.: He's Growing Up Fast

Thursday, September 9, 2010

He's Growing Up Fast

Noah (age 3 1/2) has started going to kindy/preschool 2 days a week. The kindy (a different place to where Ashton attended) is affiliated with a large church conveniently opposite my mum's house. They offer morning and afternoon sessions from 9-12.30 and 12.30-3, but they also provide a cooked lunch inbetween sessions for those parents who work from 9-3 or would prefer 2 sessions in one day as opposed to 2 separate days. Noah goes on a Wednesday and Friday, stays for both sessions and gets the cooked lunch. Both sessions are structured with lots of activities and preparing the children for school.

Noah LOVES kindy and all the fun things they do. He especially loves it that his little friend Christopher goes too. One of Noah's favourite activities is on a Wednesday afternoon when the children get to bake cookies in the kitchen together.

Thanks to Christopher being there, Noah has adjusted easily to being away from me during the day, although he does have a hard time when I first drop him off. He starts fretting in the car before we arrive at kindy, telling me he really wants to go home. Every morning he tries hard to hold back the tears, his voice cracks and his bottom lip turns down with sadness. We have lots of big hugs and I have to put him in the arms of a teacher for comfort (otherwise he stands alone and cries), but within a few minutes he's having a great time. The nicest thing is that when I pick him up at the end of the day he is so happy to see me and comes running into my arms with a huge smile on his face! What more could a mum want!

One of the reasons I like this kindy so much is because the children get some religion. Each month the children focus on something different, but this month they have been focusing on why the Bible is important today. The 4 yr olds have been learning a verse from Psalms and the 3 year olds have been learning about light; how the Bible is like a light that shows you the way. Last week Noah bought home a yellow painted rock (that he had done himself) with the verse ‘Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.’

I really didn't want to get Noah into kindy until he was 4 (especially since he is such a good boy at home) but I knew he needed to be socializing more with other kids and he was definitely starting to get bored around the house. Despite my attempts at fun activities at home, it wasn't giving him all the stimulation he needed. We have a real good balance in our week now between 'home time', 'special' time just for Noah and 'special' time just for me. Finding that balance really is the key to everyone being fulfilled and happy.

From a mum's persepctive I enjoy having 2 days to myself to get all my cleaning and shopping done without any interruptions or holdups, but it sure is strangely quiet without a little companion in the car and house. I always have a long list of things to get accomplished on Wednesdays and Fridays, but somehow the 6 hours of total freedom vanishes soooo fast!

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Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!