Life's a Beech...

Lennox is too funny lately. He is getting so big that my eyes well up with tears when I look at him for too long.

• While unpacking Christmas decorations, I found Lennox's Wise Men keepsake so I thought it was a good opportunity to tell him about the Christmas story. I was talking about the wise men and how they followed the star and how they walked and walked and all they wanted was to find baby Jesus. I went on and on about how happy they were when they finally got to Jesus. Lennox looked at me with this "duh" look on his face and said, "yeah, they were just tired of walking!" Later he said, "The wise men don't believe in airports. They just like to walk." ha... well, I guess he missed the point of the story but we're planting seeds! He also announced that the angel said, "Don't be afraid!!!!!!!!!!!!!" but that's where his imagination took over and he started thinking about scary stuff! He totally missed the rest of what the angel had to say!
  


• We got our first "bad" report from school :( Lennox's teacher sent home a note that he had a bad week. He was telling her "no" and refusing to participate in activities. He was throwing fits and misbehaving in general. His teacher is very sweet and loves Lennox so she wasn't trying to get him in trouble. She just wanted me to be aware of his behavior. I cried over it a couple of times because #1 - I never want my child to be disrepectful, #2 - I never want my child labeled... especially as "bad" #3 - I felt like I was a failure as a parent because my child was being disrespectful. That all went down while I was working like a maniac. Anyway, the day the note was sent home, Jay picked Lennox up. He told me he was going to handle the situation. When I got home, we were eating dinner and I asked Lennox about what was going on and I asked if he knew what was going to happen if his teacher had to send another note home. "yes, I'm just going to get punched again." he said. I started laughing and asked what he was talking about. He went on and on about being punched and he can't do this and he can't do that! I finally figured out he meant "punished" not punched. LOL. When my dad asked him about the same incident he bent himself over and started spanking his own butt! ???? He didn't even get a spanking! I don't know where he comes up with this stuff! Anyway, after a weekend of talking about respect, obedience, and reassuring him that he was a good boy, he had a great week.



• Lennox is into "funny shows" (aka America's Funniest Videos). He just laughs and laughs at the people falling down the stairs and tripping into the pool. He never gets tired of it! I thought he would like Home Alone... I was so right! He LOVED it. He can basically reinact the whole movie. I heard him talking to himself saying, "This is your chance. Don't. Be. Afraid." Too funny!



• He is totally obsessed with transformers... how long will this last?! He got several Transformers for Christmas. He can totally transform himself. His most recent transformation is from a plane to a jet. When he is a plane, he is laying face down with his arms out perpendicular to his body. When he transforms into a jet, the head comes up and the arms fly back toward his legs... parallel with his body.... complete with sounds effects! He has also figured out that the song is "Transformers! Robots in disguise" instead of what he sang for months, "Transformers! Robots in the Sky!" :( kinda sad. He's growing up!



• I cannot get over how many letters Lennox knows. I tried so hard to work with him on letters before he started the 3 year old class but he really could have cared less. Apparently they sing these songs about letters that he really loves... "Connie Cow, Connie Cow... Cuh Cuh Cuh???" His favorite is Dexter Donkey. Anyway, he recognizes about 75% of the letters and he knows the sounds they make. I'm proud!