lessons learned, from mommy

it was a beautiful idea: donovan wakes easter morning and stumbles upon a little egg and a chocolate shaped like a carrot. "what's this?" he would say, quietly to himself. then, just ahead he would notice a small shiny bunny--he would recognize it as a piece of chocolate. hey! another egg! and another one! he would follow the little trail of eggs and candies to the motherload--his easter basket! "Mommy! Daddy!" he would exclaim, happily "The easter bunny was here! The easter bunny was here!" mommy, being the wicked cool mom that she is, would let donovan have a couple pieces of candy before breakfast. donovan would feel like a king, getting candy before breakfast and the day would proceed with our happy little family celebrating spring.

what actually happened: donovan wakes at 4am, to take off his wet pull ups and crawl into bed with us. he notices a chocolate shaped like a carrot. opens it, takes a bite, realizes he is surrounded by candy. not wanting to blow this stellar opportunity, he closes--actually closes mommy and daddy's bedroom door-- and proceeds to stuff his face. at some point, mommy, trying to salvage the moment, goes to see what her darling son has discovered. "it's candy" she thinks he said, but can't quite understand because he has a mouthful of jellybeans "the easter bunny brought it for me and told me to eat it". mommy says, why don't you see what else there is, after the sun comes up. donovan agrees, and unbeknownst to mommy (at the time) comes to bed clutching his chocolate carrot, which you, dear reader, will remember he had taken the wrapper off of. if we actually fell back asleep, we awaken to birds singing and smeared, melted chocolate (at least i think that is what is was) all over the bed.

on the positive side, we didn't have to fix a special easter breakfast before church because the amount of candy that continued to be consumed. also, he doesn't like "peeps"

it has been a long, long sugar filled day. i WILL remember what i did at halloween, which is take advantage of his innocent age and throw the rest of the candy out. as far as he knows, once easter is over, the candy disappears. which it will.

excuse me, i have to check the laundry to see if the chocolate came out of our sheets.

product placement candy man, dinosaurs, reading

happy easter. i saved easter for myself, barely. i heard mommy mention to dad that we were going to just skip easter because, "what's the point--he's only 3"or some such garbage. easter was never one of the big holidays to mommy or daddy when they were little, like christmas or birthdays. and mommy doesn't like me to eat sugar. because they give me cavities. and mommy let me what a video on the computer and there was a commercial and she said commercials are like cavities for your brain and covered her hand over the screen so i wouldn't see it, but i made her move it and now i really want a honda. so, back to easter. look. i go to school. i am smart. i learn about important things like easter. you know what happens at easter? i'll tell you what: CANDY! so, i made sure i told mommy that easter was my favorite holiday because of the candy. so....i know when i wake up the candy man will have come. and of course, i know i have church that day too.

(insert by mommy: yes, he is right. we were going to skip it. but since he learned that easter--the CANDY holiday-- is coming in that fool school of his, the easter bunny--which he does not know of yet--will have come. cleverly, the easter bunny will have left a trail of colored eggs and little chocolate candies from his bedroom, thru the hall leading to his easter basket. hopefully he will find it the way i want him to and not just break his leg on a chocolate carrot. also, we colored easter eggs today. that was a super fun 5 minutes.)

so it has really been a cool weekend ("cool" is my new word. i think it will catch on) well, for one thing, i went to my very first movie in a movie theatre! they have a very very very very very very very big tv. and we sat way way way way way up high, by the projector. and i got to eat popcorn, which i cannot do when i watch movies at home (no eating in the living room). we saw "horton hears a who" and there was an elephant and a mayor. mommy and daddy were very happy because i behaved and we all had a very good time. i am very good at concentrating on things for a long time when i want to, so i concentrated on watching the movie and behaving.

also, we went to the store in the mall that has escalators (one of my favorite things) and daddy was looking at vacuum cleaners (another one of my favorite things). you wouldn't believe they had a grownup version of the same exact toy vacuum i have! that is so cool that they do that! daddy calls it product placing for kids and i'll tell you--it's okay with me! i got to play with the real version of my toy vacuum. when i grow up i am going to buy it! (hoover wind tunnel--yay)

then today after the mall, there was a fair in the parking lot. it had a lot of rides that looked too scary. but i went on some rides that were very fun. i didn't play any games because mommy said the people who want you to play the games are naughty and want to take your money.

