[Indy]

The questions, unending questions!

Pants with elastic bands are available. Until Jenny sent me a message about them, I was wandering around looking for pants that fit!

Pants with elastic bands fit both ways. J4 looked funny with his pants on backwards.

Shoes with lights are great so I can see if he has the left and right shoe on the right feet.

Sandwiches are cut diagonally.

They have soup from the Cars movie.

You can never get enough Cars the Movie. We have sheets, comforter, posters, toys, and of course the movie that "must" be watched quite often.

Anything can be a toy.

That said, everything is recorded to be replayed at a later date. Hence, no more listening to "messin with a S.O.B." in the car.

Finger prints and Jaguars go hand in hand.

Buy two car seats, one for each vehicle...so you don't have the wrong vehicle to pick J4 up.

Six year olds are not completely able to take care of their hygiene.

Showers/baths are time to play, even when Dad is serious.

I need a new revolving door in the front.

When they get in trouble, that little lip starts quivering and it takes everything Dad has to stop from giving in.

Mud...need I say more?

And that's only in 30 days!

[ajjhmf]

Hey...I filled you in on the pants! I figured you were good to go from there.

Oh, and teh bath thing doesn't end for a while....the only thing that stops the playing is when J showers on his own in OUR bath, a toy free zone.

I'm glad to hear you are having so much fun.

[zebramom]

Some things you just have to learn on your own Indy.

We tell you about the BIG stuff!!!

[tybeemarie]

The quivering lip gets Dad, eh? We knew it, Indy! You are a big softie! Cause, honey, quivering lips don't do squat for me. Well, okay, ONCE in a while.

We had a great vacation on De Wees Island, a tiny island entirely populated by privately owned homes (we rented one with friends), very eco-savvy, and accessible only by a private ferry. We had cleaned up the house according to the home owners very high standards, loaded up the golf carts, got on the ferry, and were 30 minutes into our trip to Charleston when, from the back of the minivan came a truly anguished cry, "I left Piggy Piggy!" and the most heart-breaking tears poured out of her sad little grief-stricken eyes. It killed both me and the DH. We said we were sorry, we didn't have a way to get back, but we'd call the rental agency. We took a looooong breakfast in Charleston, but the cleaning lady was not back from cleaning, so we had to have Piggy Piggy Fed Exed to us at a cost of $25.

It was touching that Piggy Piggy, which we had given her for her 6th birthday less than 2 weeks into our life as a family, was so dear to her. Also sweet was her siblings' compassion. My son made a little pig for her, and also decorated a t-shirt with pictures of Piggy Piggy saying how he (P-P) loved my daughter. My older daughter was inspired, and also made her a shirt. She picked a bear angel she received from my cousin for her sixth birthday, a friend of old Piggy Piggy's, to stand in for Piggy Piggy at bedtime.

You cannot believe the joy that overtook my daughter when we got the Fed Ex package. It was so cute! We were on our way for a dog walk, so Piggy Piggy joined us. My daughter always loved Piggy Piggy, but she really appreciates him now. Another cute thing is that she arranges Piggy Piggy so that he's "spooning" her.

Six is a cute age. My youngest is 8 now. Still very cute, even by objective standards (Lucy, Lorraine, and Jenny can attest to this.)

Anyway, back to little boys. I got my son when he was seven. If you don't have a toy tool set, I would recommend getting one. My son LOVED his tool set. He's ten, and he still does.

[Lylac]

the quivering lip is a heart breaker!

[TxMom65]

Yeah, the lip quivering gets me everytime.

[SAHmom]

Indy, thanks for the laugh! Just wait until you find out WHAT ELSE we didn't tell you!!!!!!!!

[Barksum]

What? You thought they came pre-programmed and ready to go?

My 6yo wears his pants backwards and wrong side out. His undies, too. Imagine Dh's chagrin when in the public men's room he was coaching Ds to use the opening in his little boxer briefs, only to discover that the opening was in the back. I guess the other guys in the john got a giggle out of that.

You sound as blindsided as my bro-in-law, who was the only adult in the house when my then 4 or 5 yo son yelled from the bathroom, 'I NEED TO BE WIIIIIIIPED!!' I love to contemplate the panic mode that overcame the BIL's normal surfer-dude nonchalance towards life. Ah, un-intended, serendipitous revenge is the sweetest.

[lucyjoy]

I remember telling you about MUD. Apparently, you did NOT take good notes!

Good luck with the quivering lip. Us moms never fall for that!

[DianeScraps]

too cute

Did you discover Webkinz yet?

[aspenhall]

I am laughing SO HARD right now...My dd is 6 and you totally described her!!

They also have DORA soup, and BATMAN soup..by the way...and in about a month CARS will be SO out of fashion, he'll be obessed with something else!!

Here's a rule
A movie that is NOT memorized, is NOT enjoyed.

YEAH, about that lip thing...it must be HORMONAL related to the Y chromosome...moms are immune! *evil grin*

And give ANY food a funky name, and they'll eat it...like ALOHA chicken, DIRTY rice, Tasmanian Pork (all crazy shredded)
Anything funny sounding becomes cool...6 yr olds are COMEDIANS and always trying to be funny, always finding the funny in things...Has he found a way to tease you yet...like the stealth tickle attack, when YOU think it's an ordinary hug??

[DianeScraps]

Oh yeah - 6yr olds will do about anything for Kids Cuisine or Lunchables too

[mrsred]

lol... this has been a fun thread, and has reminded me just how fun my kids are....
Indy, you talk about the backwards pants... how does he do on shirts? Yoy would think that my almost 8 yr old would have a 50/50 chance of getting it right, yet he manages to have his shirt backward at least 70
% of the time. This is especially interesting when he is wearing a polo shirt. And the pants are rarely zipped up... bottom of at least one pant leg is tucked into his sock (if he is actually wearing socks).... he is so unaware of his clothing. Really funny is when he has his underwear on backwards. I asked him if he thought the little hole was for letting out gas.
And the trembling lip thing? our new almost four year old fd has the entire trembling body.

[Faith65]

Indy,

How happy and joyous you sound!

[Tudu]

ROFL. That was so cute and such a wonderful desription of my son.

How on earth do they watch the same thing over and over?

You forgot to mention that any noise that sounds like a toot is gut wrenchingly funny to them. Oh wait, that doesn't just apply to little boys but grown men, too.