"Mom, I love you! Like a punch in the face!"

Yesterday was Lincoln's first day of preschool. He wasn't that excited about going, but wasn't fighting it either. The week before he had met his teacher at her visit to our house and had a chance to go to his classroom and play at the open house so it wasn't totally new territory for him.

After we walked Gunnar to school, we came home and he was on a quest for a specific dinosaur and he wasn't going anywhere without it. Fortunately, we found it in a timely manner and headed off in the van. En route Linc asked me to stay with him for a "short bit" after we arrived at his school. I agreed, knowing this would make him less anxious.

When we arrived, he walked in his slow Lincoln way up the drive and into the school, all the while carrying a dinosaur. I would have expected nothing less!  He was a little reluctant to go into his classroom but when he saw his name tag with a parasaurolophus  picture on it he sat right down. (Before school started, we were asked to provide a picture of our child so they could recognize their face to go with their name. Fortunately, I had a picture of a dinosaur replica AND Lincoln from the T-Rex Cafe in Orlando--this is the picture I used as I knew he'd be more interested in finding a dino than himself!)

Khyber and I ran some errands and I quickly figured out I am going to have to learn to manage the 3 hours 3 times a week that Linc is in school a lot better!!!  Last year he was in school only once a week for 2 hours and it didn't seem frivolous to go for coffee with friends or make a quick trip to Kohl's. Now that seems to be a bit much and I'm going to have to figure out something constructive to do with that time.

When I picked Linc up I asked him if he had a good day and he said he did. I asked what he did and he said, "Just played--and painted in red. I only paint in red--it's my color!" Well this was news to me, but happy to hear he has selected a favorite!

Last night over dinner this is what Linc tells me. "Mom. I love you. Like a punch in the face!" and then laughs. Seriously, where does he come up with this? And really, does he even know what a punch in the face is?

I love the things my kids say. I wish I could remember it all forever. Tonight, coming home from Gunnar's first ever Cub Scout meeting he says, "Mom, there are 2 Amazons. The rain forest one and the dot com one!" Yep==he's right! And I would have NEVER thought of it that way!

So... Gunnar had his first ever Cub Scout meeting tonight and LOVED it much to my dismay. It seems like it's going to be a lot of work--and it will be, and it will be good for him. But as I enter another 1/2 year of being a single parent, I hope I can give Gunnar and his scouting the attention it deserves. He is excited about selling popcorn so don't be surprised when we hit you up!