Quick question

AJ's question of the week, asked while driving past a cemetary:

"Mom, what is under those rock signs?"

AJ also asked the same question to Mark the next day on the way home from the airport. He received different answers from the both of us, which resulted in no more questions from him. I wonder what he is thinking.......

It's been awhile, so these pics are from quite some time ago.....

Mark bought AJ a "gun" for Christmas. He loved it and I got over it.

My baby girl that is always dancing....

Happy Birhday!

After MUCH debate we had AJ's birthday party a few weeks ago at the local children's museum. It was perfect and tons of fun. Best of all for me, no clean up when it was done (:

Here's some cousins on the bike path:

Grandma with the balloons: the only thing AJ asked for was Batman balloons, plates, cups, "basically anything with Batman, mom"

AJ being Rosa Parks. They also had a Martin Luther King Jr display for picture taking. AJ insisted all day it was George Washington. Who can argue on a birthday?

I have told AJ his entire life that he couldn't have pop until he was five. I guess I thought five was "so far away" I would not ever deal with it. AJ remembered. "I am five, Mom! I can have pop!" My new guideline is no caffine pop until he is 10. Are there rules somewhere that I am missing. I don't think he really likes pop, it is just the novelty of it.

Notice in this picture: AJ trying to eat the entire piece of cake at one time.

Reflection

I failed to realize the amount of time that lapsed since my last post.... many more to come. I am hoping to post updates of what we have done the last year with the house.

This post is more to reflect on AJ. Sometimes you see so much of yourself in your child that it almost kills you that you are the way you are. AJ recently turned 5, but acts 15. You know, moody and argumentative, always knows he is right and I am wrong. Most days I don't have the energy to argue... he'll find out one day the truth, right?!? Lately he hates school.... he says he is so bored, nothing to do. (I hated school my whole life, not a single school I enjoyed.) He likes to stay to himself, much the opposite of my outgoing daughter, who consistently is seeking interaction with anyone! AJ would be happy to stay in his room reading books or playing the Wii. The real kick in the pants for me came at dinner tonight. I gave TK her dinner and asked AJ if he wanted the same thing. He teared up and said, "I don't want turkey. I don't like to eat animals and turkey is an animal." I promise I do not preach my vegetarianism to him, both notice what I eat, but with Mark a carnivore we always have endless options. I didn't have the heart to tell what was in the bologna sandwich in his lunch today. He never has liked any meat much, except bologna and hot dogs! That's my boy (: