5! GLORIOUS 5!!!!

It's no secret that 3 did not look pretty on Small.  4 looked only slightly better!

It's also no secret that I was literally counting down the days until he turned 5...since he was about 4 years 2 months old!!

Ok, maybe that was a secret...Shh!!  Don't tell anyone!

Either way, he is officially 5 and can I just say that 5 is all kinds of awesome!!!!  No joke!!  5 year olds are ALMOST rational!  They are ALMOST capable of controlling their emotions.

They are ALMOST HUMAN!!!

Yeehaw!!!

So the other day, I was driving him from point A to point B (which is what I spend about 80% of my free time doing...and he decided he wanted to eat his cheesecake.

<Note: the so called cheesecake I made was actually a healthy fake version made with greek yogurt and strawberries...Muwahaha!!!  Mommy's smarter than you, kid!!!>

Anyhow, I told him he had to eat his veggies first.  He started pulling out the ol' tears/tantrum/hissy fit/all of the above.  But, I ignored him and shoved both his veggies and his "cheesecake" in front of him.  I then explained that he can't have his "treat" until he eats his good food first.


Now, if he were 3, that would have resulted in a 2 hour legs and arms flailing on the ground massive fallopian tube seizing tantrum.


If he were 4, that would have resulted in a 1 hour legs and arms flailing on the ground mommy needs an ENTIRE bottle of wine tantrum.


But...he's five now!!  So you know what happened???


He thought about it for a few minutes!!


I'll just let that sink in for a second.....







YEP!!  HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A FEW MINUTES!!!!!!!!!



And then, the next thing I knew....I heard the veggie container clicking open.


< can I just interject here and say how beautiful a sound that is.... >


< like music to a mom's ears!!! >


And he ate the ENTIRE container of veggies....


and then he said, "Mommy, I ate my veggies.  I'm going to eat my cheesecake now!"


"Sure! You go for it, buddy!"



But you and I both know that that cheesecake was actually pretty healthy for him :)

Double Muwahaha!!!  Can't pull a fast one on me little fella!!!



But then the most amazing thing happened!  A little miracle, you might say!


He said, "Mommy, I made a good choice there!  I wanted to cry when you told me I needed to eat my veggies first but I decided to eat them because I wanted to eat my cheesecake!"




Ok, WHAAAAAAAAT????????????


Have the zombie's officially invaded and taken over my child??????



Nope...he's just 5!!



And so far, 5 is looking pretty good on him!!!!

The F word?!?!

Twice this week, I found myself trapped in a teeny tiny ultrasound room with both boys hyper at the end of the day....for AN HOUR each time!!!  Don't ask...I promise you don't want details!

In my desperation to save the expensive equipment from its imminent destruction, I "made up" a game:  I say a word then they say another word that starts with the same sound.

Wanna know how it went???

Ready??

Here we go....

Me: "Fish!"
B: "I know the F word!"
C: "Yeah, it's FUU-KE!"  (that's how he pronounced it...Extra E (as in envelope) at the end and everything!

Me: "That's not a nice word.  Let's try another one...Alligator!"
C: "Apple!"
B: "I know the A word!  Aaaaaaa-SS!!!"

Me: "Ok, lets stop with the bad words guys.  How about Cat?"
C: "Oh Oh Oh!!  I know the C word!!!!"
B: "I KNOW THE C WORD, TOO!!!!!!!!"

Me: "Oh hell no you don't!!!"

And both in unison yell, "CRAP!!!!"

Sigh.  What a relief!!!

:)