on the trip to Legoland with Akong & Ama

Jadon, being the night owl that he is (or WAS before early-bird kindergarten started), was the toughest to get up & going during his trip with Akong, Ama, Nathan, & Timothy to Legoland earlier this month.  Ama recounted to us that one morning, when they were continually trying to coax him out of slumber, he declared, "My mommy says I need to sleep so I can grow!"   For the record, that's what we usually say to him at NIGHT when he won't go down to sleep!

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For the record, Jadon had declined to eat shaved ice with me at that time... funny Mowgli! From Mommy, Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 1:59 AM August 26, 2011 I arrived at Judson & Brown to see no students in the playground. Apparently, it was way too hot and the teacher on duty had the children stay inside an air conditioned classroom and watch a video. I peeked in from the doorway to see Jadon wearing his colorful froggy/animal hat. As Jadon walked towards me, the teacher said, "Oh, this hat is much better. No strings to get stuck. He wore his hat all day." I was proud of Jadon for wearing his hat at school without my presence. Jadon said, "Hi mommy" and started digging into his ziplock bag of M&Ms (leftover from graphing and math activites in class earlier). I said, "No Jadon. No M&Ms. I don't want you to eat M&Ms." As Jadon made a quick grab for a handful of M&Ms, I quickly squeezed the bag to close off Jadon's hand from grabbing a handful. When Jadon pulled his hand out of the bag, both he & I peered into his hand as he opened it to see how many M&Ms he was able to quickly grab. Jadon's hopeful look fell when he saw he only had one M&M but he quickly popped it into his mouth before I could swip it from his hand. My disgust turned to a smile when I saw he was only able to grab 1 M&M. I let him eat it but told him "No candy, okay?" Jadon asked, "Can I eat it after my lunch?" I answered, "No. We don't eat candy at home. School might be the only place you can eat candy." Hearing me, the teacher said, "Would you like me to tell Jadon's teacher not to let him eat candy at school?" I said, "Yes. That would be great." As we were driving home, I said, "Jadon, I don't want you to eat candy at school, okay? You have to let Ms. Ramirez know that you don't eat candy, okay?" Jadon: "How come other kids can eat it?" Me: "Because their mommies let them." Jadon: "How come their mommies let them?" Me: "Because they don't know it's bad for them." Jadon: "How come they don't know it's bad for them and you do?" Me: "Because Mommy and daddy are doctors." Jadon: (Mumbling under his breath) "I wish you weren't." Saturday, August 27, 2011 Sid had Jadon take off his clothes to get ready to put outdoor clothes on (from the laundry room) to go to Auntie Ruth's for piano lesson. However, Sid decided they had a little time before they had to leave so he was going to have some shaved ice first. As Sid was sitting in the family room eating his shaved ice, Jadon walked into the room and said, "Daddy, I don't want to be naked like this." (Jadon had only his underwear on because Sid had him take off his clothes in preparation to put on outdoor clothes.) Sid asked Jadon, "You don't want to be like Mowgli?" Jadon said, "No."

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our son is now in the hands of our government... & continues to be in the great, big loving hands of our heavenly Father. jadon went to his first day of kindergarten today... our big boy!

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While Evangelina is a happy baby herself, we note that Jadon had a much easier laugh when he was a baby. On the other hand, while Jadon was a very wiggly baby, Evangelina is far MORE wiggly, wiggling as she tries to fall asleep, wiggling across the bed, wiggling in her sleep. Interestingly the person who makes Evangelina laugh the most is none other than Big Brother Jadon.