Curly Straight

TJ is 6!

On his birthday, he and John met me for lunch. It was very sweet. They saw a movie first, then stopped at the store and TJ picked out a stuffed Eeyore that's he's been carrying around ever since.

John pointed out the window to a cement (concrete?) truck, and TJ was fascinated by it, so we went out while John paid the bill.

We crossed the street to watch the cement come down the tunnel and go onto the sidewalk.

One of the guys came over and told TJ "it's pretty cool, right, but you don't want to do this for a living. Look at my knees," pointing to the holes in his jeans. "Stay in school. Be a doctor."

"Or own the company!" I chirp in. "Yeah, or an engineer, be an engineer. Or a doctor. Stay in school. Years from now, you remember a wise man told you to stay in school so you don't have to do this job."

TJ didn't really respond, nodded a little and we headed on our way.

John caught up with us.

TJ's first words to him "Daddy! We met a wise man!"

And he repeated the entire conversation.

really good presents for a 6 year old boy are

1. a magic kit

2. a nerf gun

Those are his two favorites by far, so far.

TJ has a little rash on his body and he's a little concerned.

"I hope I don't have chicken pops."

Thomas, as he now prefers to be called, is doing a project for kindergarten.

Part of it is "If I could wish for anything..." and the child fills in the sentence and draws a picture.

He finished it with "100 sushis."

His favorites are California rolls and spicy tuna, currently.

Thomas just read me the entire Dr Suess book, Ten Apples Up on Top. He read me every single word.

It was the first time he has read me a bedtime story.

TJ told me my breath smells like old play dough tonight.

Thomas, 8 a.m.: Can I watch tv?

Mama: No! Watching tv all the time is not good for you. It rots your brain. It’s like eating cookies all the time, it’s not good for you.

Thomas: Can I have cookies?

Thomas and I were having a conversation in the car...

Basically he summed up life by saying this:

First you go to college, then you get married, then you buy a house, then you have babies, then you die.

We seriously put a piece of yarn around Thomas' tooth, tied it to a door and slammed the door and it came out on the second try.

The tooth fairy will have to try to top the $1 bill she left him on the first tooth he lost. It was shaped like a house!

What will she do tonight? And how does the tooth fairy learn to fold money like that? I'm guessing youtube.

Who goes hiking when it's 11 degrees outside?

Thomas and I do, that's who!

Mama, looking at Thomas' Mario shirt: I haven't seen you play Mario Kart in a while, Thomas.

Thomas: That's because I'm growing out of it.

Mama: Oh you are?

Thomas: Yes, I'm moving on to new things.

Mama: Like what?

Thomas: Phineas and Ferb.

When I told Thomas that he could make his ninjago legos after he cleaned his room in the morning, I didn't think he would wake up at 3 a.m., clean his room and then need help with something on the legos.

I guess I should have known he was super excited for the set, because when I told (bribed) him with the lego set for practicing his guitar for 10 minutes a day, he practiced three 10-minute sessions in one day.

Mama: Goodnight, Thomas. I love you and I think you're great.

Thomas: I think you're great too.