Zach says, then and now

This is a list of question I had Zach answer for me. The first one is from almost a year ago. I am going to redo it tomorrow and see what he says. He is such a cute kid!


1. What is something mom always says to you?
Bad things and good things.

2. What makes mom happy?
Doing good.

3. What makes mom sad?
Doing bad.

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
Jokes and things.

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A dinosaur

6. How old is your mom?
58

7. How tall is your mom?
11 and a half.

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Play with me.

9 What does your mom do when you're not around?
Play with my toys.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Being my mom.

11. What is your mom really good at?
Playing games with me.

12. What is your mom not very good at?
Playing the horsey game with me.

13. What does your mom do for a job?
To play with me.

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
All the food.

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
Being my mom.

16. If your mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?
Papow. (Lighting McQueen)

17. What do you and your mom do together?
Play.

18. How are you and your mom the same?
We look the same.

19. How are you and your mom different?
Our hair is different.

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
Oh, I just know stuff.

21. What does your mom like most about Dad?
He's funny.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
The toy store.








Now:


1. What is something mom always says to you?
I love you

2. What makes mom happy?
That I share toys with her.

3. What makes mom sad?
When I get hurt

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
When I do stuff thats funny.

5. What was your mom like as a child?
She probably played with her favorite toy.

6. How old is your mom?
88

7. How tall is your mom?
48

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Play with me

9 What does your mom do when you're not around?
Does stuff with Chelsea

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
For being a famous warrior.

11. What is your mom really good at?
Standing on her hands (Which I don't do...)

12. What is your mom not very good at?
Standing on her hands

13. What does your mom do for a job?
What job?

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
Carmel

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
That she plays with me.

16. If your mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?
Green Lantern Girl

17. What do you and your mom do together?
Play Batcave

18. How are you and your mom the same?
Relaxing.

19. How are you and your mom different?
Because I hide and mom doesn't hide

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
Because shes always saying it.

21. What does your mom like most about Dad?
Because he likes her and she likes to tease him.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
To school with me.


I have to say, doing it today was much harder then the first time. It was like pulling teeth today.

Valentines Day

I have just decided that I hate Valentines Day. It's a day to tell everyone you love them and its about pink and hearts and happiness. On paper, hands down my favorite holiday. And that's what makes me hate it. Instead of being my favorite its my least favorite. Instead of making me feel happy and loved I feel forgotten. I have never gotten a Valentines gift (except from my mom), or had the day made special for me in any way. Every year, for whatever silly reason, I expect it to be different. Is part of growing up, giving up?

My mom

Today is my moms birthday. Happy Birthday Mom!

I seriously have the best mom ever. I wish everyone could have a mom like mine. I don't know how she did/does it. I strive to be as good of a mom as my mom (I still have a long way to go though). She had so much going on when I was a kid but she was amazing. I honestly don't know how she did it. If one of my kids has a cold I have meltdown. I sometimes think about how I would do if I was in her position and I'm not sure I would do great. I know I wouldn't do as great as she did. 

She does so much for me now. She is really my best friend. I know I can talk to her when I am frustrated or scared or happy or whatever. She is always there for me. Its really nice to know there is someone there you can count on anytime. 

I love you Mom! And my kids love their Coco! I hope you had a good birthday on the moon!

Spiders

I have had a spider living on the ceiling of my bathroom for a while. He made a home in the corner above the shower head. I am retardedly afraid of spiders. I don't know why, in my head I know they are no big deal but when one is near me I get panicky. This one was ok, he stayed out of my bubble. I'll admit I stayed toward the other end of the shower but it was ok. Well, tonight he started to come down the shower wall. I, of course, freak out. I am a little embarrassed that when I call out for Brandon with panic in my voice he walks in and says "spider?" First thing I say every time is "dont kill it!" He just rolls his eyes. I told him that if he would just go back to his corner I would be ok. Brandon goes to wave him back and the spider just climbs on his hand. Brandon, being all manly, just takes him outside. I would freak out but whatever. Did I mention I was standing in the middle of the bathroom with my head covered in shampoo? Yeah, I'm awesome.

I hope the spider is ok and finds a new warm home. I don't want him to die. I'm a total live and let live person. If I could go my whole life without killing anything, even a bug, I would be super happy.

Good luck little spider!

80s dance

We went to a dance at Zachs school today, it was so much fun. They had an 80s theme so we got all dressed up. It is so weird to me that we were able to walk into kohls and find totally rad 80s gear without even really trying. In fact I think it might be harder to find not 80s clothes! I got a fantastic off the shoulder grommetted shirt for dirt cheap and it was my favorite part. I also had snakeskin leggings that I put with it. I was bodacious!  ;)   If course I had 2 pounds of eyeshadow and blush on too. I'm glad I dont have to do that every day.

Brandon really wanted an iron maiden shirt but we couldn't find one so he settled for an iron man shirt that looks left over from the 80s. He put a button down shirt over it with the sleeves rolled up and a pair of torn up jeans. Very Growing Pains!

Kids were a bit harder. I got Zach an almost neon blue rocker t-shirt and we gave him a mohawk, not easy since his hair has gotten so long but it looked cool. Chelsea wore a skirt that looked like we tore it off Rainbow Brite with tight and lacy folded down with her new purple sneakers. She picked a striped shirt to go with it and clashed horribly but she was happy.

We all had a lot of fun. It's great to see people we see every day let loose and have fun. Zachs teacher was dressed up and that was fantastic. Leo and Silvia were there, 2 of Zachs favorite people at school. I think Chelsea has a little crush on Leo. She always talks about him and tonight she just followed him around. When she wasn't following Leo she was following Terry. I was starting to think we might have to send her home with one of them.