now, a few moments of my genius. or at least, a few moments of things i do that get my parents all excited and serious and saying things like "no really, maybe he should get TESTED" they are so freaking weird i can't believe i am related to them. i drew a dinosaur with a long neck eating leaves off a high tree. and he had 2 legs and 2 feet. and imagine that--it LOOKED like a dinosaur with a long neck eating leaves off a high tree. so they are all excited and put it in the fridge of honor

so, then i tried to "f" with their mind a little more. we were out at a restaurant and they give me crayons and i said, "i think i will draw the letter L" and lo and behold, i drew the same thing i drew for dinosaur legs. and of course, they got all wiggy on me, which is always awesome to see.

but i am really really into learning my letters and trying to read. i know all my letters and i know what sound they all make. i don't know about reading, but i know i like to pick out letters when we go out and say what sound they make --like if we pass a fedex truck--i like those. so we;ll see everyone ha to lean to read sometime, right?

next week i start going to my new big kid class. i am happy about it, but i will miss christina and she she and beverly. i am a little nervous because i don't know how to draw a square.

indigo girls

or, i could have named it "a few of my favorite things" i am really into amy & emily these days. they are the indigo girls and they play guitars. in fact, there is a lullaby cd my mommy and daddy made for me when i was a new born baby and they have played it every single day of my life. make that every single nap of my life because sometimes i go to sleep more than once in the same day. but tonight, i finally stood up for myself and said i want the indigo girls in my night time music. look. i'm 3 1/2 years old. practically a grown up. i think i can pick what music i want to try to not fall asleep to. i particularly like the songs "gallileo" and "joking"

now that i am three 1/2, a whole new world of lessons has been opened to me. and i want to do it all. i have been playing with my mommy's violin and lo and behold, someone offered to give me violin lessons! i said i wanted to take them and he even had a violin my size. so, i think that might happen soon. then, the other day, there was a kids tennis clinic in the courts in my development and i said i wanted to go. so mommy took me. i was by far the youngest kid there, but i did just as good as them big kids. i whacked the ball over the net a couple times. and i have a decent forehand for a 3 1/2 year old.

it was a 90 minute lesson and after an hour i told my mommy i wanted to take a swimming lesson now she said no, we had to wait till it was summer, because we were wearing our hats and coats. she can be such a pain because the pool was right there. all we had to do was tell the swimming teacher (who lives at the pool) that i wanted a lesson. mommy's can be very difficult.

i also want to take gymnastics lessons, which i know mommy wants me to do also. but daddy wants to send me to get soccer lessons, but i can already kick a soccer ball real good. see, there is a problem when mommies and daddies give their kids to many lessons. they end up being weirdos on zoloft before they are 14. and i haven't even mentioned the tap and ballet lessons i have already been taking for the last 6 months (recital coming up!)

the thing is, i really like to learn and i really like to try new things. so mommy and daddy let me. i don't think i am going to take more tennis lessons right now, but it was fun to try. i am also pretty interested in learning how to read, but my genius parents haven't looked for a reading teacher for me! i doubt i will take dance class next year, but we will see! i can pick out most of my letters and i know what a lot of them say.

well, i will have plenty of time to take all kinds of fun lessons of all kinds since, even tho i am a genius and could probably start kindergarden tomorrow, i will have to wait an extra year before starting. that means i won't be in kindergarden till i am 6. this bothers my mommy a lot but i think it is a good idea. the law got changed and they said if you have my birthday you are not allowed to go to kindergarden until you are 6 . oh well. i don't mind.

i start in an older kid class room next week and i am very excited about that. there are going to be 4 year olds in my class. i might have to learn how to read first. but i can make better restaurants with the blocks than the 4 year olds. i make the best restaurants with blocks. i have a scary talent for block-building-restaurants and get this NO LESSONS! just figgered it out all on my own! how's that! peace mah brothers and sistahs (oh did i tell you, i have a baby growing in my tummy. it started out small as a germ and now it is getting bigger. it is a sister and a brother and her name is gloglo)