Questions

We put on a movie tonight for the kids. Daddy thought they would like to see "Dunston checks in." They had never seen this movie before, so John had a lot of questions. 

What's this about?

Do you know that this is a grown up show?

Have you ever seen this?

Are you sure we are going to like it?

Why do the kids live there?

What's in the box?

By this point, Daddy and I just said "Please stop talking and watch the movie." It didn't stop. He would wait a few minutes and then the questions would start again. If he just focused on the movie he wouldn't have so many questions. 

Sentences

John gets a spelling list every week. He is given a list of activities to complete with the spelling words.  And you only have to complete 3 activies. A few weeks ago, John told me that he wanted to write sentences with his spelling words. I told him I would write them down after he dicated them to me so that he could rewrite them. Every sentence he said was ridiculous and a run-on. I got frustrated and told him to do another activity. He wasn't happy with me. I told Daddy about the horrible night of homework and I think he laughed at me. 

Tonight, John got his new list if spelling words. This week everyone in John's class had to write four good sentences. Daddy worked with John while I was moral support. John picked the word "white." He suggested "Snow is white and if you put something white in the white snow you will lose it." Daddy nicely said "I think you may be over thinking it." They settled on a shorter version. The next word John picked was "snake." I thought he was going to suggest "My dad is afraid of snakes." No, John had other ideas. He said "Snakes can be really long and snakes can be really short." Daddy was once again very patient with John and suggested a shorter more concise. Daddy was excellent with John and helped John get four good first grade sentences. I hope Daddy will help again next week too!

The haircut

Earlier this week, I asked Miss Brittany if she would cut John's hair this weekend.  Miss Brittany is our neighbor (she is also Mr. Matt's wife) and she is a hairdresser.  I wasn't sure if she would be comfortable cutting a little boy's hair.  But she said she would be happy to give John a haircut.  We made plans to meet her today. 

Tonight John and I walked over to Miss Brit's house.  We knocked on the back door and walked into their kitchen.  Miss Brit asked John "How do you want your hair cut?"  John looked at me and then said "You know!  You tell her."  I explained to Miss Brit, that John wanted a faux hawk.  I also told Miss Brit, that I thought John's hair was a little too short for a faux hawk and that it probably needed to grow more.  She agreed and we decided to cut the sides short and leave the top longer this way maybe next time he could get a faux hawk.  After we decided what the plan was, Miss Brittany starting cutting with the clippers.  John is very used to clippers.  Daddy has been giving John buzz cuts for a long time.  John sat very still and Miss Brittany asked John how school was.  John gave some short one word answers and then I prompted him with "Tell Miss Brit who came to visit school on Friday."  That prompted John to tell her all about the firemen that visited school and about fire drills and lockdown drills and fire safety.  He was chatting away when there was a knock on the back door.  Aunt Missy arrived!  (Aunt Missy and Uncle T were going to visit Mr. Matt and Miss Brittany for dinner tonight.)  Miss Brittany finished John's hair.  What a difference it made!  He looks so grown up. 

I tried to stay and talk with the girls.  But John was not having any of it.  He was ready to go.  And since I wasn't moving fast enough, he just started pouting in the middle of the kitchen.  We said our goodbyes and we walked home.  It is so nice to just walk next door and get John's hair cut by someone we know and trust.  Thanks Miss Brittany!