Oh, Jack

I don't even know where to begin... Jack has provided some real entertainment the last few days and I don't want to forget any of it... good and bad!

The other day after he and I had been bickering for awhile he finally gritted his teeth looked at me and said... "MOM, you are seriously driving me crazy!" I bit my tongue and didn't say the obvious that he was seriously driving me crazy too! We butt heads so bad some days! The same day Ryan was getting dressed for work and threw his clothes into the hamper (not sure why... as he usually uses the floor) and Jack immediately whipped the clothes out of the hamper and tossed them directly onto the floor where the dirty clothes usually are. He said "DAD, those don't go in there!" Looks like the whole family needs some training as to the correct place to put the dirty laundry!

Later that afternoon he was looking at some things of Ella's that I had bought. He exclaimed "oh, that's cute. Next year when I turn into a girl will you buy one for me!" Sorry buddy, the chances of you turning into a girl next year are pretty slim!
He just cracks me up somedays... and then there's days like Tuesday of last week...

It was a school day and he was having a hard time with adjusting to having to go to school. I didn't want to give up because when he got home he always had a great time and loved it but the transition of me dropping him off was hard. And to be honest, I NEED those four hours a week while he is at school! So back to Tuesday... he had boo hooed all morning that he didn't want to go to school. I packed him up anyway and off we went. We arrived and we are on time. I go to get him out of his carseat and he immediately starts screaming... we are talking top of the lungs screaming as if I were trying to cut his fingers off. He gripped his carseat so tight his knuckles were white. After I managed to wrangle him loose from his seat he immediately jumped up and ran into the back of the van and hid. No big deal, I thought I will just pop the trunk and snag him. As soon as I openend the back he made a flying dash into the front of the car. You get the picture... I can't catch the little twerp! All the while, Ella is out of her seat and made her way to the front of the van and helped herself to my can of diet coke. Sitting in the drivers seat just slurping away! I can only imagine the sight.... probably extremely comical although at the moment it was far from funny!
I finally managed to wrangle him once again after I'm sure I spouted off some threats of his life and maybe a few bad words. I get the beast out of the car all the while he is still screaming at the top of his lungs. He kicks off his shoes and I continue to drag him towards the school. Finally we made it near the door but I had to let go of him to get it open. I opened the door probably red faced and sweating over the whole ordeal and tell the teacher Jack is having a rough day. She says "just send him in he will be fine" so I turn around to grab him to push him into the school and he is gone. Yep, GONE. I start looking around and thought surely he had ran back to the car and we were going to have to start all over when I happen to notice him hiding from me in the BUSHES! Yes, he climbed through all the flowers and made his way into the bushes so I couldn't find him. No luck buddy, you are definately going to school. So off I went. My screaming kicking package delivered safely to the teacher and me in tears heading back to the car. I thought to myself I better just stick around a few minutes and hear what happens. So I go back to the bush hide a bit so he can't see me and guess what.... he cried MAYBE 30 seconds and was over it! When he got picked up the teacher said he had a fantastic day and he agreed! Oh and just so you know, this ordeal lasted nearly FIFTEEN minutes! This kid knows how to throw a fit!

So far the next few drop offs we have had have went EXTREMELY well in comparison! I'm so glad I didn't give in and let him not go although I was very close to doing so! Today he even jumped out of the car and walked into the school by himself!! I couldn't hardly believe my eyes!

He is definately one of a kind and we wouldn't trade him for anything... Well almost anything! Just kidding... love you Jacker Man and thanks for reminding me just WHO is the boss around here!