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I was reading something i wrote when Jordan was 3 and found it quite funny. He was laying in bed, Arlie was tucking him in. I heard him say, "My boogie loves me. He likes to play and sleep in my nose." Classic Jordan!

GUNS!

I got Arlie a 22 pistol handgun for his birthday this year. I really am not a fan of guns. In fact, I can't remember the last time I shot one. I haven't really even held a gun besides maybe handing it to Arlie when he is getting ready to go hunting, but it's normally in it's case then. We were up in Duluth for the weekend. I had a wedding I was shooting up there. Arlie brought his gun and on Sunday asked if i wanted to come out with him and watch him shoot. So I went out there and then he says, "Do you want to try?". I freaked out a little and got pretty nervous and couldn't pull the trigger. Arlie put his hand over mine and pulled the trigger for me so that i knew what it felt like. After that I shot several times. Then I put a leaf on the target. If you notice there are 4 holes in the leaf. It's not that good, since i shot at it 10 times, but for not having shot a gun in over 20 years...not half bad!

My Little Darling

I brought Sydney to school the other day and got there a little bit early. One of her friends was there. She was all excited and went over and gave her a hug and then said "Mom, come here". I went over there. Sydney bent down a little bit and placed her hand gently on the back of of her friend and said, "Mom, i want to introduce you to my friend. Mom, this is Ella. Ella, this is my mom, Maija". She did it so politely and pointing to each of us as she introduced us. I could hear the mom's around us going , "ohh...thats so sweet". It was a proud mom moment!

Sydney's First Day of School

Sydney started school on Wednesday. She is going to Northside Christian School. She officially is going to Pre-school, but I'm doing Kindergarten with her at home, so technically she's in Kindergarten. This is to see if she'll be ready for first grade next year, so she can be in the same grade with most of her friends. If we find out she's not ready, we'll keep her in Kindergarten next year, but for now our goal is first grade next year. Sydney's teacher is Mrs. Munala. She is from Kenya Africa. She likes to call her pre-schoolers "College kids". When I first heard this I thought we might have problems with either Sydney wondering why since she hasn't even gone to school yet, or Jordan telling her she really isn't a college kid. I asked Sydney about it on Wednesday after school.

Me, "Sydney, does your teacher call you collage kids?"
Sydney, "Yes she does, how did you know?"
Me, "She told me."
Sydney, "Mom, why does she call us college kids. Does she think i live in college?"
Me, "I think she just likes to, she knows you're not really in college."
Sydney, "But mom, do you think she thinks I live in college, because I don't live in college, I live in Blaine, Minnesota."

Jordan's First Day of School

Tuesday, Jordan started the first grade with Miss Horton. He was excited to go, but when we got there, got very shy....until he noticed the little boy "Lorenzo" that he sits next to had a transformer. That got him out of his shell. After school when I picked him up I asked him how school was. He told me that he'd see how it went the next day and then tell me about it. I asked if he like his teacher and he said she was awesome. He really liked her laugh because it was really cute. I'll let you know if I ever find out anything about school. Wednesday he did inform me of a couple of things they did in class, but no details. Doesn't my child know I thrive on details? I'm going to have to start volunteering so i can find out what's going on!




Our neighbor right across the street, Kianna, is in Miss Horton's class with Jordan. Jordan informed me that it's not cool to bring your camera to school to take pictures. Luckily for me, every other parent there had their cameras as well. My favorite part of the first day of school is that tons of moms and dads have their kids take the bus to school and then they drive there so they can take pictures and see them to their class rooms. It makes me laugh. I understand why they do it, it's just funny seeing the whole hillside filled with moms and dads taking pictures of their kids getting off the bus at school.

The Parade

I love parades. When we were up north, they happen to have the "Farmer's Day Parade". My mom and I brought the kids. They had so much candy it was crazy. People would go by and drop handfuls by each kid. I think they walked away with 5 pounds of candy. My favorite float (out of the two, most of them were fire trucks or tractors and there was only one band) if you could call it that, was this car. The sign on the back read, "My Ex-wife got the other half".



I asked Jordan if he like the candy best in the parades and he said with a straight very serious face, "No mom. I like working on being patient as I wait for the candy to came and I enjoy watching what's going by while I wait." What a line ;) He's totally there for the candy :)

Water

Jordan is a beach bum. He loves swimming. He loves swimming under water and loves the beach even if it's cold out. This weekend we were up north at my parents house. I had a wedding to shoot so Arlie was going to bring the kids swimming. He asked if they wanted to go and Jordan promptly said, "No". Arlie thought that was strange and asked why. Jordan told him that he can't go in the water because metal doesn't go in water (he currently thinks he's a transformer...it's amazing he can transform into a moon and a gun ;) ) because it will rust. Good thing swimming season is almost over.