To The Letter

Today was picture day at school, and Christian could wear whatever he wanted. Guess what! He wore his school uniform. That's right. He refused to break out of the mode and wear something different. He woke up crabby and complaining he didn't know what to wear. Then he ran howling into our closet. After much discussion and debate. he left with a white shirt and khaki pants. His teacher said he is the rule follower.

All Grown Up

That's how I would describe Christian as of late. He latches on quickly to things. No more watching The Haunted when he is in the room. He watched the episode, spellbound, giving me details of the mist and the writing on the wall. He had all kinds of theories as to whether there was a ghost and what they could do to get rid of it. I didn't want him to get the impression that we had a ghost, or that any other house he visits has one, so I don't told him it was all on TV (not exactly a lie).

Be wary of having conversations with Christian. He remembers everything and he wants to know all.

No... Eli!

This is what we hear from Christian's mouth 20 times every night. While the kids are watching TV, Eli goes up to watch with them. He likes buttons, so he tries to push the buttons on the TV and when he does, we get to hear Christian yell at him. He then tries to keep Eli's hands off the TV. This results in Eli crying or Christian yelling at us that Eli is changing the channel. I am trying to teach Christian how to work the TV so he can change it back. He gets some of it, but like the telephone (where he puts it 3 inches from his ear, says hello and hands it off), he doesn't get the full picture. He tries to change the channel when a show is on he doesn't like, but only knows how to go up with the remote, then its the parents to the rescue. At least he's trying. He can operate the DVD player pretty well. He can get it started, but isn't sure what to do when a movie ends or how to restart it. He'll get there eventually. It won't be long and he'll be the go to kid for the younger two when it comes to changing the TV.