Sing It Brother!

This morning before everyone jumped in cars to head to work/school AJ wanted to lead a family jam session. With AJ on the drum and vocals, Pete on the guitar (after he insisted he would not be the guy on the keyboard) and Mommy on the keyboard we let it rip.

Making it up as we went, AJ was singing "Chicken hip, chicken hip". I stopped and asked if he was singing "Shake your hips" and he replied, "No, chicken hips". And the jamming resumed. I could hardly "play" the keyboard I was laughing so much.

Pump It Up

AJ went to a birthday party yesterday at a place called Pump It Up in Leesburg. They have two "arenas" filled with inflatable slides, inflatable obstacle courses, inflatable basketball courts and inflatable hills to climb.

The kids were all plenty sweaty and thirsty not even half way through their hour of playing! As easliy as AJ passed out in bed last night, I wouldn't mind going back again soon.

Thank You for Visiting

AJ playing with pirates and ship this morning.....
"Bye Bye, thank you for visiting my ship. Now I am going to shoot you with my canon"
All delivered in a sing-sing voice like a cruise director.

Man - that kid is scary smart

So last week AJ managed to reason himself out of a pickle and completely stupify both his teacher and his parents. In his preschool class the children are asked not to use toys as weapons- pretend "bang bang you are dead" and really whacking a kid with a toy so it is a weapon. I did notice that while we don't watch particularly violent shows at home he has been playing a lots of "guns" and "you're dead" these days. Figuring it was inevitable, I decided not to sweat it. I mean, he also thought he could fly like superman so we had to address that one before it resulted in serious injuries.

So, I couldn't help but laugh as the teacher recounted this tale last week and began with "AJ is so smart". AJ was nicely building with legos at the table one day and his teacher heard him saying "pow pow" and waving his long stack of legos at another student. She asked him if he built a gun and he said " oh no, I built a telescope". So she let it slide. The next day the same thing happens and AJ insists that he built a telescope. Funny how the telescope was long and had a part you grip with your hand - about what a lego gun would look like if it were built with the skill of a 3.5 year old. But AJ just insisted it was a telescope. While his teacher saw the humor and glimpses of great, though manipulative, intellegence in his approach, she did remind him that a telescope is used to look at the stars in the sky and most likely does not make a "pow pow" sound.

Once I got done laughing at this, I realized just how clever the little stinker is that he found a way to work the system already.

Back on the Blog!!!

So, my blog access has been restored and you will once again see regular updates! (hold for applause). It's been a busy and fun couple of months around here - aside from too much snow - so watch here for lots fo updates while I catch up.