Monarchy or Dictatorship

The other day Max says "it's not fair!". My reply entailed a long diatribe summed up here: it doesn't have to be fair. This house is not a democracy. It is a monarchy and I rule. Your opinion doesn't count. There is no need for debates, speeches of persuasion, or people pleasing. I make the rules and you follow them. I don't have to run for reelection so your opinion of me doesn't matter. My job comes with a lifetime contract and no monetary pay so appeasing you or the concept of fairness has no place here. Freedom of speech is not a right but a privilege. There is freedom of the press as evidenced here by Alexis:


But unfortunately you can't write yet and you are three. Non-compliance with my laws result in capital punishment. And unfortunately for you there is no judicial branch of my government so your judgement day is mine and mine alone. I am my own checks and balances. At this point Max is just staring at me with giant eyes and a gaping mouth. Yet I continue.....

My laws may be amended at any given moment and don't need approval from two houses. My house rules. Actually perhaps this is less a monarchy and more a dictatorship. Either way it doesn't look good for you and your complaints. Your every move is monitored and tracked so don't even try to sneak it. I have eyes in your room (video monitors rule). So Max do you have a response? "ok". Great glad we got that all cleared up.

Do you think I should run in the election?

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Sassy!

All three children have in their own way adopted a sassiness quality. Alexis's is defined as her 'tude that she occasionally demonstrates and her fashion sense.



Max's is characterized by his incessant talking back and testing to see how much he can get away with. He is slowly learning.


And Maizy's sassiness stems from her new found independence. She is so proud of herself with all of her new accomplishments. She is walking, exploring, and talking.


These three sassy beasts make my world go 'round!

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Athletic Prowess

Our children have very different and distinct athletic abilities. Alexis is more of an independent and graceful athlete. Thus, she is great at ballet and gymnastics and running. Not really a team sport kinda girl. Doesn't like the idea of getting dirty or the possibility of someone running into her. Max on the other hand is all about sports that require motor skills -- baseball, soccer, football. He actually has quite an arm and doesn't have to be shown anything twice. I think these two videos explain it all.

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Another Two-Legged Creature

Our house has another two-legged creature. Maizy is walking. I think she probably could have been walking already but she doesn't like failure. So whenever she started to walk and wobble, she would resort back to crawling. It will be slot easier to be out with her walking then crawling. I mean crawling on concrete just can't feel good. I see endless possibilities....the park, jumpy places. Wow, I'm a little too excited about this. And still walking is not her most used or reliable means of transportation yet.

And she is so darn proud of herself!

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Alexis puts the Drama in Dramatic

In four years of Alexis being in preschool, I don't think I ever got a phone call to pick her up because she was sick. She doesn't even really get sick that much. But on day #7 of kindergarten the phone call came from the school nurse. Of course, my cell phone rang and when I didn't know the number, I didn't answer the phone. But I work on Tuesdays and so they called my work number. (Aside-of course I work one day a week where I am inaccessible and that's the one day she decides to get sick). Anyway, I guess I should program the school nurse into my phone, huh? I get there and she seems pretty content but says that her stomach hurts. She is walking all hunched over and I'm thinking the worst like we will end up in the ER and having her appendix taken out. I take her to my office and she lays crouched on a pillow and sips water. She thumbs through some books. Then she asks for her lunch box. It was about 1:00 by now and her class eats lunch at 10:45 and she didn't eat so it would make sense she was hungry. Then she goes to the bathroom. Then miraculously she is cured. It really is amazing. She had me convinced there for a minute we were dealing with something serious, but alas, I should know better. I asked her when she told her teacher her stomach hurt just out of curiosity of how it all went down. She said she didn't tell her. Well, Alexis, how did you end up in the nurse's office then? "Well, I was too scared to tell her but when I was walking funny she asked me what was wrong so I told her then". Oh dear. Hopefully, she doesn't ever have anything too important to tell her. At least now she is fine and this better not become a habit.


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Kindergarten

It's official.....we made it through our first week of kindergarten and have begun week #2. Alexis was thrilled to wake up early on the first day and bolt out the door to the bus stop.


I totally pictured her crying and us dragging her but she proved me wrong. She met her friend at the bus stop and when that big yellow cheese pulled up, she hopped right on. And by that I mean she clung onto her friend and kept turning to make sure she was still behind her. But no tears. I was so taken aback by how calm this went that I was the one who shed the tears. I figured I wouldn't cry because I was going to be so focused on getting Alexis onto the bus and struggling with her but it was almost too easy and so the tears came. Ben had already been busy that morning decorating the sidewalk in sidewalk chalk with motivating phrases like "you can do it", "one step at a time", and "learning starts this way" with arrows all the way to the bus stop. It was very creative and only a teacher would think of it. Each day has been harder and harder at wake up time. But not for Alexis.....for me. Yikes! I guess we will all get used to it.

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Munchkins

There were three little munchkins sitting on my bed!!!!!


Sadly, tomorrow I will only have two little munchkins sitting on my bed because my biggest munchkin will be at kindergarten. I am so happy and so sad at the same time. I am so happy to hit another milestone with my baby and seeing her grow up is such a pleasure. I am so sad because I lose my mornings and afternoons with her. I totally get why people keep having kids so you always have at least one home!!!! I'm excited to start the elementary school journey.....helping in her class, volunteering in the media center, organizing for PTA, chaperoning field trips, etc. All the great memories I have of both of my parents when I was younger. So from 3 little munchkins in my bed in the mornings down to two. And from no little munchkins on the bus to one!

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