At Southside Methodist Preschool there is an option to do "Extended Day" from 1-3. I have never really had a need to use it and never really have given it a thought. Until a month ago... when Tucker started begging to go to "Extended" (that's his slang for it. Picture him saying it like a 16 year old valley girl. It is hilarious.)
Leave it to my son to BEG to be away from me for more hours of the day. In the past few weeks, I pick him up and he proceeds to tell me "Cole is staying for Extended." "Ben is staying for Extended." (All in this same teenage/sarcastic/mom-you-are-so-uncool-for-not-letting-me-stay voice.) This is the same voice he uses when he tells me what people had for lunch that day. "Susie had OREOS." "Hayden got to have CHEETOS." How does he even know what an oreo is... or a cheeto??? Apparently they are good enough that he can observe their enjoyment enough to covet the junk food! Again, I'm so uncool because I pack healthy lunches.
Back to "Extended." So, today, Tucker got to have his dream fulfilled. I left him for Extended. He has been excited since Wednesday when I told him he got to go Friday. "When is it Friday?" "Am I still going to stay on Friday?" over and over...
When I came to get him this afternoon he was beaming. Other than telling his teacher that her bum was too big for a tricycle outside, all went swimmingly. Until we got in the car and he turned on me. "Why don't we get to go to Miss Jennifer's for a playdate now?" Hmm. What? I ask why we would do that. He goes on to say he is "really mad" about not going over there. Then he waits a few seconds because I don't respond to him and he says "I'm really miserable about that decision you are making, Mama." Then, "I'm cross!" He picked out all the negative words he knows ("Cross" is from Thomas, of course - they always say the engines are cross instead of mad and we had a 10 minute conversation the other day trying to explain what the word miserable means. Apparently he can now use it in context :))
This kid is a piece of work.
A tribute to these two precious monkeys... Livvy & Tucker.
They have always had so much fun together!
We are so grateful.
August 08 (Tucker 3, Livvy 2)
The first time they met... Tucker just 1 & Olivia Jane 6 weeks?
"the babies"
Mac & I spent about 7 minutes on the beach this day. It was windy and he acted as if he was drowning/choking every time there was a gust of wind. Needless to say, we just gave up & went inside.
I LOVE this picture. Tucker looks like an old man in his sweatpants, with his hands folded looking down at his feet. And Olivia is just checking him out.
My mom sent me this picture this morning from the KHS basketball game last night. Most of you know how much I loved high school. This picture helps explain why.
We were blessed yet again to spend a long weekend at the Teagues in Hilton Head. The highlight was the special friendship between Tuck, Livvy & Miller that is forming... they LOVED playing together literally every waking moment. It is almost all we took pictures of. I don't even have the group shot from Jess. Above is their pajama band! Usually Tucker led, Livvy followed & Miller watched :)
Cooler rides -- Great redneck entertainment.
Required bath picture.
Grace & Bo. Sorry Bo! This is the only picture I even have of you... sad.
The park at South Beach.
And we have MANY pictures of playing on the bed. I asked Tucker what his favorite part of the weekend was and without hesitation he said "Jumping on the bed!"
Following each other EVERYWHERE. And every movement.
And a terrible picture of Mac. Because this is all I have recently.
Tuck had his friends Issie and Jackson over last week. They have a blast together!
Riding on the "boat" (Kanga the Kangaroo)
