My First Day of PreK

To go to preK or not to go to preK....that is the question!!!

Sweet hubby and I just kept going back and forth on this preK thing. We were very concerned about Franklin not being ready to go. Franklin has had some developmental problems previously and I was just afraid that he would be to far behind the other kids and it would make for a very uncomfortable experience for him. Yes, I am the overprotective mother!!! However, Franklin did attend a mother's day out program a couple of days a week during the summer and he loved it. We had planned for him to stay with this program this year instead of going to the school district preK....those were the plans all the way up to the day preK started!!!! Then I woke up Monday morning feeling not right about that decision. So Franklin and I went to the district office and completed the paper work to get him into the "big school." They told us it could take a few days for his school assignment BUT, they called me at home around 8pm to tell me he had been assigned to a school very close to our home. The drawback was that the school requires uniforms and I wasn't prepared for that!! Luckily Franklin had a pair of khaki shorts and a yellow shirt that would suffice for the first day. I even made a 10pm run to the local Wally World (which I NEVER do since that WW is not in the best location - but I braved it anyway for my little guy) only to get there and find out there isn't a supply list for preK!!! So I bought a backpack and some lunch supplies for my little guy.

Needless to say Franklin was estatic to be going to the "big school." We put his favorite "blanklet" in his backpack and he grabbed his lunch pail and was ready to go....


When we got to the "big school" - it was chaos with the parking and parents,etc. We had to go to the media center to fill out more papers and wait, and wait, and wait.


Actually Franklin couldn't get his mind off of ALL the books in the Media Center...he kept asking if he could get a book to "read."

Finally we are sent to the classroom to meet the new teacher! Franklin said hello to Ms. C and she directed him to a table so he could get started with some puzzles while I just watched to see if he would be ok. Finally I breezed over so I could take pictures of my sweet guy's first day of "big school" aka preK!





When I got ready to leave he said "Wait mom, I need a hug and a kiss!" So off I went with tears in my eyes leaving my little one at the "big school."

For now the doctor is out....wondering if she will survive this quiet house....ummm yeah, I think so!

Abbra Cadabbra!

For the past couple of weeks Franklin has absorbed himself with action figure movies. He has watched two different Transformer movies (one a cartoon) five million times in the past week; Power Rangers movie six million times; and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles three million times! I think the content of these movies are affecting his behavior a little....


Franklin in his favorite chair watching his movie



A few weeks ago, I took him to see Kung Fu Panda and from that moment on we have had to watch him closely so that he doesn't do his own version of "kung fu" on everything and anyone around him! When visiting his aunt Mimi we caught him "kung fuing" her dog....oops! When his cousins did something he didn't like then he would kung fu them. Umm, not so good...they are quite a bit older than him! But the latest behavior is rather funny because it involves "Abbra Cadabbra-ing" everything.

Me: Franklin, please stop standing up in the chair and eat your lunch.

Franklin: ok.

Me: Franklin, I said do not stand up in that chair, do you want me to ground you from your movies?

Franklin: Abbra Cadabbra, make my mom not ground me from my movies!

Today we were having lunch with big brother, J.W., aunt Mimi, and Nana. J.W. likes to tease Franklin and "bug" him. I think Franklin had enough of the teasing when he said to J.W.:

"Abbra Cadabbra make J.W. disappear!"

Well it didn't stop J.W. so a little later we hear: "Abbra Cadabbra, let a big wind come up and blow J.W. away."

We all burst out laughing as he has said this. Franklin became upset with us and told us it wasn't funny. It seems that Abbra Cadabbra is a very serious business!



As you can see, J.W. is a very big guy, and I believe it does take serious concentration to "abbra cadabbra him away." However, I do think Franklin would miss J.W. if he really did disapprear!

For now the doctor is out....wondering if she should try "abbra cadabbra" instead of "grounding."

Funtime at Playtime

We have a new pizza place that just recently opened here in town so we decided to try it out (usually sweet hubby takes Franklin to Chucke Cheese). The new place is called Playtime Pizza. They have a "all you can eat" pizza bar, pasta bar, salad bar, taco bar, potato bar, dessert bar....now understand each of these "bars" have limited types of food (usually two to three different items) but none the less we found the food to be better than the local Chucke's but not the best food in town either. BUT, the rest of it ----- AMAZING! Franklin and sweet hubby had the best time ever! They managed to hit quite a few spots in the place. The PLACE is two floors and massive. So massive they have a miniture go-cart section, bumper cars, bowling, laser tag, and miniture golf. Plus all the other games, etc. Here are a few pictures of sweet hubby and Franklin enjoying the fun:


Getting strapped in for the ride.


Caleb's first go-cart ride.


Playing skee ball.


Bowling....he loved this so he played two games (about 30 minutes worth).


Simulation roller coaster ride! He laughed so hard I thought he would fall off the seat.


Shootout at the shootout saloon.


Driving his dreamcar - RED CONVERTIBLE CORVETTE!


Finishing the night off with dessert!

All in all it was pretty fun. A bit pricey but lots of fun.

For now the doctor is out....wondering if she should take a ride on that go-cart next time.

Book Tagged

I have been book tagged by Sarah. This is what you do:

1. Pick up the nearest book to you (one of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Okay, so the closest book is The Mistress's Daughter (A.M. Homes). I just finished it yesterday and it was on my desk (since I posted it in Goodreads/facebook).

So,

And I know how sad Ellen was when he was ill and after he died.
How did they meet?
He had a wife, Katherine -- I see her name on some of the documents and I find a card from her to Ellen.

I tag Tami, Leslie Kate, Trish, Sayra, and Cassie.