If you missed part 1, read it here.
Ty’s first day of kindergarten was filled with highs and lows (the lows can all be attributed to Fefe). There was excitement as well as sadness and a little bit of anger mixed in too. Most kindergarten first days run pretty smoothly, ours resulted in us getting kicked out of the school. Read on to hear all about it.
A Quarter Can Change The World
Allow me to take you back, back in time to a place when things were much much simpler. Close your eyes for a moment and imagine…wait a minute, if you close your eyes, how can you read this post? Okay scratch that, keep your eyes open and imagine your oh so wonderful childhood, when you had not a care in the world. Ah the good ole days right, a bag of chips cost 25 cents, summer actually meant 2 entire months of freedom. Yeah, life was a lot easier back then and as much as we’d like to stay young forever, it’s not very feasible. However, when there are kids around, you can be forever young, reliving your special memories through them. That’s what happened to me the other day, Tre made a comment that showed my exactly how simplistic his world view is and it’s been the highlight of my week, possibly the whole month.
Yesterday was a day filled with many different emotions for me. Who knew one simple event could create such a range of feelings in one individual. Throughout the workday, anticipation built up to an all time high. After work, knowing that this outing was growing ever closer, eagerness began to creep in. During the short drive to our destination, eagerness turned to excitement; once we arrived I was in total bliss giddy as a school girl. Shortly after however, things went really bad, really quick. I’m talking stage diving and no one catches you bad. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I had made a huge mistake.
This Has Got To Stop
Last night I tweeted a tweet that went a little something like this: “Silly Bandz are ruining the world, yes the world! The children are the future and Silly Bandz are corrupting them, therefore the world is doomed!” I meant every word of that statement and I stand by it. The things I’ve seen in association with these simple rubber bands have been enough to make a sane man check himself into Bellevue and never come out. You want to know why the Swine Flu pandemic never happened, well it’s because the Bandz pandemic took over first. I’ve seen frightening things people, and in an effort to educate you on the fight against Silly Bandz, I will share those memories that I fought so hard to repress, putting myself through pain and anguish all for the greater good of mankind.
Breakfast Time With Tre
The past week or so has been very very interesting. We’ve somehow, inherited a third child. This new kid was thrust upon us and for the time being, we have no way of sending him back. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m all about helping out wayward children and all, but this is going a bit too far. To be fair, the new child isn’t high maintenance. I guess where he comes from, they’re not use to eating very often, so he barely ever bothers us for food. He also came with his own clothes. So really, the only basic need that we are providing to him is shelter. Even though it isn’t a huge burden playing surrogate to this little guy, it still isn’t fair to my wife and I. Call me evil, mean spirited, or what have you; but bottom line is, this kid needs to go.
Disclaimer: This post was suppose to be all about summer activities, but then a memory struck me and the entire post shifted. Sorry, read on and you’ll see it was a good shift.
Summer is nearly half way over and I’m left wondering where the time went. It seriously doesn’t seem like the middle of July is here already. But then I look back and realize that the reason summer is passing me by is because of all these gosh darn activities that we’ve been involved with for the kids. This year, some dummy (me) was looking through the activity catalog and make the bright decision to sign them up for everything. When I say everything, I really mean just about EVERYTHING. We had basketball, T-ball, swimming, karate, soccer, gymnastics, art, and music classes. It’s been a lot of fun and the kids really enjoy being involved in so many different things, but secretly, I must say that I’m happy we’ve reached the midway point and it’s almost over.
Tre is all grown up now!!!
Have you ever had baby balls dangling in your face? No? Well you’ve never attempted to potty train a little boy. Let me tell you right now, it’s not a pleasant experience. The booty and balls of a two year old are not two things that I want to be up close and personal with; but in the end, it all paid off. If any of you have read my tweets, or Facebook statuses over the past few days, you’ll know that we’ve been potty training Tre with great success recently. It’s been a long & tough road, but we now see light at the end of the tunnel and I’ll share with you my 100% guaranteed fools proof plan to potty train your child in 2 days flat!
Hi, my name is Tre & I’m addicted to Hip Hop Harry. Those are the words that I’m so desperately waiting to hear my son utter. But you can’t force an addict to admit they have a problem, the healing can only come from within. Which is one of the reasons why it’s so difficult to be the parent of a toddler who has a media abuse issue. You try your best to avoid being an enabler, but when you hear that little 2 yr old voice crying out for Hip Hop Harry over & over, it just gets to you and you break down. The next thing you know, you cave in and willingly give in to their next fix.
Happy Father’s Day everyone! Man it feels great celebrating the thing that means most to me in this world, fatherhood. What better way to start off such as great day than telling you guys a wacky tale about one of my kids? Well here ya go, enjoy!
So summer is officially here! Yayyyy, pull out the sunglasses, sun screen, and swimming trunks. For the most part, the summertime offers a welcome change of pace to standard activities and routines, but for us, it has offered an unexpected and unwelcomed consequence. Most families are typically excited about this time of year and are making plans for various activities. Well our family is making plans, but instead of beach outings and day trips, we’re planning toddler disaster relieve tactics and beefing up our temper tantrum diversion techniques. You may be saying to yourself: “kids love summer, what problems could you possibly have because of the summertime?” Well let me tell you, when you’re dealing with a Terrorist Two’s all-star such as Tre (Shoutout to @Tdubb28), the simplest action can turn life into a nightmare that lasts an entire season. ***sidebar: notice I did not use the term terrible two’s, no Tre has transcended typical two year old antics and as if he was playing Modern Warefare 2 has been promoted to rank of Terrorist!*** That action was as I stated a VERY simple one, all we did was open his window one day. Little did we know, the act of opening his window would end up haunting us for many nights… and mornings… and now that I think of it afternoons too.
Hello all, in the spirit of Black Friday coming up, this weeks posts will be dedicated to holiday gift guides. There will be a separate guide for toddlers, preschoolers, and a combined guide for husbands and wives. The gift guides will feature some items that the boys already own, as well as items that we plan to purchase for them this Christmas. The items are in no special order, they are all gifts that I find interesting and think the kids will enjoy playing with. Please feel free to add items to the list in the comment section, or if you already own a particular item, share your experience with it. I hope you enjoy, talk to you soon.
