Archive for December, 2007

Before heading to N’s Kindergarten Christmas Program, N kept singing a lyric that we could not for the life of us figure out. Something about it sounded familiar, but the way he was saying it – more like a rap song – it was just unidentifiable.

We felt quite silly when we figured out it was Up On The Housetop, LoL… but just for humor’s sake, imagine in a rapper sort of style my son singing, over and over…

“Whoop that crack!”

LOL — the lyrics are:

Next comes the stocking of little Will Oh, just see what a glorious fill Here is a hammer and lots of tacks Also a ball and a whip that cracks Ho, ho ho! Who wouldn’t go? Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?

I honestly think the drama with a 5 year old never ends.  Boy or girl, there is drama to be had.

Yesterday was N’s class’s turn to shop at the Santa Secret Shop at school. Last year (in pre-k) he did wonderful, he got gifts for the people on his list and was adamant about not letting anyone open them until Christmas.

This year – WHOLE different story.

He went to school with $20.00. Mind you, the gifts are priced from $.50 cents to $5.00. He had 5 people on his list. When we picked him up, he had 4 gifts, and all he could focus on was the ONE gift that “they” were not supposed to wrap.

Upon further investigation, it was discovered that they were not supposed to wrap this gift because it was HIS…. I asked him – “What? Why is it for you?” Well, duh – “because it is ripped” – which obviously made no sense.

After we got home, we did a little more investigation. It appears that he bought himself a gift. Okay… I said “So, how much did this gift cost N?” he says “It had a 5 on it”.

I said “N, you were supposed to buy gifts for other people, not yourself.” and he responds with “Well mom, you gave me $20. If you had given me $30, then I could have bought all those gifts!”

What? Are you KIDDING me? He’s 5!!

So, I look at the OTHER 3 gifts he bought. One is for me, one for his dad, and the 3rd one…??? FOR JASPER!!

His list stated: Mom, Dad, Granny, Aunt A & Maw Maw.

The whole thing was funny, I thought…