Kindergarten Show

The kindergarten show was very cute. The kids had assigned colors to wear, depending on the song they would sing at the front of the stage. Here's Paul singing about yellow and signing. That's Tabb beside him.
Paul is "star student" this week. It's chosen at random, but he brings pictures from home on Monday and a new object everyday. He gives clues about the object and the class guesses what it could be. Monday: binoculars, Tuesday: legos and Wednesday: hulk glove. His teacher interviewed him at the beginning of the week. Favorite color: yellow, favorite food: fruit, something I'm good at: air hockey, favorite part of school: free choice, favorite game: Operation, what I want to be when I grow up: a costume designer.This was the end of the closing song. It's a little shaky because I was focused on listening, not recording. OK, a lot shaky.

Hint: keep moving your mouse over the recording until the arrow turns red, and then click.

Paul's Artwork

Ok, I'm a proud mom. Here are some of Paul's drawings from last night. Coker challenged me to name each character. It's no problem, because the drawing is so good. Left to right, top to bottom: Spiderman, Spiderman, Hulk, Static Shock, a monkey, Batman, Super Paul (his power is being smart), Two Face, Super TJ(power of headbumps), Invisible man, Dinosaur head guy, Superman, Supermom, Superdad (with force power), Force man, and Fire man.

My mom, by Paul (4) and TJ (2)…

This is an interview many of my Facebook friends have conducted with their children.
1.What is something mom always says to you?
P: I don’t know
T: Puppy, bath

2. What makes mom happy?
P: flowers
T: candy

3. What makes mom sad?
P: dead flowers
T: cry

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
P: when I get in her bed
T: candy

5. What was your mom like as a child?
P: A baby girl
T: baby

6. How old is your mom?
P: 34
T: 4

7. How tall is your mom?
P: 30 feet tall
T: mom big

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
P: stay in the bed
T: candy

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
P: boog (as in booger = blowing the nose)
T: poopy

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
P: I don’t know; ask dad
T: poopy (I think we’re stuck on this answer)

11. What is your mom really good at?
P: taking a shower
T: cookie

12. What is your mom not very good at?
P: golf (true)
T: ride a bike

13. What does your mom do for a job?
P: golf (???)
T: dad is working

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
P: rice crispies (not really)
T: foood (with an eyebrow lift)

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
P: talking to dad
T: (he’s too busy talking to his truck to answer)

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
P: Hannah Montana
T: TJ

17. What do you and your mom do together?
P: go to the toy store
T: candy (Coker gave him a Starburst)

18. How are you and your mom the same?
P: brown hair
T: I have candy

19. How are you and your mom different?
P: mom has more hair
T: (no answer)

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
P: books
T: I want oranges mama

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
P: he’s her wife
T: (no answer)

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
P: the waterpark
T: mumbles

Paul's Sandwich Order

I asked Paul what kind of sandwich he would like me to make him and he thought for a minute. "I want a little bit of peanut butter, a little bit of honey and a lot of jelly. Oh yeah, and onions and lettuce." I brought some lettuce along separately, but claimed the onions would be too smelly to pack.

Paul Has a Crush

Paul has a crush on a little girl from church. On Sunday, we ate lunch at restaurant with several families and Paul ate at the kids’ table. After lunch, all he could talk about was Maddie. He wrote her a “letter” which had a flower drawn on it and “PauL TJ” written with a capital L and a backwards J. Coker helped Paul address an envelope and we could not do anything else before we mailed the letter.

Everyday, Paul asks if we can see Maddie. At lunch, he asks if we can eat with Maddie. Thank goodness she was at church tonight and Paul got to talk to her at the snow cone social. Did I mention she’s 8? Paul, like his grandfather and great-grandfather, likes the older ladies. Maddie’s dad called her a cougar. I think she’s a pretty little girl who is very sweet to my little boy.

Look, I'm wearing Power Ranger Underwear

Paul is the subject of much of my conversation, but today his Sunday school teacher had a story to tell about him. She keeps a mental list of things she's said that she never would have imagined having cause to say. On this list are things like, "you have to finish your french fries before you get any ice cream" and "don't lick your sister." Today Paul helped her add to this list.

One little boy in class went to the bathroom and came out with his pants down to show off his Batman underwear. Paul, not wanting to be outdone, tried to pull his pants down just in back to show the Red Power Ranger on his undies. As Paul unsnapped and began to unzip, his teacher imagined a class of pantless 3-year-olds. She found herself declaring, "we don't take our pants off in Bible class."

So, Paul adds richness to the life of everyone he meets.

Paul Gets "One More Story"

After reading the usual two bedtime stories to Paul tonight, I told him it was time to say a prayer. He protested and asked me to read “one more story.” I read from The Bible Story tonight and find it difficult to deny the child Bible stories. So I bribed him. I usually ask him what he wants to pray about and I say the prayer because he refuses to say it. I told him that if he would say the prayer, I would read one more story.

I’ve never heard a sweeter prayer. It went something like this: “Dear God, thank you for mommies and daddies. Thank you for grandpas and grandfathers. Thank you for…thank you for grandmas and grandmothers. Thank you for my family. Thank you for Alec. Jesus name. Amen.” It started out like a prayer he might have heard earlier tonight in his class at prayer meeting, but I think the family and his friend Alec was from his own heart.

I told him that definitely deserved another story and continued in the book to the one about Jacob’s ladder.