So glad I'm not a elementary substitute!

Jacob and I were talking about his day at school today. He was telling me that they had a substitute this morning.

In his words, his friend, Dillon, was "all kinds of bad" and screamed so loud it gave Jacob "six headaches."

He also reported that HE was the best one, by the way. Not sure if I totally buy it, but it's better than all kinds of bad!

The name is Stevens. Micah Stevens.

I asked Micah, 8, what he wanted for breakfast the other morning. He response was as follows:

"Apple Jacks. Shaken, not stirred."

Where does he get this stuff?

Spaghetti Sauce

I was pouring some spaghetti sauce back into its jar after supper tonight. The following conversation ensued:

Micah - That sounds like pee.

Me - Micah, that's inappropriate.

Micah - I mean in a good way.

Micah - September 2006

Micah had a bit of a rough start to 2nd grade. He's a free spirit and functions a little better walking around the room than sitting at a desk. He's starting to get the discipline of it, though.

A coupe of weeks ago, I was having a hard time finding his agenda book -- they give all of the students agenda books to keep their homework assignments in and for parent/teacher communication. Well, it turns out that Micah had hidden his book in a compartment of his backpack in which I don't normally look. He had gotten a red light at school two days in a row -- generally for not paying attention and for getting out of his seat. Well, needless to say, I was pretty upset when I realized that he was hiding his bad marks from me. As much as I'd like to say I was the model parent, I can't. I yelled and sent him to his room.

When I had cooled off a bit, I asked him to come sit with me in the front room so we could have a discussion. When he came out onto the couch, I asked him what he was thinking about.

He said, "I was just remembering all the good times we used to have."

Silly Boys!

I decided to start this blog to keep track of the cute things my two youngest sons, Micah - 7 and Jacob - 5, say.

Enjoy!