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I am thankful for...

I was giving the boys a bath last night and out of the blue..Dylan starts talking about death and how one of his friends at school does not have a mother because she died.  (I know can you believe the converstaion I'm having with my 4 years and 11 months old)

Dylan continued to say, "Mama, I'm very thankful for my mama and papa, Josh and Toby.  I'm thankful for my whole family."  I totally teared up.  I said, "I am thankful for our family too buddy."  and he gave me a big smile.  I will always remember that smile. 

Where has the time gone!

I cannot believe it has been way over a year since I have made time to blog!  I'm way behind on milestones and events; to top it off forgetting stuff too.  With that said, I will make time at least once a week to post stuff...so stay tuned!  =)

Friday the 13th

I'm usually not supersticious nor a big believer in Friday the 13th.  But this year I'm a lil skeptical.  It was the usual Friday afternoon.  Tommy came home from work after picking up Dylan.  I hear the usual chit chat as they are entering the house.  Next thing I hear is "babe where are the bandaids, Dylan has a cut on his foot and it won't stop bleeding." I thought it was just a little cut but told him to clean the cut with hydrogen peroxide.  I decide to go check out his cut.  Boy was I wrong..he had sliced his big toe.  Big chunk of skin was hanging off and we have no idea how it happened.  I told Tommy he should take him to Urgent Care to make sure it's nothing too serious, so off they went.

Urgent Care doctor says he can stitch it but it's too invasive for a someone his age.  Best thing to do is let it heal on it's own.  We have to take Dylan back to Urgent Care on Sunday to see what the doctor says and see how its healing.  Poor guy.

But he seems to be in great spirit!

 

Toddler no more

Dylan is still a toddler but no longer sleeping in a toddler bed.  We finally got him a twin bed. He loves his new car sheets and I think he feels like a big boy now sleeping in a big boy bed.  He was excited about sleeping in his new bed.  I'm excited that I can actually lay in bed with him and read his bedtime stories before he goes to sleep. 

Halloween Parade

I took the day off from work to spend some time with Dylan at school.  He had his first Halloween school parade and I didn't want to miss it.

All the kids were so cute dressed up in their costumes.  Lots of pretty little princesses and enough super heros to save the day if something went wrong.  Dylan was super excited to see me, but really clingy.  He refused to go in group photo (thus minus him) but one of the teachers managed to get him in the group photo with all the super heros.   

This is one of my favorite shots...

Here are few more pix.

My Galaxy Hero

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween!  Here are some more pix. 
 

Progress Report

Dylan has been going to pre-school for 3months now.  I can't believe where the time has gone.  He's doing really well.  We actually had his first parent conference and he had his first picture day.  Who thought they would have picture day at pre-school.  I wasn't expecting that until kindergarten.

His parent conference went well.  Wereally didn't' know what to expect since he has only been in school for a month.  His teacher Ms. M said he's doing really well and adjusting really well to the school.  He understands and takes directions well as well as focuses on each assignment/task that he is given.  He eats really well during lunch and plays well with other children.  Ms. M says he likes music time when they get into groups and sing songs and dance.  She says he seems to enjoy group activities.

 I think he's having a great time and school.  He's picking up so much and learning so much (good habits and bad habits) at school.  I know he has 3new friends he plays with on a regular basis (Darrius, Lola and Zara).  He talks about them all the time. 

This is kind of off topic, but I have to blog it  so I can someday include it in my scrapping...

Tommy drops off D at pre-school.  So every morning before I leave for work I give both of them a hug and kiss goodbye.  One day as I'm leaving through the door to the garage D starts running towards me and says,

D: "you can't leave yet."

me:  "why not baby"

D:  "I need to give you a hug and kiss"

It totally melted my heart.  I love this stage where he is so affectionate and loving.  I know this only lasts so long esp. for boys.  I need to enjoy every moment.

I had to add a recent picture of him even though it has nothing to do with the post.

D's famous quotes

Dylan just talks up a storm...I wonder who he gets it from.  I had to jot down some of the stuff he says so I can go back and scrapbook a page all about him the conversations he is having.

D:  "where are we going?"

me:  "we're going shopping at target"

D:  "what are you buying?" 

D:  "papa car fast, papa car race car."

D even tries to have conversations with our dog Toby...

I heard him saying

"wan wan (dog in japanese) wheres mama?"  I just could not stop laughing.

"mama where are you?"

His 3 most famous quotes

1. "I can't mama."  2. "Tai Tai help mama."  3.  "Tai Tai do it."

My favorite quote especially when he says it out of the blue "I love you mama"  melts my heart.

I'm ready for pancakes

Dylan loves pacakes... I think it's his favorite breakfast food.  Here is a clip when we went to Denny's.  At this age it's so hard to keep them occupied while waiting for their food and unfortunately the service was kind of slow that day.  (2/07/09)

School Time

He's been home with me for about 6 weeks now and I have to admit it was an adjustment for the both of us at first, but now I'm enjoying my time with him.  But we decided he needs interaction with other children and I need my time at home to job hunt.   So on April 1 we enrolled him at Foothill Montessori.

Here he is ready to leave for 1st day of pre-school....he looks so happy.

 

Here he is with his lunch bag. 

 

Here is he playing with a puzzle.

 

So we thought he was going to be okay with us leaving.  He's been in daycare before but boy were we wrong.  I was heartbroken to hear him crying asking me not to leave.  They always say it's harder for the parents.  After a week of him at school we have no more crying at drop off if anything we have crying/whining when picking him up.  He doesn't want to go home.  He loves it there now!  As you can see in the picture I have to pack a lunch for him, which I'm not used to but the anal mom that I am I'm always thinking the night before what nutritious food I can make for him.  His teacher were impressed how well and how much he eats. His lunch bag would come back empty 95% of the time so I thought the teachers were throwing away the left overs but they said they send home what ever he doesn't finish (which means he must like what I'm packing him or he's trading lunches with the other kids...)

He's been in school for 2 weeks now.  He talks about his friend Joaquin and his teachers all the time.  I'm so glad he has adjusted well and he enjoys going to school.  Lets hope that lasts for another 16 years...