't like the crayon bandaid. Hopefully the quickness of it all helped with the 16 year old.

Results came back later in the week: Afp is 2.5 and ultrasound clear.

Adam has really gotten into wanting to play hide and seek. I think he learned a little from some of the kids at the Community Center. Only problem is, he wants you to go hide - but only where he wants you to hide. He was getting so mad at Dave the other day for not hiding in the bathroom! When you tell him to go hide, he hides while you're counting but as soon as you say "ready or not, here I come!" he comes running out towards you screaming. It's pretty darn funny!

We have (finally) been making Adam go to sleep on his own. We used to lay in bed with him until he fell asleep. Now once we finish reading books we turn on his night music/sounds, turn the light on in the hall, then we sit in our room or his playroom until he goes to sleep. He plays for a good half hour or so but it is soo fun to listen to...and he doesn't leave his room. Then it gets quiet and he's sound asleep.

Did I mention this kid's memory?

I had to deliver some vet gifts for work a couple weeks ago and as we were driving to Laura's (my "boss"), Adam said he didn't want to hit his head on the table. Months ago when we were there to pick up deliveries, Adam had started to throw a fit, sat on the floor, and bonked his head on the corner of a filing cabinet.

About a month ago, Adam and I visited Bumma and Pa. When we were driving away, Adam asked if the duckies were still there. We had just passed the house that had baby ducks on Mother's Day!

He can point out the 2 sets of train tracks on 270 from our house to Sawmill Rd. without us warning him train tracks are coming.

Everyday we drive by the Sports Complex where we sat and saw fireworks and Adam has to say he saw fireworks there...and now firetrucks as well from "Touch a Truck" day.

There have been a couple of other things where I have been "WOW! How does he remember stuff like that??" but since my memory is not as good as his, I can't write them down right now. ;)

ABC's

Adam is getting really good at his upper case letters. He actually did them all by himself before I got out the camera..and he got them all right in his Star Wars ABC book tonight. The camera must have made him nervous. :)
Gotta love the ending!