Happy Upside Down Birthday Tommy!!!

Today is 09/09/09, which, if you flip upside down is 06/06/06, and hence it is Tommy's upside down birthday! When I informed him of this when he woke up this morning, he looked at me, smiled and said, "Ooooh, I get to go to a birthday party!!" Then I had to tell him that we weren't going to a birthday party and the whole upside down birthday thing kind of went flat... oh well!

Now if I had been more on top of things I would have really made a big deal about this. Not many people can have an upside down birthday, and this will be Tommy's only one. I could have had an upside down party with upside down cake, and played some sort of upside down game, but no, I am just not on the ball right now. But I figured that I ought to do somthing special, so I let Tommy decied what to eat tonight, and he asked for grits and eggs (two things that I can actually make!). I told him that they were upside down grits and eggs, which technically, I guess they could be..... I also thought that we needed something in lieu of cake, so I decieded to try and make apple dumplings. And (believe it or not) they actually came out pretty good.

I am as shocked as you are!

We had ice cream with the apple dumplings. Tommy took two bites of his ice cream and decided that the dumplings were contaminating it and refused to eat anymore. I can't blame him, though, I have a pretty bad track record when it comes to cooking things for the first time. I wouldn't want to be my guinea pig either. TJ seemed to like it though, and offered to take one for the team and eat what Tommy left behind.

It wasn't perfect, but it was something, and I would call Tommy's first and only upside down birthday a success.

My 3 Year Old Has Homework!!

That's right. Homework. Did I mention that he is three? And in Daycare? Geeze! And I think that it's pretty darn hard for a 3-yr. old! Look at what has been sent home for him the last two days:

Handwriting practice? I mean, I would have trouble with handwriting practice!

I guess it's good for him to practice with the letters and all..... but homework? I've tried making it a fun game for him, but I don't know how much longer I can keep that up. We are also supposed to practice saying the three different pledges they say every day in class. He already has the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag down, but I don't even know the other two, so I am having to memorize them too! Great.... now I just realized that I have homework!

We were also instructed to work with his colors every night. But he's pretty much already got those licked. If they add anything else we will be working on homework for an hour when he gets home. Right now, I'm dedicating only about 30 minutes each night to "homework". I guess that's not too bad....

I feel like I need to say here that I really do like his daycare. They all do a great job there, and all seem to love Tommy. Tommy likes going there, which takes a big burden off of me because it makes me feel better about leaving him there everyday. I know that he is taken care of and loved. I guess the whole "homework" thing just kind of took me by surprise. At this rate, he'll be solving differential equations by the third grade! Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but at least you'll be able to read his handwriting!