Texas "Snow" Day

Quotable Jack

He's on a roll today:

Exhibit A-

Jack: I'm acting like Curious George. 

Me: What does he do?

Jack: He steals his dad's stuff & makes big messes.

Exhibit B-

When I grow up I'll get to sit in that seat (pointing to drivers seat). I'm gonna drive a blue truck with a shovel in the back.

Super Heroes

Jack has a towel with a hood that makes for a pretty awesome cape. Tonight he said he was a super hero as he spun around the room in his "cape". I asked him what a super hero is & he told me this:

They fly up to the sky.

They pick up people from the rain.

Now you know.

Jack Phrases

Two of my favorites:

Instead of, "What's that noise?" he says, "What is that noise about?"

Instead of, "Is that little car catching up?" He says, "Is that little car going to catch us up?"

My Handy Man!

I've been wanting a kind of gallery wall for Jack's room where we can post his various drawing & projects. I found a couple examples on Pinterest that were basically strips of wood with clips screwed into them, so I asked John if he would make me some. He took it a step farther & decided to inlay strips of metal in the wood so we could use magnetic clips to post the art. I chose the layout & the lengths I wanted, painted the wood a nice espresso, and painted the metal a brushed silver. John did the rest. Well, I did hold the level a couple times. ;) I think it turned out great & I'm thankful for my handyman!

Almost Summer & Jack Updates

Jack is Mr. talkative these days. We're always surprised at the things he comes up with. it's so fun to see him grow & hear him explain the things going through his head. Here's a recent conversation we had in the car:

Me: What do you want to eat?

Jack: My want some hay bales. My have a cow in my pocket. Cow is mooing in my pocket.

Well, ok then...

He is also pretty consistent with some favorites lately:

Color: green

Food: not much - yogurt

Question: what does ....eat? (Fill in any & every type of animal in the blank. He is very interested in what they all eat.)

Song: Lay Me Down (Chris Tomlin) He's heard us play this one at church & has been known to belt it out at the most random times. It's pretty awesome.

He has also started singing his ABCs. We didn't even know he could until one day he just sang the whole song while playing on his own. Yay, Jack!

Jack loves the piano, guitar, & drums - really any music. He is always singing songs- sometimes there's a melody & other times it sounds like some kind of tribal chanting. Every Sunday after church he plays John's drums & sings. 

Favorite Movie(s) - We've moved on from Cars & Cars 2 to Finding Nemo. He also likes To watch Bubble Guppies & Team Umi Zoomi.

His last day of preschool for this school year is Wednesday. We conferenced with his teacher who praised his verbal & motor skills. She also mentioned we might want to focus on him following directions. (Can you say strong-willed?!) Other than that it was all positive. He's even started napping again, which was a bit of a battle at school for a while.

I'm really excited to have to summer break in 2 short weeks to just be Mommy & hang out with my little man.  He is so challenging in some ways, but an absolute joy in so many other ways. I know we will have fun playing & learning. I see lots of library & zoo time in our future! :)

Toe Talk

Since Jack is getting so good at expressing himself, there have been several funny conversations lately. Example from last night after hurting his toe:

Toe is crying!
Little tiny toe is crying!
Need ice pack. Mommy get ice pack please.

After he feels better, he notices my toes which are in need of a pedicure...as in, one big toe is lacking the red polish of the others. He pointed at each of the other nine saying, "Pretty toe", then stopped at the ugly one:

Where that come from?
That toe not pretty.
That big toe crying.