The Comb-Over

We have been encouraging Parker to decide certain things for himself in order to encourage "leadership" skills in preparation for Kindergarten next year.

Keeping that in mind, we let Parker choose his clothes, hairstyle and shoes, among other things. And if you've ever watched a preschooler dress themselves, there are days when they come up with crazy ensembles. He loves to wear his pajamas because most of them have Super Heroes on them. (Does that make me a bad mom?)

Anyways, Parker loves to watch Disney's Handy Manny. Its a cute program about Manny, a repair man that owns his own business in a friendly town called Sheetrockhills. Manny's repair shop is right next door to Mr. Lopart's candy store.

One day we were making appointments for our haircuts and Parker told me he wanted to grow his hair out and wanted it to look just like Mr. Lopart's hair.

This could be a problem.....Mr. Lopart has a comb-over!

A Hero

Today marks an anniversary of a fallen hero...

One year ago, we lost a dear man~ Father, Grandpa, Fire Chief, Hero!
I saved this story specifically for today to pay tribute to his memory and to let you know that Parker misses him too! Parker looks up to this hero and wants to be just like Grandpa!

On with the story....

Parker's babysitter / girlfriend, Stephanie, loves to pick on him. These two go back and forth even though there is 15 years between them in age.
One day Parker was being especially ornery to Stephanie. They were teasing each other and he decided he had to go to the bathroom. Stephanie held the bathroom door shut so that he couldn't get out once he finished. And Parker really thought the door was locked and yelled for us to get the key. Well, we told him that we didn't have the key anymore. And so, being the Fire Chief's grandson, he yelled " I Need An Axe!"

This day is filled with memories of Dad and he lives on in our hearts and in our minds!

Construction Zone

Recently, there has been major amounts of construction on our route to Parker's preschool.

And one day, Parker said to me that he would like to remember to place his telescope in the vehicle that we drive everyday to school. And I asked him why he would like to keep the telescope in there.
Well, he wanted to see the construction workers better from his carseat.

Okay, fine with me! So we're driving along and he has the telescope extended out BUT, he's looking through the wrong end.

And if you've had a conversation with a 4 yr old lately, You ARE WRONG! He is RIGHT! ALWAYS!

~The End~

Best Mom Award

Once a month, I attend a Mom's meeting at church. We get together and discuss things like nutrition, kid games, and mostly we just encourage each other with our parenting struggles.

Last night was my night to go....and usually Parker will fuss a little about my leaving. (He uses techniques to get extra attention.) For those of you more clinical, we'll call it "separation anxiety". He starts out asking questions like "Why are you going there?" "When will you be home?" and so on...

So, I told him that I was going to my Mom's meeting to become a Better Mommy!

Parker responded, "But you're already the Best Mom I've ever had!"

The Girl in the White Dress...

We attended the wedding of a friend, over the weekend. It was a beautiful ceremony and we had a nice time enjoying the flowers and music.

Parker was star-struck over the bride, Mindi. But he wouldn't call her "the bride" or "Mindi"...he referred to her as The Girl In The White Dress!

Mindi was beautiful! Her dress was white satin and very elegant.

Once we were at the reception and the bridal table had gotten their food...Parker said " I wish that "Girl In The White Dress" would come sit next to me! "

He was stargazed with her beauty and wanted nothing more than for this woman 6 times his age to come sit with him at dinner, on her wedding day, of all days.