A good first impression.

This week marks the transition of the kids to a new "school year" at daycare. Henry has new teachers and a lot of new classmates. Charlie has the same teachers and friends but a new room. The daycare was closed all last week in order to prepare for this transition.

On the first day of the new year, Henry's class had kind of a "what I did on my one week break" discussion.  The teachers posted the responses for all to read.

Many children shared stories of going to the zoo and museums, visiting grandparents, playing outside, swimming...

What did Henry tell his class that he did on his week off?
"We had parties and watched TV."

Really, Henry? Really? This is what you shared with everyone. You went to the zoo and a museum. You visited grandparents, you took a plane, you swam in a pool, you went to a park, you even made some jewelry! I swear, new teachers and fellow parents, we didn't actually spend the entire week watching TV all day because we were too hung over from our parties at night. It was just that one day. And, really, you should have been there because that party was E P I C.

Meg-a-lif

Yesterday morning Henry asked me if he could have a meg-a-lif to eat. I said, "A what?" He repeated, "A MEG-A-LIF." I said that I didn't know what a meg-a-lif was. He said, "You know, when I ask Daddy for a snack and he says (Henry takes a robotic tone) meg-a-lif."

Mike often responds to inquiries with either a crisp "affirmative" or "negative"*.  And often, Henry's requests for snacks prior to dinner are met with a simple "negative."



*This tendency to respond with either affirmative or negative could be the result of years in the Navy or just years of watching Star Trek.