Fair Week and Dad's Birthday

Another very successful week at Kindergarten! I find that I still slip up and call him a preschooler every once in a while, but I figure that is my own parental wishes being vocalized against him growing up so fast. Here are some pictures that his teacher took during this week:

This last one is a big picture the other kids painted of him for the friend of the day (obviously my pasty child is the one on the left).

Although this week was just another 4 day week (they have Friday off for the county fair), next week will bring with it another day of Kindergarten to his week, and homework! It will be interesting to see if I am able to do my own homework while helping Alex with his own dose.

Thursday was Tony's 28th birthday, and Alex made him a card at school (see above). While there has been no feed back as to whether he liked it or not, I know Alex enjoyed making it, because there are stickers involved. He likes stickers. Here is a closer view of this piece of art:

Alex also helped me make a cake for his birthday, stirring it and smelling it when it came out of the oven. He didn't want any, because it had bananas on it and in it (and he, just like Grandpa, hates bananas). But he was very helpful when making it, even if it didn't look like the best cake ever in the end.

I was asked why I did not take Alex to the county fair. That is easy. It is a huge combination of things he does not like. He doesn't like overly greasy foods. He doesn't like huge crowds of annoying people. He doesn't like things that are too loud. If it were devoid of people and food, he would like to see the animals and maybe ride a couple of the rides, but that would be about it. I myself don't really care for the fair, so I am one lucky mommy that I don't feel obligated to take him. However, he was able to spend some time on Friday AND Saturday with Grandpa, which he loved. I think he is starting to realize this new routine of "Go to school during the week, and during the weekend I get to see Grandpa". I think this is helping him to try harder at school and accomplish more, which is what my goal was anyway.

Overall, things are slowly getting easier for him. In one week, he will be turning 6 years old, and the only thing he wants for his birthday is cake. I might have to try to find him something cool, but cake we can definitely do!