Misc. Hunter

Hunter is very into Super Mario Brothers on the Wii gaming system. We do, however, have our own system in place. He has to earn five stars to play the game. How does he earn the stars you ask? I need a "good" report from his kindergarten teacher. So far this week he has earned two stars and it's Tuesday. So far, we're having a good week. Funny thing though... On Monday, his teacher told me, "Hunter had a WONDERFUL day." In the car, Hunter shared, "I got just a little bit naughty. I got silly and ran all over!" Too cute! He was so excited to return to school on Monday! I agree with Mitch- I bet that first day back with elementary school children is an interesting (er, uh, hectic) one.

Hunter has decided he is afraid of his bedroom at night which means I figure in to his falling asleep BIG TIME! Currently, our bedroom routine is as follows. "Hunter, it's time to brush your teeth and go potty." "I'm hungry- I want a yogurt." "Okay, after yogurt, it's time for bed." Process occurs at least three times. We finally arrive downstairs in his bedroom. We read "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." I instruct him to lay on his tummy. I scratch his back and sing (in this order or I have to start over) "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "You are My Sunshine." Then I lay there until he falls asleep.... Okay, so I'm sure we can all agree I'm completely ruining my son for his future wife. She is going to have to pamper the shit out of that kid (man).

Hunter knows how to read and spell the following words: I, will, go, to, the, mom, etc. He has very neat handwriting. He is also very good at symmetrical drawing. His favorite subject is math. According to the "I am Thankful" book his teacher sent home, Hunter is thankful for "baseball." I'm not sure where that came from.

Hunter loves to take songs like "Frosty the Snowman" and make them very silly. For example- "Frosty the Doughman, was a jolly, happy soul. With a corncob pipe and a pickle nose and two eyes made out of chocolate." We sing together after school/daycare. We get very silly. The boys also like for Mitch and I to pretend we are tigers and to chase them around the house.

We now call chocolate milk "chocolate milk river" thanks to Hunter.

Hunter loves to torture Mason. Seriously. He does what he can to piss Mason off.

He figured out how to spell "video" so he could access YouTube all his own. Now he doesn't need me to do it, which means I now have to do additional things to keep him off of the computer.

When Hunter eats his dinner, he likes to tell us that a "muscle just popped out." "A muscle just got bigger." We tell him his brain is also growing when he eats his carrots, etc. For some reason, the kid will eat any vegetable I put in front of him. Fruit- not a chance!