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The Jack Post.
Jack is reaching some exciting milestones right now, and I keep meaning to put them down.
1) He has his first very wiggly tooth! It shan't be long at all now before that bud falls out, and I'll have a gap-smiled 5-year-old in my house once again. He's about five months behind (age-wise) when A.J. lost his first tooth, but then Jack cut his almost six months behind A.J. as well. It's funny how that works out, isn't it? When A.J. had his first loose tooth, I couldn't wait for it to fall out - I wanted him to have that "big boy" milestone, and I was so proud of him. For Jack, I'm torn between different emotions: happy because it's a big milestone, sad because he's still my baby and I'm just not ready for my last baby to loose a tooth, as well as wistful - wishing that Philip could be here to see this "first tooth" come out as he was when A.J. hit this same event. Regardless of my feelings on the matter, though, that tooth is coming out SOON!
2) Jack headed out to play this afternoon, only to immediate return with a BIG envelope that had been delivered and stuck inside the screen door. And it was for him - it was his Kindergarten registration packet! When I told him what it was, he took off running through the house, "A.J., I just got a big letter from Kindergarten! The Kindergarten wrote me a big letter saying I can come next morning!"* He's so darn excited, and I can't wait to take him to the Kindergarten Round-Up later this month.
* No matter what frame of time in the future we're talking about, Jack always refers to it as "next morning." At dinner, if I ask him if he'd like leftovers for tomorrow, he'll answer, "Yeah, I want to have them next morning." If I tell him anything is happening in the future, he'll ask excited questions about what he'll be doing "next morning" during said holiday celebration. I love Jack-anese. :-)
1) He has his first very wiggly tooth! It shan't be long at all now before that bud falls out, and I'll have a gap-smiled 5-year-old in my house once again. He's about five months behind (age-wise) when A.J. lost his first tooth, but then Jack cut his almost six months behind A.J. as well. It's funny how that works out, isn't it? When A.J. had his first loose tooth, I couldn't wait for it to fall out - I wanted him to have that "big boy" milestone, and I was so proud of him. For Jack, I'm torn between different emotions: happy because it's a big milestone, sad because he's still my baby and I'm just not ready for my last baby to loose a tooth, as well as wistful - wishing that Philip could be here to see this "first tooth" come out as he was when A.J. hit this same event. Regardless of my feelings on the matter, though, that tooth is coming out SOON!
2) Jack headed out to play this afternoon, only to immediate return with a BIG envelope that had been delivered and stuck inside the screen door. And it was for him - it was his Kindergarten registration packet! When I told him what it was, he took off running through the house, "A.J., I just got a big letter from Kindergarten! The Kindergarten wrote me a big letter saying I can come next morning!"* He's so darn excited, and I can't wait to take him to the Kindergarten Round-Up later this month.
* No matter what frame of time in the future we're talking about, Jack always refers to it as "next morning." At dinner, if I ask him if he'd like leftovers for tomorrow, he'll answer, "Yeah, I want to have them next morning." If I tell him anything is happening in the future, he'll ask excited questions about what he'll be doing "next morning" during said holiday celebration. I love Jack-anese. :-)
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I hate wiggly teeth!! EEEK! I don't mind them gone, but I hate to see them moving around and dangly and icky and stuff! And I can handle some stuff, I've seen things and parts most people haven't, but I can't do wiggly teeth!
Take a lot of pictures. It's not the same as Philip being there but I'm sure it will make him smile huge to get those in a package. Heck, have the Tooth Fairy send him the tooth too! Then he can tell Jack that it was left under his pillow with a note from the Fairy saying that Jack lost it.
Kindergarten! Ugh, can you believe how fast that time has come?!
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As for Kindergarten, I'm *more* than ready for it, actually. Don't you remember my anguishing over the decision last year? No fun. I'm ready to move on and fully celebrate!
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WTGrow Jack! (also, it's REALLY hard for me not to type Jackie when I type Jack, I normally have to backspace hahahaha)
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And my younger sister's name is Jacki, so I know what you mean. ;-)
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Nicholas still mixes up time sometimes and will frequently refer to things that are going to happen as 'next year.' ;)
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I love the special words and phrases. Think how sad we'll be when our boys are all grown-up and no longer say things in their own special way? *cries*
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I know, the glimpses of childhood are getting to be fewer and farther between, my 'baby' is most definitely getting to be a big boy.
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