Underwater

John's camp is not far from my office and I get the pleasure of dropping and picking him up everyday. Most days when I pick up he gives me the run down of what happened at camp. Today, I asked "How was camp today?" He said "I don't want to talk now. I'll tell you at dinner." I said "Okay. Just tell me, was it a good day or a bad day?" He said "Good." He was really quiet for about half the car ride. I couldn't take it. So I asked him about a blow up dome that they had a camp today. He said "It was for color wars. We had to get all the balls on the other side of the dome. And you had to throw them. You couldn't cross a line." And that's all it took. So he started to tell me about his day. He said "Mom. You know what? I can spin underwater!" Let me sidetrack for a moment, swimming lessons are included in John's camp. At the beginning of the summer he was afraid to put his face underwater. When we met his swim instructor at the camp barbecue, he said the same thing. John has been getting more and more comfortable putting his head underwater over the past few weeks. So when he says he can spin underwater, I was very impressed. He then followed it up with, "I opened my eyes underwater today! I couldn't see good." I am so proud. Not only is he getting over his fear of putting his face in the water, but he opened his eyes too!

Kisses and squeezies

I sent the kids upstairs to the bathroom for bathtime. I found them sitting on the floor waiting for me. Gillian was hugging John. John looked at me and said "What it's her? She's doing it." Gillian said "What? I just love my brother." They are so sweet to each other. Before bed they made sure to give each other kisses and squeezies. 

I am one lucky Mommy!

K-cups

This morning John helped me by filling up our K-cup carousel. He said "I'm going to fill the middle row in a pattern!" And he did. He filled up the entire carousel and said "Do you know what? If I spin it really fast the cups fly out!" I laughed and said "Are you sure?" He said "Well I've never tried it. But I bet it happens!" It's hard to argue with that. So I said "Go for it!" He spun the carousel really fast. And two of the cups went flying out. He shouted "I knew it!"

My mat

I just went to check on Gillian. She was still awake and on top of a pile of blankets and stuffed animals. I asked "Why are you still awake?" She said "My mat is messed up." I laughed. "Your what?" She again said "My mat. Someone messed up my mat." I pulled all the blankets and animals off her bed and remade it for her. She thanked me and gave me a kiss and a squeezie. Hopefully she will fall asleep quickly now that her mat is fixed.  

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. 

Cartooning

John's camp elective last week was cartooning. I have to say that I am really impressed with his drawings. The picture below is my favorite. 

 

He also made a whole series about a pig and a cow. He says "The cow is the good guy. And the pig is bad. The pig is driving a tractor. He is going to rob a bank. You know why?" "No John. Why is the pig going to rob a bank?" He giggled and said "Becaue he wants to make a piggy bank!" Check out the pictures below.

The belly

Tonight we went to Mimi's for dinner. The kids played nicely in the backyard until we heard "Someone's here!" I asked "Who Aunt Missy?" Gillian said "No! Uncle T and Aunt Missy!" Aunt Missy is due to have the baby any day now. I jokingly said to Gillian "Tell the baby it's time to come out!" Gillian actually hit Aunt Missy's belly and said "Get out baby!" Luckily Aunt Missy laughed it off. Poor baby. 

As we were leaving, Gillian said goodbye to Aunt Missy. Again she said "Baby you gotta get out!" We showed her how to put her hands on Aunt Missy's belly so she could "talk" to the baby. But she was a little too aggressive and she pushed on the belly. It's a good thing that the baby is coming soon.