And Now Hewitt Refuses Diapers At School -- Even For Naptime

Because "He a big boy."  For a while his teachers could cajole him into a diaper with the promise that he could put his underpants on top of the diaper, but then one day recently he went potty (by himself) right before naptime and shed the diaper without telling anyone.  :)  When he woke up, one of the teachers said, "(Gasp!)  Hewitt doesn't have a diaper on!"  Another one said, "He does -- I put one on him before nap."  First teacher, "Well, it's gone now!"  And ever since that day, Hewitt has not worn naptime diapers.  :)

Attention at-home caregivers : Hewitt does still wear a diaper to sleep here.  Do not let him fool you.  We're not ready to try underpants on a 2-3 hour nap (versus ~1 hour at school), and certainly not overnight!  What happens at your houses, though, is up to you...  :)

Harrison's First Pre-K Job

There are 5 or 6 "jobs" in Harrison's pre-K class -- line leader, line caboose, light switch switcher, etc.  This week Harrison got his first assignment : Cafeteria Helper.  I heard him be selected for it when I was dropping him off this morning and couldn't help but feel a swell of pride : My boy is the cafeteria helper!  I didn't want to freak him out, though, so I just casually said, "Alright, bud!  Do some good work this week as the cafeteria helper!" without having any idea what that meant.  Turns out the cafeteria helper is the kid who collects the throw-away breakfast and lunch trays and makes sure they get in the trash can.  Sounds like an unrewarding job, if you ask me, but Harrison is taking it very seriously and lets me know each afternoon how that day's work went.  My son might be a janitor right now, but I know that this week will instill an amazing work ethic in him that will carry him to powerful leadership positions in global corporations.  Or at least maybe the light switch switcher?

PBJ Love

Mama's got one -- I want one, too!

Dee-lish!

Harrison's First Date

It was with his mama!  :)

Pre-K had a half day today, so I worked from home for the morning and picked him up at lunchtime.  Since Hewitt had a regular school day, Harrison and I planned to have an us-only date for the afternoon until we picked up the Hew-Dewdler.  Harrison chose our restaurant ("the Mexican place with the bean bags that you can throw sometimes"), and we had a very special time together talking about important things that I will not disclose here.  After lunch, we hung around home together until it was time to pick up our third wheel.

Update a few weeks later : Harrison asked when we could have another date.  I teared up and told him I would go on a date with him anytime he asked me.  I love that boy!

Hewitt Is Wearing Underpants At School Today

Yay, Hewie!  :)

Sharing A Room!

The big boys are officially sharing a room now!  Finished building Harrison's bed this afternoon (in spite of all of the "help" they gave us).  Mama took a stab at first-night-together-bedtimes, and it went great.  There wasn't any chitchatting (that we could hear) once they were in bed, and there also wasn't any bed-swapping or leaving the room once I tucked them in!  There was a flurry of last minute pottying between stories and tuck-ins (one had the idea, so naturally then the other had to go, too), but I'd rather they do that before they're asleep!

Night Two Update : Dada's turn!  Another successful dual-bedtime -- and I don't think that Chris got the "I need to go potty" stalling, either.

The setup

Harrison's bed

Hewitt's bed

Pre-K Week 1 Recap

What Harrison reports having happened at school each day this week...

• Monday : He ate pepperoni pizza and drank chocolate milk for lunch.
• Tuesday : His class "investigated" (his word) the school; saw a rocket ship in the library.
• Wednesday : Marques got his head stuck in the cubby.  I am so sorry, Marques, but I could not help but laugh long and loud when this was headline news from pre-K.  Hope your head is okay!
• Thursday : Played "Jack-in-the-Box / Jack-out-of-the-Box," which sounds like some combination of "Heads Up, 7-Up" and "Duck, Duck, Goose"?
• Friday : Played tag with a boy from his class, but says he can't remember the boy's name.

We think there are probably also some academic events happening (we've been in the classroom -- they definitely have the alphabet and some sight words posted on the wall, plenty of lined paper and pencils in stock, and science / music / reading / writing centers around the room) but aren't expecting to hear much about them for a while.  :)