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Feb
Feb
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Sorry for the lack of posts lately; it's a combination of me being busy - with work and obsessing over the election - and that there's not a huge amount of news 'round here.
Tidbits:
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Jax, in his desire to get outside to tree a wily squirrel (who mocks him mercilessly), has learned how to open the back door with his paws AND his mouth. He still has to figure out to pull the door while simultaneously pushing down on the door handle lever, but I'm betting that's next. I'll try to get a pic of him doing this next time.
I received the following email yesterday from Christopher's teacher:
Subject Line: Ice Cream Day
Dear Parents,
It has been brought to my attention by the lunchroom monitor that the majority of our class is eating their ice cream before they eat their lunch. She has asked that my class not have ice cream. Next week the class will not be having ice cream. I will communicate to the monitor that our class will have to earn the priviledge back. I know that their were probably some who did not do that, but I am not there to monitor. Thank you for your support on this and please talk with your child about the importance of eating their lunch for energy and brain power.
My first reaction to this email was to giggle. Of COURSE a group of kindergartners would try to eat ice cream first.
But, I had a feeling that Christopher was not one of the ice-cream-firsters, mostly because he's too afraid of getting in trouble. (This is the same reason he is extremely quiet in class: he doesn't know when it's ok to talk or when he might get in trouble, so he clams up. And then melts down at home from all the bottling-up. Good times.)
Christopher confirmed that he wasn't one of the "troublemakers". He further told me the names of each and every one of the offenders, and mentioned that it wasn't fair that he got in trouble, too. I told him he shouldn't keep track of who's doing what and that I was proud of him for doing the right thing, blah, blah, blah, but I feel badly because this kid LOVES him some Ice Cream Day.
Also, there's a lizard loose in our house. Not the tiny geckos which we saw for a while, but a 6-inch lizard. I keep seeing him (her?) in different places. I'm surprised at myself that I'm not too creeped out by said lizard, and it makes me smile to see it pop out in unexpected places.
Wondering....do lizards eat scorpions? I'll just assume that they do and go tra la la happily along my way.
Tags: of ice cream, lizards, and prehinsile mouths
So, Christopher and I enjoy watching American Idol together from time to time, and I'm letting him stay up slightly later than usual to watch the first hour of Hollywood Week (which is really more like Holllywood 2 Hours thanks to the interminable audition episodes).
