Tai Kwon OHHHHH...

My intellectual friend Aiden is currently in second grade.  He radiates joy.  I find his sweet, gentle spirit to be intoxicating. With the goal of increasing his confidence and self-discipline, Mom enrolled him in martial arts.  Recently, Aiden was matched with a sparring partner at Tai Kwon Do class.  First, he was to practice his new techniques on his partner.  He enthusiastically approached his partner, confidently using powerful jabs and kicks recently learned in class.  When "time" was called, partners switched.  Those that were making contact now received.  As his partner approached, Aiden began taking steady steps backward in order to avoid oncoming jabs and punches, which, I have to admit, sounded pretty smart to me. 
Unfortunately, Mom was not impressed with his moves.
After class Mom had a chat with Aiden. She explained to him that each sparring partner has to take a turn "receiving" blows to be fair.  There is no reason to be scared.  He looked right at her and said with a twinkle in his eye,  "I wasn't scared.  I was implementing strategies I learned the first day about making a distance when approached."
What Mom took away from this... It is seriously hard to win a "throw down" with an intellectual!    

Need Some Advice

A fourth grade classroom had to write a letter to "Aunt Blabby" about a
problem they were having. Here is a favorite:

Dear Aunt Blabby,
I have a big problem. I woke up, but I forgot to
put my clothes all the way on so I went to school and all I had on was my
socks and my undershirt and my panties. The kid were laughin at me. I
said WHAT? They just panties. At least they was good panties. They was
Hello Kitty, but then I looked down and they was Dora the Explorer! What
am I supposed to do?
Your Friend,
T


It cracks me up that she's not so much concerned that she forgot to put on her clothes, but she's caught with Dora the Explorer underwear in fourth grade.  We all have our standards!

Best Mom

Last night before bed Dalton and Mom had this conversation.

Dalton:  Mom you're my best, best, best friend in the whole world.
Mom:  Even more than Brock and Carter (kindergarten classmates)?
Dalton:  No... I guess you're just my best mom in the whole world!

Vegetarian Brownies

Nine-year-old Mary Jae and I were baking brownies today for her big sister’s dance team.  As she was cracking eggs into the brownie mix, she turned and said, “Does Jerremy (big brother) eat brownies now?”  I told her, “Vegetarians eat brownies.”   “Oh,” she said with a puzzled look on her face.  I asked her why she thought vegetarians wouldn’t eat brownies.  “Brownies have chicken in them,” was her reply.  “WHAT?”  “Chickens come from eggs,” she told me. 

Who can argue with that logic?

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind."   ~Dr. Seuss

Labeled

The baby sitter's husband was briefly left in charge while the babysitter went to an appointment.  This is what Mom found when she got her little guy home...

The baby sitter left nothing to chance while she was away.