Quiet time

Serif did not want quiet time today but after 4 days of no naps or quiet time it was starting to take a toll. He has been good today but really moody and the smallest things would make him melt. After being in his room for 30-45 minutes, I hear him kicking his wall. I went in and asked him to not do that and he kicked again. I asked if he wanted to spend the rest of quiet time in the (timeout) chair and he said no. I told him to lay down and not kick the wall and I went back to the other room. I immediately started hearing him calling for me. When I went back in there he said he did want to go to the chair so I let him. I told him no books or anything in the chair. Of course a few minutes later I hear him flipping through pages. Again, I went to his room and put the book of the shelf and reminded him of the rules. Finally, it stayed quiet for a while and when I went in to check on him I found him like this.




These are the moments you feel the sweetness of a child and the toughness of parenting. I felt bad for him sleeping in the chair but proud that he actually stayed there. Glad he was smart enough to get a pillow and blanket when he realized his efforts to stay awake were being defeated.
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King Serif

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Morning Car Ride

It was a nice quiet car ride to school this morning.  I had to lure Serif out of bed and basically went straight to the car with him.  The radio stayed off while Serif sat in the back seat eating his Boo-Berry & Franken-Berry cereal and we just listened to the sound of the rain on the car.  We were driving down 1^st avenue when the silence broke.  “Mommy?  Who got me all of my guitars?”  I went through each one, telling him about them.  Then he said, “Mommy, the little yellow one is too small for me now because I’m a big boy now.”  I asked if he needed a big one and if he would play it.  He said maybe when he gets a little older.

Quote of the day

We were almost home from school yesterday when Serif asked when it was going to be Halloween again. I told him it would be another year and it would be a while. I asked him why he wants it to be Halloween and asked if it's because of his birthday or getting to dress up. He said, "No, it's because I like halloween lights and spiders and decorations."
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"K" is for Kino

Every week Serif's class studies a new letter. This week was the letter "K." His homework each week is tracing the upper and lower case letter. On Fridays the homework is due and it's also share day. On share day you bring a toy beginning with that letter. This week was a little tough to find something with the letter K. He wanted to take this bear so we decided to name him. We asked him what he would like for his name to be and he said, "Kino!". So Kino got a very special ride to school. He got all buckled up with Serif, got to listen to Alabama Shakes and even played guitar to it! What a morning! :)


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Santa Claus is coming!

We watched The Polar Express a couple weeks ago and Serif didn't seem to love it for the most part. However, ever since then, he loves putting on the Santa hat, telling us to close our eyes and snore and then he comes in and fills all the stockings with toys! He then says, "Ding-dong!" and we wake up and are surprised when we open our stocking. He's so funny. He just lights up with all of this stuff.

What Christmas is all About

We introduced Serif to The Grinch this week. He enjoyed the classic 30 minute show so we decided to give the movie a try last night. He went back and forth from liking it to unsure of it. The Grinch gets pretty scary at times and when they would get angry, Serif would get scared. I asked if he wanted me to turn it off and he said no. I told him to tell me any time and I would stop it.

A little bit later i noticed him getting a little scared so I thought I'd try to help explain what was going on. I told him that the Grinch was trying to tell these people that Christmas wasn't about gifts, presents, trees and decorations. I continued with, it's about family and being together and being nice to one another . . . Trying to convey the shows message to him. As soon as I said that he said, "No it's not! It's about Jesus being born!"

Yep. I felt about the size of a pea for a minute and about as dumb as a rock. Then quickly felt like the grinch when his heart began to swell. I was so proud of him for knowing that and for reminding me of what Christmas is really about.

This time of the year is great for us. Jeff's birthday in September, Serif's in October, mine in November and Jesus' in December. It's a good way we've been able to teach him about Christmas and its obviously sinking in.



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