Growing Up- Five To Infinity: July 2006

Dentist

Logan's first official dentist appointment was last Tuesday. He did extremely well and aside from a few odd expressions at having his lips pulled this way and that and the flouride treatment, he was fine. I was VERY proud of him and just a little surprised that he didn't even seem nervous at all. I will admit it was a little odd being there by myself with him, doing something with him for the first time just him and I...something important I mean, but it was nice too. I mean, we HAVE done other things like the Zoo and the RailRoad...but I mean something serious like that. I'm also starting to try to mentally prepare for all of the rigors of sending him to school. I'm in a way happy that he hasn't grown much since last fall so a lot of his clothes which thankfully still look good will fit him. He will need new shoes...and of course a lunch box and backpack, so I'll mostly just be buying them, as well as a few items they send home in a letter that he will need. His first day will be August 28th which really is just a little over an hour where we both go in and learn about the school and his teacher and such, plus he gets to ride on a bus, or at least get on one! Then, the 29th is his first official day of school! He'll get the bus right outside of our house around 8:10 and be dropped off around 4:10, so that will be interesting to see how he is!!

I think I'll hold off on all of my thoughts about school and the such and see how he does...but needless to say I'm a little nervous, and not just because I'm more or less a single parent putting him in school, just the idea of how schools are these days and how early kids seem to do horribly stupid things. Bah...he'll be fine...maybe made fun of about his height when he gets older...but hopefully not just yet, haha.

That's all for now...no big plans until school so I doubt I'll have much to type about. Maybe I'll do an interview in a couple weeks just before school to see what his thoughts are on the subject. Until then...take it easy for all those who read this. :)

John

Philadelphia Zoo Interview

We went to the Zoo today...12- 5:45....long day...so hopefully this interview will go well...hehheh.

1) What was the BEST part of your day today? Seeing the female lion.

2) What was the worst part? Not seeing any male lions.

3) What were some of your favorite animals today? The monkeys, the gorillas and the bears and the tiger.

4) What did you hope to see but didn't? Nuffin...but the male lion.

5) How tired were your feet at the end of the day? Really really tired!!

6) Did you like the Channel 6 Weather Balloon? Yes I did.

7) How high did you go, do you remember? 45 feet.....400 feet.

8) If you could go again, what would you do differently? All the same stuff.

9) Name some animals they didn't have there but you would have liked to see? Male lion, wolf...kangaroo.

10) Did you ride any animals? Yeah...a horsey.

11) Would you have liked to ride any other animals? A camel and the swan boats.

12) What animals would you have liked to touch? Uhhhhhh...tiger...and a lion.

13) What was the coolest looking animal you saw? The gorilla, and the bear and the zebra and the gorillas and the monkeys and the lion and the tiger.

14) What was the weirdest looking one? The turantula with all it's hair.

15) Were any of the animals funny? Welll...the one monkey where he was swinging on the vine. Can I have a sip of your lemonade? Daddy....daddddyy...oh man...why you making that? Otay I'm gonna have a drink now.

16) Were any of them boring? Not the tiger, not the bears, not the polar bear, not the wild dogs...and no zebras. Nothing was boring....well...the ducks were boring.

17) What animal would you like to bring home with you if you could? Tiger and lion.

18) Do you think we should go to the Zoo again next year? Yes

19) What other places would you like to go someday? The aquariuam and a mueseum with dinosaur bones.

20) Do you have anything else you'd like to say? No...just say...poo poo...

OOOOOkkkk...and that's the interview...interesting huh?