Groundhogs Day

Ahhh... What a day. I'm exhausted.

I love Groundhogs Day. I always have, no real reason, I just think that its fun. Today, there was a shadow so 6 more weeks of winter. Although, he is said to be right about 39% of the time. Brandon and I went on our first date on Groundhogs day. We went to Chillis for lunch. I remember I had worked all night and had been up for over 24 hours at the time. I was so tired I just chat chat chatted the whole time. And he told me about shooting small animals. No idea how that worked out for us, really. But now 6 years later we are still together!

We went to story time at Barnes and Noble today, its kind of our new Tuesday thing. It was the first time Brandon got to go. The regular girl wasn't there today and the sub wasn't great. Zach and Chelsea were quite upset that Stevie and Antonio weren't there. Should have invited Steve to bring them. Didn't even think about it! Hopefully next week will be better.

After that we had to go to school so Brandon and I could talk to Terry about Zachs bully. Yesterday at school he got shoved up against the wall and 2 boys were stomping on his feet and trying to pull his arms off. When Zach told me about it I honestly wondered how much jail time I would get for beating up a preschooler. He has had problems with one boy since the beginning of the year. Its been hard for him. So I went in to talk to Terry about it. I have to say she is so amazing. She said she knows they are having problems and told us about some of his background to help us understand why he is the way he is and how she has been trying to help him. She said she has been trying to help Zach and this boy get along better but its a slow process. And told us how the 2 boys got in trouble after the altercation on the playground. It was a long discussion, we made her quite late for class! She did make us feel better about it and offered to take the boys out just the 2 of them and her for ice cream or something one day to see if they could work things out if they were away from school and no parents around and stuff. (Seriously love her) When we got back to school, first thing Zach did was run up to Brandon and tell him that the boy asked him to play with him today. They played on the playground for awhile and were doing great together. The boys mom was sick so Terry was taking him home anyway and asked if we all wanted to go get some hot chocolate together. The boys decided to be friends and wanted to ride in the same car. It was pretty amazing. After hot chocolate they walked to the car holding hands and asking to have a playdate. I am so fully amazed by the whole thing. I don't even know what to say (thats obviously not true since this is a long post! =) ) I hope that they can keep being friends. Not sure I want them being best friends but glad they are getting along!

While Zach was at school we decided to go put an application in at one of the schools I had been looking at. I have decided its my #1 choice! Its seems so perfect for him. They have co-op classes for k-2 (might be 3, cant remember for sure) They are one of the 2 top rated schools for academics in the state but its because they teach that learning is fun, its not stuffy and boring. And they don't even have to wear uniforms! I really don't want uniforms. They bug me. The lady who gave us a tour was so fantastic. When we were in the cafeteria she went and found Chelsea a treat. She walked us through the whole school. Which is tiny by the way, you can see almost the whole school from the office. She showed us all the lower level classrooms. The 2nd grade teacher came over and talked to us, she showed us the valentines boxes that the kids had made. They were amazing. They had all made different African animals because they are learning about Africa. I just really loved that school and am keeping my fingers crossed. She sounded like we had a pretty good chance for it too.

Since it IS Groundhogs Day, we went to lunch. We didn't go until 5:00 but I am calling it lunch because thats what tradition says it is! We went fancy today. We went downtown to Melting Pot. I love Melting Pot. Brandon and I got a gift certificate last year for our birthdays and we haven't had a chance to go yet so we decided to go down there. We took the kids with us. It has become part of the tradition. I really kind of love that they go with us. Seems to make it a little more special. I cant believe how different we are then 6 years ago. The day we met I had just come from looking at a little house I wanted to buy. I didn't plan on getting married for a long time, if ever. Brandon probably went on another date that night (he says he doesn't remember which pretty much means he did) he didnt ever want kids. Now we are such a happy family. We have 2 of the most wonderful kids I could imagine. I wouldn't change a thing. I am really happy with they way things turned out. Brandon is such an amazing dad and a fantastic husband. He deals with all my crazy and rarely flat out tells me I am crazy =) He lets me work things out by talking about something until his ears probably are ready to bleed (such as my obsession with where Zach should go to school). He stays up all night at work then stays up all day watching 4 kids, not only because I ask but because he is such a great person. He may drive me crazy in so many ways but its a 2 way street and I am glad that we ended up with each other to make crazy. I wouldn't want to waste all my fantastic crazy on anyone else!

Today

Ok, so I added pictures to a few most recent posts. Nothing fancy but makes me feel better!

Brandon is at work again tonight. I hate hate hate it when he works nights. Blah. (In case there is one person left out there that has not heard me whine about in non-stop)

(Brandon)

Brandon's Mom and Dad came up today and we went out to dinner with them. We went to Tres Hombres. It was pretty good. Its a whole 2 blocks from our house and we have never been. But then all we have as options around us is mexican food. Cant try them all in 6 years! Ok, probably could. Ah well.

(Silvia and Zach)

I co-oped today. I love to co-op. Love spending time at school, seeing what goes on. Zach has a little girlfriend at school, Silvia. She is so dang cute. She calls him Zachary even though everyone else just calls him Zach. Her mom told me that she tried calling him Zachy first but it was a little too lovey for the mom of a 3 year old girl to handle. =)  They play Superhero Pirates every day. Terry (the teacher) thinks its the funniest thing in the world that Zach, the tallest kid in the class and Silvia, the smallest kid in class are bestest friends.  I just think its adorable!