Then, six years ago TODAY...everything changed. My precious little man decided to join the world. Little might not be the appropriate term, as he weighed in at 10 lbs 4 oz....and was born a week early!
Though life is not nearly as quiet or peaceful, I could not imagine it any other way!
Happy birthday......JM......I love you more than I can express....and I JUST KNOW this strong personality of yours is going to serve you well, one day.......and when you have kids.....well, then justice will finally be served! LOL!
I thought I would celebrate the big day by sharing the latest in the ongoing JM soap opera that is first grade:
I teach at the school JM attends. This is both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, it allows me the opportunity to keep tabs on him and his behavior. On the minus side, it forces me to deal with him and his behavior! This conversation went down last week at school:
Teacher: "Queen.....I think Big Cheese (principal.....a good friend of mine) and Medium Cheese ( assistant principal....also a friend of mine) are looking for you."
Me: "This can't be good!"
I see BC and MC striding towards me in the cafeteria...both with very strange expressions on their administrative faces.
BC: "Hey, you got a minute?"
Me: "Maybe........"
BC: " It would seem that your son felt the need to pee on the playground.....during recess."
( At this point both BC and MC bust out into hysterical laughter....as I plotted my impending move to North Dakota.)
You see.......JM has a love for all things outdoor urinating. Around here we refer to it as "adventure tee-teeing". It was a handy tool during potty training and has gotten us out of many a travel, side of the road pee, jam......but now........now it is coming back to haunt me!
Needless to say, he was brought to the principal's office......as many elementary schools frown on the flashing of genitals in public places....GO FIGURE!
BC: " I asked him, what in the world was he thinking?! To which, he looked at me as though I was crazy and said, I had to pee!" ( Cue more laughter!)
Of course, JM got the last laugh as he lost his recesses for the next two days and spent them sitting in the office talking nonstop to both BC and MC!
Oh......and just in case you haven't gotten enough bathroom talk:
One of the first grade teachers stopped me to tell me a funny story about JM this week. It would seem that she had the privilege of bathroom duty. She walks in to take her post, ever vigilant for the poor aimed or purposely aimed pee-er. ( For some reason the little ones have a tendency to pee on each other. Yeah....I don't get it either....boys are gross.....but I digress!)
There stands JM in all his hiney-shining greatness, pants AND underwear around his ankles, peeing in the urinal, AND.....eating fruit snacks!
Eating WHILE peeing!!!!! Yeah...that's sanitary!
Happy birthday you gross, gross, GROSS little man!
