Facebook Archive - June 2014

June 2 - Ian just requested Sarah Bareilles' 'Brave' and is now passionately singing along with it in the car. Thanks, Spotify app, for filling the pop music needs for my four year old.

June 2 - Tales from Camp Free Range Kids:
I washed my hands and when I turned the water off I heard the tail end of a conversation that went like this:

Ian: 'Because God said so.'
Feens: 'Is God your daddy?' 

He's not among the Presbyterians anymore! I told Jenna to feel free to ignore his proselytizing.

June 5 - That's our kid in the Green Lantern undies with a bucket on his head. Not a bad way to spend a Thursday.

June 14 - Ian: 'Travis is my daddy's best friend. I love him more than waffles!'

June 18 - There are times my son subsists on chicken nuggets and air. And then there are days like today when he requested sushi for dinner so he could have seaweed salad, miso soup, edamame, and a super super roll with eel, tuna and avocado. And apple juice to wash it down.

June 18 - The four year old knows my pin to unlock my phone, how to get to Instagram and studiously framed this pic before taking it. He says he needs his own phone for taking pictures (versus playing games). #proudphotomama

June 19 - After playing in Jenna's pool all afternoon and filling our pool on the back deck, Ian asked for a bath tonight. I told him he was probably clean already and he said, 'Don't you want your son to be happy?!'
So he was in the tub ... happy ... and I told him I had to go downstairs for something. I was in the kitchen and heard the water in the pipes. I yelled upstairs, 'You have enough water!' and the pipes went immediately silent. When I came back upstairs he looked at me like I was a sorceress!

June 20 - Earlier this week I went to pick up Ian and the girls were SUPER stoked about watching the Lego Movie. There was a lot of excited child talk about the movie and Ian said something about 'the black guy with the funny voice.'
Me: 'Who? Morgan Freeman?' 
Ian: 'No, the one with two faces!'
Oh *that* black guy. The yellow lego with the black cop uniform. Silly me.

June 20 - Ian is now asking for 'mama milk', claiming he can smell it.  I assured him it's all gone and he insisted, 'Can't you just try? You don't know if you never try.'
I blame Jenna and Feens. The plus side is he will make a great salesman or inspiration speaker one day.

June 20 - Ian now has his own iPhone. I wouldn't have predicted that we would get our four-year-old a smart phone, but I would buy him a helicopter if I thought it would make the next two weeks easier on him and us.

June 26 - I assumed Ian would spend most of his time on his New Phone playing games but his favorite thing besides calling me is the weather app, discussing when it may rain next. He's ready for his $0.25 coffee at McDonald's with all the other old men.

Facebook Archive - May 2014

May 1 - Ian has decided if he runs a restaurant it would only serve hot dogs, green beans, cheese toast and pickles.

May 1 - We only read a chapter and a half tonight because Ian got scared when the sharks in the ocean started attacking the giant peach. Like father, like son.

May 2 - For those keeping tabs on preschool fashion, Ian is still wearing his striped tights and winged shirt from his bee costume but he added checkered shorts because he tried to 'pull off a piece of string' from his tights and put a huge hole in the upper thigh. I told him I've had the same problem with my tights once or twice.

May 2 - -Ian slept for 4 hours in the car and woke up as we carried him into the hotel. He is now testing out his wings on the beds.

May 3 - I thought it was funny yesterday when Scott asked if there was a reason Ian was dressed like a bee or if I had just let him do that for fun. But here we are in a Pizza Hut in South Hill with our son dressed as a bee. So I guess the question was valid.

May 3 - Thanks to peer pressure, Ian will now eat apples with skin. He said he tried some of Noah's and 'it was DELICIOUS.'

May 4 - Ian (unprompted): 'I am stinky!'
Rich: 'You're like a general in the Stinky Army.'
Me: 'An admiral, even.'
Rich (sighing): 'That would be the Stinky Navy.'

May 6 - Chapters 20-22 of James and the Giant Peach. Five hundred and two seagulls is the magical number! New words were poppycock and balderdash.

May 9 - Me: 'Ian told me he wanted you to take him to school because I yell at him.'
Rich: 'That's ok, he wanted me to take him cause he thought I would stop at Wawa and get him a donut. I expected him to ask for you to drive him as soon as I told him we weren't getting donuts.'
#notforwusses

May 14 - Me: 'Ooh, Ian, look at the sky! Doesn't it look like a painting?'
Ian: 'It's like we're all Legos and the little boy made all this for us.'
#kidphilosophy #divinelegobuilder

May 14 - We only made it through chapters 23-25 of James and the Giant Peach before exhaustion took over despite the cliffhanger at the end. There is still much concern that the sharks might come back but the songs Centipede sang were a great hit. As a note, making up melodies for multiple songs at once is tough parenting work.

May 14 - As we left the sushi restaurant tonight, after he had complimented the owner on her jade bracelet and requested a second helping of seaweed salad, Ian blurted out to the chefs, 'I really like your food here!' They all smiled and bowed gratefully. Then when we got outside Ian mused, 'I can't BELIEVE they speak Spanish in there!'

May 26 - Rich may be asleep but at least the four year old can keep me company after midnight. We're eating ice cream and watching Spider-Man.

May 26 - Ian: 'Mommy, will you still make me dinner today even though I was rude to you?' 
For the record, I said yes, but I did make him sweat a little.

May 26 - I told Ian he had four more school days and then he was going to Ms. Jenna's next week. He squealed and hugged me in delight. So that's nice knowing our kid will have a good summer. (No pressure, Free Range Kids ﷯ )

May 27 - Ian was hesitant to stay at school knowing Rich and I were leaving for TN. I asked him if he'd like Mamaw and Pop to pick him up early around 3pm. 'Ooh, yes! Call them and make sure they're awake by then.' #nightowlfamily

May 30 - ame home and tried to put my son to bed. I sang him every single song I know and a few I don't know for 90 minutes before he could finally settle and go to sleep. Nashville is a great city with lovely people, but I'm happy to be back in a state where the word 'ten' is only a one syllable word.

Ian's Measurements - April 2014

Age: 4 1/2

Height: 47" or so (he was not excited about being measured)

Widths
Head circum: 22"
Chest: 26"
Waist: 24"
Bicep: 10"
Wrist opening/Hand duck: 7 1/2"

Lengths
Shoulders: 12"
Sleeve length: 15 1/2"
Nape to waist: 12 1/2"
Nape to back of knee: 25"
Waist to pants hem: 25"
Inseam: 17 1/2" or so