While driving, I was asking Jack some questions, tyring to prepare him for preschool starting soon.
Me: If your teacher asks you what your name is, what will you tell her?
Jack: Jack!
Me: What if she asks how old you are, what will you tell her?
Jack: Three!
Me: If she asks you what your whole name is, what will you tell her?
Jack: Jackson Todd Don't Make a Mess!
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I was in the kitchen cleaning and a heard a noise come from the playroom and then Lucy started crying. I took off running for the playroom and about halfway there, I encountered a running Jack (running from the playroom) yelling, "I AM GOING IN TIME-OUT!!!" I checked on Lucy and then went to ask Jack what he did to her. He told me that he threw a (cardboard) block at her (which is totally unlike him). I asked him why he had done this and he replied, "Because I don't know how to behave nicely!"! Well, he does know how to behave nicely and apparently, he knows when he deserves a time-out!
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We were out on the deck looking at the deer in our backyard when Jack looked up in the sky and commented on how the moon was a full circle that night. My face beamed with pride as my son was finally catching on to something that I had been trying to teach him. I immediately started gushing on and on about how smart he is. He replied, "Yeah, I am smart. I know my numbers really well.". The moment of pride I had was sucked out pretty quickly then! Oh, well, numbers, shapes, I guess both are needed for geometry, it just would be helpful to know which is which!
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Jack was being a bit exasperating at bedtime one night and I was getting awfully tired of going up to his room every couple of minutes to put him back in bed. After about 20 minutes of this, he started calling for me and I begrudgingly trudged up the stairs again extremely irritated. When I went into his room I asked him what he wanted. He threw his arms around my neck and said, "You are the best Mama in the whole wide world!". Funny how those little words can revive a mama and melt her heart again and again!
