this and that -- funnies

Flora:  Mommy, our class got on the school bus too early and we had to wait on the bus for TWO HOURS!  Or maybe two minutes....I can't remember....

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Scout:  Mommy, when you paint all day I just think that you don't love me anymore.  (During the week that I was painting the exterior of the house)

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Timber has started calling himself  "Imber Wimber" and he calls Scout "Outy Outy"

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Timber:  My pepperonis are too spicy.
Me:  Flora, do you want to eat Timber's pepperonis?
Flora:  No way, pepperonis are TOO spicy.
Me:  But you ate yours already.  ??
Flora:  I know.  I just ate them because I didn't want them on my plate.  

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Scout lost a race and threw a fit.  I was trying to explain why that is not the appropriate way to act when you lose.  Flora chimed in and said, "Besides, Scout, the game is not special.  It's Jesus that's really important."  
Well played, Flora.  I bow to your wisdom on this matter.  :)

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"A Joke" by Flora
Flora:  Why did the water bottle get a water bottle?
Me:  I don't know.  Why?
Flora:  To get a water bottle.

scout starts preschool!!

Scout started preschool yesterday.  He was SOOOO excited until bedtime the night before school started.  Then he started asking questions like, "What if I miss you?" and " What if I get sad?"  So I wasn't sure how drop off would go -- and since I was going to have Flora, Timber, and Logan with me I knew I wouldn't be able to handle a meltdown very well.

But he did great!  He woke up excited and couldn't wait to go to school.  He walked right to his classroom and gave his teacher a hug.  I said goodbye and quickly left while he was searching for the backpack hook with his name on it.  Then I sat in the van watching in the window until I saw his little red head bopping around the classroom.

And we left.  And it was that easy!  Yea!!

Scout's favorite part of preschool:  "Naptime."  Hmm...
Scout's least favorite part of preschool:  "Nothing.  It was all good."  :)

Timber gave Scout a BIG hug when he got home from school and Scout told him all about his day.  Then we ate the special after-school cupcakes that Scout had picked out and gave Scout his first-day-of-school surprise (an Angry Bird toy).

A very good start to the school year.

The only problem?  Now Timber wants to go to school and he still has two years to wait until he starts preschool.  I might just let him pick out a lunchbox to feel included.  If I'm packing two lunches in the morning it probably wouldn't be too hard to go ahead and pack three.  ;)

So that's where I am now.  Packing school lunches.  Checking backpacks for homework.  A big change from the days when synchronizing three naptimes was my top priority!