Interesting things from Nicholas

1. Mommy, my Cheerios are porous because the milk goes trough them. I'm porous too because if you pour water on me it goes through me and I pee it out.

2. Igneous rocks come from volcanos. We need to go see one because I want some hot lava and igneous rocks. (clearly I haven't taught him well enough about volcanos). If you won't take me Aunt Debby will.

3. Stop talking to me. I don't want to hear you. But we can sing the 5 Little Monkeys song.

4. Abby is just like a puppy. You have to clean up their poop.

5. If you don't want to get me a goat can we get a cow?

6. I'm the second in charge here. What I say goes.

7. Watch me do a forward roll. (he bangs into the wall while doing it) I guess I only went half ways forward. So it must be a for roll.

8. If I stick my butt up in the water I'll float. But if I stick it down I'll just be standing.

9. When I jump I'm floating in air so I must be less dense than air.

10. I don't need to learn to write my letters. I'll just use the computer.

And so goes my day.

Allison Acres ranch visit.

Yesterday we got to go to a ranch and play with the animals. The kids had a blast and they got to walk ponies, brush and hoof pick horses, and play with goats.

We learned a lot about animals and had a lot of fun.

Nicholas graduated preschool!

It was a fun week for us that had a real high point on Thursday when Nicholas graduated from preschool. No, he's not going to Kindergarten in the Fall, but he is moving on in lessons. It has been hard to get him to move on in lessons at home because he always says, "Mommy, we do that stuff in preschool." Now, he can move on through the lessons at home without that refrain because I can say, "No, you graduated from preschool already."

He also completed his first week of swim lessons. He likes floating on his stomach and kicking, he doesn't mind putting his face in the water. But he absolutely freezes up and refuses to float on his back on his own. If you are holding him (or he thinks you are holding him) then it is fine. Just don't tell him he needs to do it on his own because he'll start crying and complaining about sinking - even though he is standing on the bottom of the pool while making these complaints.

Abby and I swim during his lesson. She has no fear and is a bit scary in the water. I was sitting next to her on the pool steps when she decided to get in the pool herself and launched herself off the steps into the pool. She thought it was funny and tried to do it again - but this time I was smarter and was standing in front of her. She'll kick and scream if you hold onto her too tightly. She just wants to go. She's my little daredevil.

Jon started his new job this week. I love it. I know he's going to be home between 6:30 and 7p and so it has made a huge difference in my mind. No more last minute calls about him needing to stay late. No one trying to schedule 5p meetings that end up going until 8p. It will be a real blessing that he will have semi-normal hours. I'm really looking forward to it.

However, for the moment, I am missing my husband because the NBA playoffs are going on. He comes home, plays with the kids, and sits and watches basketball once the kids are in bed. It's not like there isn't 8 more weeks or so of NBA playoffs to watch, but he really likes them. I hate the NBA playoff season because it seems to last forever and I would like my husband back.