I talk

I picked up the kids today and I asked John about his day. He couldn't remember much so I had to keep asking him questions, like "did you play outside today?", "what was your job today?" and "what did you have for snack?" As I was questioning him, I could hear Gillian say "I talk." She was whispering and I could barely hear her. So I asked her how her day was. John replied for her "Her got one timeout today. She was keeping all her friends up during nap. I know cause I saw her sitting at the table when we were done with nap." I asked Gillian if this was true. She nodded and frowned. Based on her reaction I assumed it was true. Not a good week for the kids.

At dinner, I was telling Daddy a story about work. Gillian started yelling "I talk! I talk!" I tell her that Mommy is talking and when I am done I will listen to her story. She waited patiently and then tells me "I all done!" She thought she was finished with her dinner, but I made her eat some more. She finished her chicken and again told me "I all done!" She then asked for some applesauce. Can't really complain if she wants applesauce after dinner instead of dessert.

Green Meadow Farms

Today John's class and the Dinosaur class went on a field trip to Green Meadow Farms. John told me all about his trip. "First we got on a bus! Adriana was in my group and my chaperone was Miss Denise." I asked him what happened when they got there. He said "Then we got to pet and feed the animals. We got to feed them on the inside." I didn't understand what he was talking about. He meant the inside of the fence. They got to go inside the fence and feed and pet the animals. I asked what kinds of animals he fed. He said "Cows and sheep and geese. And what says 'gobble gobble?'" I told him a turkey. He says "Yea a turkey and ponies." He kept telling me animals and I could hear Gillian say "I like ponies!" He tells me that they fed the animals and then they got to pick their pumpkins. "At the end we got to go on a hayride. And can I tell you something? I got in timeout by accident." Now it's been a long time since John has been put in timeout at school. So I ask him why he was put in timeout. He says "I accidentally hit Ryan." In my opinion you don't accidentally hit anyone. I asked him what happened. He said "He was pointing at me!" We had a long talk about how hitting is way worse than pointing. He then admitted "I hit him two times. One time because he was pointing at me. And another time because he wouldn't let me move the wheelbarrow." Again we talked about how hitting is wrong and that he would get no dessert and no television shows tonight as punishment.

Pumpkin Picking

This morning we went pumpkin picking with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy.  We walked to the pumpkin patch and Mimi noticed a corn maze.  She asked John if he wanted to check it out.  John didn't hesitate and the two fo them rushed off to the maze.  The rest of us went to the pumpkin patch to pick out a oouple of pumpkins. 

When Mimi & Johnny got back, we heard the whole story of what happened in the maze.  Mimi said, they got into the maze and John said "Mimi, do you have a cell phone?  You will need to text Mommy in case we get lost."  They wandered through the maze and John had to go potty.  Mimi told him it was okay to just go in the maze, because it could be awhile before they got out of the maze.  John argued with Mimi, "I can't go here.  I can hold it."  Mimi looked around and confirmed that there was no one around and told him just go in the maze.  John did and they got out of the maze safely ansd dtarted to walk towards the pumpkin patch.  "Mimi, you need to text Mommy and ask where she is.  So we can find her."  Mimi explained to John that they would be able to find us, the pumpkin patch was not that big.

John started the quest to find the perfect pumpkin.  He used a lot of the same critera as he had last year (check out pumpkin pickin from last year).  It had to have no holes, a stem, round and not too dirty.  After some pretty extensive searching, John found the perfect pumpkin.  We headed up to pay for our pumpkins and decided to stop to feed some of the animals.  John was not too excited about feeding the animals.  He didn't like them to eat out of his hand.  Gillian, on the other hand, loved feeding the animals.  She was very particular about what animals got the carrots she had.  She also liked talking to the animals and would say "Hey! Hey!" 

John found a goat (ram?  I'm not really sure what it was), with three horns.  He told Mimi, "He knocked down all the trees.  He has three really strong horns and knocked down all the trees here."

After feeding all the animals, we paid for our pumpkins and headed to Mimi & Poppy's house.  We had to help Mimi with her new Halloween decoration.  John and Gillian were big helpers and helped Mimi with putting out additional Halloween decorations.  After Mimi's house, we headed home and Gillian took a nap. 

 After nap time, we headed to Thompson Park Day.  I did not realize that it was that big of an event.  We got there and the park was full of cars and people.  They had rides, activities, races and all kinds of fun for the kids.  We immeditely ran to Aunt Betty's Auto Zone.  The Auto Zone had big wheels for the kids to ride, an obstacle course and some building blocks.  John and Aunt Betty ran thru the obstacle course a couple of times and then they built a little building out of the building blocks.  Gillian got to knock it down.  After visiting Aunt Betty, we went to see a magic show.  John loved it.  He giggled and was surprised with all the simple magic tricks.  Gillian got a little antsy, so we moved on and walked around some more.  We tried to get John in one of the races for his age group, but we were just a few minutes too late.  But the ladies running the races still gave John an inflatable ball which was the participation prize.  We walked around some more, and John and Gillian both got to talk to the pumpkin head man walking around on stilts and the raccoon too.  We were only there a short time (today was just a busy day), but we will totally make an effort to get to next year's Thompson Park Day.

The jungle

Daddy and John had the following conversation at dinner tonight.

John: I want to explore the jungle when I get bigger. I want to see all the animals even the tigers. And the cheetahs too. I even want to ride a cheetah!

Daddy: The cheetahs will eat you!

John: What?!?!

Daddy: Cheetahs are meat eaters. They would want to eat you.

John: I know. Giraffes eat plants. I could ride a giraffe!

Long Day

I had a very long day at work today. Our new project has presented me with some new challenges and I was exhausted when I left the office today. I got home and was immediately greeted by John and Gillian. John came running to me and Gillian was screaming "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" That greeting can make any day better!

They were awesome at dinner. Ate everything that was given to them and the seconds they requested too. John told me "I'm full!" I told him I was very proud of how well he ate and that he could have a brownie for dessert. He said "I have room for brownies. But not dinner. Just for brownies!" I just love his logic.

A bad word

I picked the kids up from school. When the kids got in the car, John started to tell me a story. "Can I tell you something? Landon was not nice to me today. He said something really bad. He said the baddest word ever." Now he has me concerned. I just figured Landon didn't want to play with him but now he said a bad word? I'm not ready to be a crazy mama yelling about how your kid taught my kid a bad word. So I say to him, it's ok you can tell me what Landon said and you won't get in trouble. "Landon said, I hope you get dead in real life. Mommy he said in real life!" I know. You read that and said what's the bad word? Well keep in mind, John is five and we don't like him to say dead. Mainly because he has a vivid imagination and we don't want him to pretend that people are dead. So Landon said this mean thing to John and John was really upset about it. Luckily John has a very distracting sister. After John told me his story, Gillian started making this crazy siren noise. She did it the entire trip home. By the time we got to the house John was no longer upset about Landon. He was annoyed with his sister.

Can I tell you something?

As you all know, John loves to talk. He loves to tell stories and lecture us on all the things he knows. He has been starting every conversation lately with "Can I tell you something?" It's cute the first time, but it gets old.

"Can I tell you something? I remember when I was in the Dinosaur class and we had all that crazy weather?"

"Can I tell you something? Gillian is not sharing. I shared my toys and she never shares."

"Can I tell you something? I've been sneezing a lot. Even when I am sleeping."

"Can I tell you something? I can't sleep. It's too noisy."

"Can I tell you something? My tummy is really hot! Can I take my shirt off?"