Missing Hayden

Hayden has been staying at Tyler's place since basketball practice Friday night. Phil just came up and asked, "When is Hayden coming back?" "Should you go and take him back?"

I asked if he was missing Hayden.

He said (in a sad little voice), "Yes, I miss him."

Good-Bye, My Little Robot

So...Phil is no longer a robot. He hasn't been saying that much for the past few months and I finally asked him this weekend. He said the spell was broken and he is no longer a robot.

(I guess it was bound to end sometime ~ he's been a robot for about a year or so, I guess. Not sure when it started exactly but it ended about the time he started Kindergarten.)

Now he says he has an imaginary friend ~ Hayden. Not sure he understands what imaginary means but he insists Hayden is his best friend as well.

BBQ and Waffles

This morning Philip asked me for a stick of BBQ.

Huh?

So he went to the freezer and pointed at the top of the door.

Oooohhhh! Barbecue flavored beef jerky. Gotcha.

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Tonight he went to bed with a Eggo Waffle box on his head. He does this sometimes. So I said, "OK, waffle box, I guess you and I will do the prayer tonight."

I started doing the prayer and Phil threw off his box and yelled, "Boo!" So I, of course, said, "Ahhhhh!"

And he started laughing and laughing. He thought it was hysterical that he 'scared' me.

It's so funny to hear a little kid laugh like that.

Time for Sports

A couple of weeks ago, Philip came up to me and said just out of the blue, "I think I'd like to play tee-ball next year."

So, we'll see how this goes! Especially, with FOUR of them in base/soft/tee-ball at once! Holy crap! I kind of wished he would wait until Hayden could drive before he wanted to play sports!

Quotes

Taking out the old quotes...

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato

"'Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one." - Dr Suess

"The thing about growing up with Fred and George,' said Ginny thoughtfully, 'is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.'" - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Life is Unfair

Me: "Phil, I have to run back to work for a little while."

Phil: "OK. I'll be over here blowing bubbles."

Kindergarten is Hard Work

So on Tuesday, Philip passed out on the floor after school. He did wake up in time to have a PB&J before going to bed. Today he put himself to bed right after supper.

Phil's Lite Brite Art

PICTURE


 I asked, "Is it a Christmas Tree?" He said, "No, it's a chemical powered de-lax." (I have no idea where he gets these things.)

Conversations

Today, Phil came in to the kitchen crying and saying, "I fell down! And I hurt my spleen!"

Tonight, he was in bed singing and I went in there to tell him to go to sleep...he was singing, "I'm too sexy. . . "

His Own Man

Phil went with me to drop Hayden off at baseball practice last night.

I asked Hayden if he wanted to play football this year. He said he was still thinking about it. I told him I'd sign him up but only if he was 100 percent sure he would give it his all.

Hayden asked why Phil wasn't playing any sports yet.

I said I don't think we'd even be able to get Phil out on the field. He just doesn't seem to care. he's never once asked if he could play sports. (Not tangibly anyway.)

Then I asked Phil if he wanted to play any sports. I asked if he wanted to play football? "No." Soccer? "No." T-Ball? "I don't want to play anything!"

I told Hayden that Phil may look just like him when he was that age but he is his own person and just wants to do his own thing. And right now that thing is playing Lego's and living in his own little make-believe world.

The Dropout

The little kids and I took Meredith to her game tonight. For the most part, the little ones were running around with a pack of other little kids, but then Phil came up to sit by me. Out of nowhere he tells me he is going to be a kindergarten dropout.

I said, "No. You are going to graduate from high school."

He (very upset) said, "Mooooommmmm! Pleeeaaasssseee! I want to be a dropout!

I said, "Do you even know what a dropout is?"

He said, "No."

I said, "Don't you think you should at least go to school long enough to find out what it means?"

He said, "They already said they won't tell me."


.......Oh, yeah, this is gonna be a fun year. I can't WAIT for parent-teacher conferences.

Growing UP

I had to go do a delivery today so I told Phil Grandma would come over to stay with him while I was gone.

He said, "You know I'm 5 now! I can take c are of myself."

Oh, well, she'll just come over so you won't be lonely.

"I don't get lonely any more. I'm FIVE!"

OK, fine. She'll just come over to watch Roscoe then.

"I can take care of myself AND Roscoe."

Look, kid, Grandma is coming over. I'll see you later.


{Pretty tough talk coming from somebody wearing his pants backwards!}

Boys & Cars

First thing Phil said this morning...

     "Mom, aren't Hot Wheels cars awesome?"

Love

This morning Phil climbed up onto the chair beside me and said, "Mom, I love you more than toys."

That means a lot coming from a 5-year-old!!!!

FIVE!

Phil is now FIVE!

He wanted a "green" cake.

Play Time

Overheard today...

"I'm gonna shoot me some invisible turkeys!"

"My invisible friend tried to kill me but I trapped him."

"Don't shoot me, you imbecile!"

While wearing Batman costume, "Dark Knight Batman is my muzzer (mother). Robin is my fazzer (father)."

{It was a violent and strange day!}

Invisible Friend

This morning, the little guy was going around talking to himself...

{small voice} "Nemo, Nemo"
{yelling} "Quit calling me that!"
 - pause - 
{small voice} "Nemo, Nemo"
{yelling} "Aaauuuggghhh! Mom! Invisible Friend keeps calling me 'Nemo, Nemo!'"

Keeping Occupied

This was at one of Stephanie's soccer games.

They had some really nice climbing trees.

And at the place where Stephanie has soccer practice, 

there is a playground for Phil to hang out on.

He usually finds time to dig in the gravel too.

Children's Museum Field Trip

On April 26th, Philip's class had a field trip at the Lincoln Children's Museum.

I went along.

It was a very busy day for pre-schoolers at the museum. 

There must have been 8 different classes there.

It was like supervising a swarm of bees.

They all had a great time.

I'm glad I went.

And I really want some of these blocks.

Kevaplanks.com

The Coozy

Last night we took the kids to the Kevin Fowler concert. John bought the girls each a t-shirt but there was nothing small enough for Phil. So we got him a beer soda coozy. He wore it on his hand most of the night.

Meredith wasn't feeling so great so while everybody else was standing by the stage. She and Phil and I were sitting at the table. Phil was just sitting there playing with his coozy and I was trying to decide if she was sick or just tired, then I looked up and Phil was just crying like his heart was broken. I guess he hit the wall! So the three of us left and he took his coozy to bed with him.

He just got up a few minutes ago. He came out of his room and said I had to come help him find his coozy! It fell behind the bed. Now he's sitting by me playing with the coozy.

It's camo and has "Beer Season/Kevin Fowler" written in orange on one side. The other side has a "sight" decal.

tea

Phil was helping me in the kitchen today, he noticed the ice tea maker and asked, "Are there dirt bags in there?"

Stories & Artwork

Philip's class writes stories. Well, the kids tell the stories and the teacher writes it down.