Mom's house

Adam's Mom called me today, at about 3:45. She was in her usual first-day-of-school panic that Adam wasn't home yet. While waiting, she told me that Adam had tired to pull one over on her this morning. When she came in to get him up, he said to her, "Oh, my head hurts, I don't feel so good, No school?"

Sorry kiddo, that one only works when your temp is over 100 - your mom's a nurse!

He did eventually get home, but it was nice chatting with her again.

It is Adam's First Day of 6th Grade! It is early and Adam has settled in for a little morning TV with his new DVD Lilo & Stitch II. He lookes too comfortable. I think I am going to tickle him before the morning drink... 

Adam watched Chicken Run on Monday - Tuesday he got to go to Walmart and get the New Lilo & Stitch movie that was released today 

New Tactic

Adam and I had a interesting day. We tried something new. As I am trying to contain the highs and lows in my life, I am realizing that Adam can benefit. So, when Adam Got exceptionally silly, I had him reach his arms way out - take a deep breath - then blow it out while bringing his hands together - two blows and he was calm again.....

Note - I thought this might work for when he whined.... nope....

Adam being silly at church. Adam had his fill of church today. He isn't all that keen on going.  

This is a picture of one of Adam's pokemon cartoons. It is from a video of the cartoon. He will record the video on the camera, download it to the computer, then play all the videos of all the favorite parts of his cartoons 

Adam taking his newly made toys to Mom's house. 

Adam and Dad made some Pokemon toys. Adam took the pictures, cut them out, and taped them to wood. Dad just cut them out. 

Adam took a few more pictures 

Adam was a little tired the whole way down, so he held on to me whenever he could 

Need I say more, It is what makes being a Dad great 

Adam found his favorite spot 

Adam is telling me about his Pokemon story 

Kind of hard to smile and look into the sun.. 

Adam, a little tired, said, "okay, we're home!" 

They did a nice job building stone steps on this path 

Here we are starting up the trail to the top 

Adam read this sign. It was at the base of mount watchusett 

On the way out, Adam Signed the guest book 

Adam signed the guest list 

Adam beat dad through the small maze.  

Endless rows or corn.... How do we get out of here? 

It was nice when we got to a bridge - we couls see where we were... 

Adam got to visit the Davis Farm Maze with Dad. It took us about 2 and a half hours 

adam is happy Dad finally finished the kitchen 

Quiet but happy weekend so far

Adam and I have spend Friday and Saturday around the house. It is cool inside and I have been patching up the bathroom wall.... Anyway, Adam, with his newly organized room, has been going down memory lane by pulling out Video Cassette tapes of shows he loved years ago. The Power Rangers ruled the morning, and Pokemon was the choice this afternoon. He even got out the old Game boy Pokemon thingy.

He also he went through 5 or 6 pars of shorts today.... you see, he re-discovered the hose. With the Nozzle I found yesterday, he has been watering everything.... Especially the street.... I wonder how many cars actually got a wash on the way by.... (actually he was good about not squirting the cars)

Dinner was at Grandma's. (We also took a shower there also. Bathroom walls have to cure for 24 hours.....ahhhhhh) Poor Adam was not thrilled with the veggies mixed in with the meat. A few "discussing!" comments were hushed and he sat at his seat till everything was consumed ("I don't feel so good" and "All done" after every bite didn't work - He ate it all - It was delicious - it wasn't torcher;) 

See, Adam would eat barbeque-sauce sandwiches all day if we let him (Friday morning he got through half the loaf before I realized what was happening). If he never eats it, He will never learn to like it.

That reminds me of One of the cutest moments of the weekend. Friday morning Adam rushed in saying, "stupid brain! Stupid brain! It's Broken!" while patting his head. I rushed to him in a panic thinking he had hurt himself. But he was un-hurt - he was just upset with himself for dumping bbq sauce all over the front-door table. It wasn't his fault - it was his stupid brain - lol. I hugged him and thanked him for telling me. Then we brought the table over to the sink to wash it off..... yes, there was that much sauce... I think it is great that he no longer hides when he makes a mess. I have worked hard to encourage him to let me know right away. A lot of Oh-No's and Silly Adam's, along with, "come on and help me clean it up." Followed by, "all better." I don't think it is fair to crush a child's spirit just because they were like a kid and made a mess.

Tonight closed with us and a Power Ranger's comic book. I like the comic books because I can get Adam to read a ton of it. And I can really get him to animate it! It makes reading fun and teaches him how to inflect the sentences. We get soooooo silly.

Adam in front of our breakfast place - It will be closed for around three weeks :( - We will miss it. 

I am going to miss Adam this weekend. He spent the morning with me in the office. He loved the bagals and cream cheese that we had for the meeting. He watched Power Ranger's DVD on the portable. Driving him back to Worcester to drop him off to his mother, I felt an amazing wave of sadness. It Seems to happen more and more recently. Maybe I am just sympathizing with him to much, or maybe it is that I have been so busy working on the house, we have had less time just doing nothing. It is as though I know he is on the edge of a new chapter in his life, and I am realizing how much I have loved this last chapter.