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....  :(

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.)

Reading and ramblings

Adam was soo cute tonight.  He wanted to read "One Fish, Two Fish" to me.  That book is like 66 pages!  He was about half way through, yawning and struggling with a couple words so I asked if we could book mark it and finish tomorrow.  He agreed and was sound asleep 2 minutes later!  I cannot believe how well he is reading already!  And that he wants to read to me. So sweet!

Even when I'm on my computer, he's been looking over my shoulder reading what I'm looking up.  Crazy! 

There was a big pep rally at school today.  The kids got to dress down and wear "spirit wear" (something that said Columbus Academy) on top or a maroon or grey top.  I had to scramble yesterday and buy him some new jeans that fit and didn't have holes. The length ended up being OK but even after adjusting the tightners, they were still falling down on him.  He needs some hips!  Anyway...I sent him in his new jeans, a maroon school shirt, and since it was cool this morning - a grey sweatshirt I found in the gently used closet that had a big maroon A with a banner over it that said Vikings.  When I came to pick him up, he was the first kid back to his classroom with his senior buddies.  Apparently Adam did not like how loud it was in the gym and his buddies stayed with him in the hallway.  (Awwww!!)  I asked him if he had everything in his backpack. He said yes and that his sweatshirt was in there because he was told to take it off;  that he wasn't allowed to wear it. Huh?  It was grey and maroon.  Anyway...he then gave me another tour of the school because he forgot to show me some things on Wednesday when I picked him up.  I wish he could give everyone a tour.  He's adorable explaining what everything is...but I'm kind of biased! 

1st Academy birthday party

Adam went to his friend Will's birthday party today.  10am-2pm!  Captain pirate Will had a balloon guy and a face painter, a huge playroom, and (once the rain stopped) a big driveway and nice playground in the back to play on.  Adam REALLY wanted to give Will something (it was a "no gifts please" party) so we brought him a card and Dave drew in and signed a SpongeBob book.  At cake time, Adam really wanted to give Will his card.  I tried to explain that Will would look at the stuff later but Adam found where Will's mom put it and ran to give it to him.  Will made Adam open the envelope for him and then briefly glanced at the card and handed it back - he was busy playing. Adam was a little disappointed but I explained again that this was party time and he seemed OK with it.  A little earlier Will's dad came up to me and said Will had told them that Will had said some not-so-nice-things to Adam the day before.  (Adam had told me that Will said he wasn't invited to the party. When Adam said he got an invitation, Will said it was from a different kid named Will.  I'm assuming this is what his Dad was referring to.)  I told him Adam talks about Will all the time but I lied and said Adam didn't say anything bad happened.  Well, he apologized and said they had a talk with Will about being a good friend, etc, etc and we agreed it was just Kindergartners being Kindergartners.  Later - we were leaving and I told Adam to say goodbye and thank you to Will's mom.  She said you're welcome and then Adam started spewing everything to her - "Will likes to push me and say mean things to me.  I think Will's a bully! ..."   Good for him for having the courage to tell Will's mom when I tried to cover for him with his dad!   She told him she would talk to Will and if he is ever mean again, to tell him his mom said to knock it off.   :)

A little funny

Adam had a cookout with his senior buddies today.  He said he remembered that one was named Zack but couldn't remember the other one.  I said I know it starts with an A...give me a minute.  Then he said - Anerd!!  His name is Anerd!  Ha ha haa!  No, it's Anupe...but close.

A funny from yesterday

Yesterday was swim class day for Adam.  He was very excited because they actually got to go in the water!  I guess they practiced getting in and out of the water and had a chance to jump in the deep end if they wanted (which he didn't). The funny part was, he said "Before all that, we had to go to the locker room to change into our swim suits.  It was SO embarrassing!  Everyone's weinerschnitzels were hanging out!!".  Ha ha haa!!  Get used to it buddy.  You have many more years of awkward locker room time.  :)

I forgot to post about the parent/teacher conference last week.  It went well.  The teachers had already noticed Adam get frustrated a couple of times and were able to step in before a meltdown.  They also noticed issues with his speech and then saw it on the form I had filled out so I should be hearing from the speech teacher soon.  (Adam may have been given something to bring home but he has left his folder in his cubby the past 2 days).  They noticed that he likes music.  Pretty good for only having him in class over a week!  They are able to pay better attention to the kids since there are only 13 in the class.  Mrs. Terwin said Adam is a great eater at lunch.  She said he has to take one of everything (his decision) before he even starts to eat.  I thought that was pretty funny since he'll just look at something I make and says no before even trying it.  That was about it for the conference. {Side note - Today's lunch was chicken fajitas.  Adam said he put everything but chicken on his tortilla today, including the green beans!  Apparently there was tomato in it because there was a big red stain on his pants that he said was from tomato falling out at lunch.  Good for him for trying!  At first I thought it was blood because he said he ran into the fence at bonus recess and got a bloody nose.  Glad it wasn't!} 

I posted on FB yesterday about his awesome bus driver!  Today she got him home at 3:45 (!) AND instead of turning on our street and having him cross in front of the bus like usual, she turned on the next street over so she could pull up in front of our house with the door on our side of the street so he didn't have to worry about crossing!  Love her!

Keb' Mo' - Life is beautiful

Putting this here so I can find it again easily for Adam.  This was the song he was singing at the bus stop last week.