February 17th, 2016

Aunt Martha Ann, we're praying for you!

Camden is the sweetest most thoughtful boy - and that's not just because I'm biased. Mrs. Weckerly mentioned that the class had just used the last of the hand sanitizer. The next morning he shouted, "Mom! We need to stop at Walgreens and get hand sanitizer!". We were running right on time for school, and I know a 'quick' stop to Walgreens is not in the cards when I'm with a monkey and a cow. But, I thought Mrs. Weckerly had asked the kids to pick some up so we stopped. Turns out, Mrs. Weckerly never asked the kids to bring in hand sanitizer, Camden just knew the class was out and wanted to help out. He gets his kind heart from me... Hey! I heard that!

Kellan took his Kindergarten assessment last week. This could have so many more blog details, especially since Granfy took him to the test, but things went really well! In fact, Kellan did amazing and is definitely ready for Kindergarten in the Fall! He was on such a high all day. On the way home, he would yell out random letters, and if they happened to spell a word, he would look at me with a knowingly yet shocked expression that he could spell. He got a little too confident for his flood-y britches and said, "Mom! I bet I can spell traffic light!" As I braced myself for this one, he carefully spelled out H-O-P. I played this well, if I do say so myself and yelled, "Kellan! You just spelled hop! You are so smart!" Camden was just taking this all in. Luckily, he quietly took this all in...

So the boys have are always giving me a hard time about loving Hanson, but they honestly don't even know they're giving me a hard time. Every time we listen to a song, they have to ask if they're girls. I've explained a million times that they were younger when they recorded this incredible CD, so their voices sound higher. Anywhoo, we were ALL happily listening to MMMBop, when Kellan asks in his cloggy voice from the backseat, "Mom, do the girls in the band you like wear glasses?" I may have done an eye roll, but I was in the front seat and he couldn't see-so no harm no foul. I said, "no, they don't wear glasses". Kellan thought a minute and then said, "Oh! So they have eyes then". What?!

This morning, we were walking out the laundry room door, hands full, coats half on, phone in mouth because my hands weren't free and Kellan suddenly stopped and blocked the doorway. He got the look of someone on a game show that was about to have the prize he won revealed to him. I was so stunned by his actions I actually forgot about getting my 22 children out the door and to school on time. He looked at me excitedly with wide eyes and asked me what kind of car I have. Since we weren't exactly in the garage yet, he couldn't see the car, but I had made no mention of getting a new car. I opened the door and watched my blue eyed cow to see if he'd be disappointed by seeing the same old car. But nope, not this guy. He cheered and said, "Yay! The orange car!". This is the orange car I've had for about 85 years, but if he's happy, I'm happy...Even non exciting things are exciting in the Tilley household...