"Daddy, Write This Down"

Dex has been asking Ben to write down the spontaneous stories he dictates. I found this one from February about Handy Helper Glove while I was cleaning the house last weekend. Yup, cleaning happens about once every two months in this house these days.

Happy Passover

We were honored to be invited to Elissa's family's Passover Seder this year. Dex loved playing with Ian and his cousins. As we sat at the table, Dex asked me, "Can I sit next to Ian's girl cousin?" He ended up between Elissa and Ian.

Even though Dex got a little antsy through the Seder rituals ("When do we eat?" "Are we done yet?"), he managed to keep it together.

Interactive features such as Face Time with Jason's parents and the plague masks helped keep Dex engaged.

It was nice to see all the kids participate actively in the Seder. Elissa's sister, Jessica, led the hunt for the afikomen and Dexter's prizes for finding his included the book, "Big Words for Little People." He has read it every night since.

Dexter ate his weight in matzah, matzah ball soup, and meatballs. The food was delicious, the table looked beautiful, and the company could not have been better. Happy Passover.

Daddy Gets Down with the Silly

As Ben was helping Dex get ready for bed, the two of them got distracted by the Ewer's Easter gift packaging. Dex wore the basket (bucket) and Daddy got to wear the Goldfish box.

Dex upped the silly factor by putting a construction hat on top of Daddy's box head and his jammie bottoms on top of his bucket head. I was wondering what was taking Dex so long to get dressed for bed!

Ewers' Easter Gift Box

This week, Dexter received a box in the mail from his Aunt Steph, Uncle Randy, and cousins Amanda, Adam, and Aaron ("the A's"). It was an Easter basket full of yummy candies, a wind-up fuzzy chick, legos, and two Matchbox cars. Opening the box and exploring the goodies brought Dexy a ton of joy. Thanks Ewers!

After playing with the chick, Matchbox cars, and legos, he got hopped up on candy and put the Easter basket (bucket) on his head. Maybe remnants of dress silly day at school? 

After I made him take the bucket off his head, he put the box that everything was packed in on his head and ran around the room. I should have let him stick with the bucket - at least he could see!

Silly Skills

Last week, Dexter's school had different theme days. Tuesday was "school spirit" day when everyone wore their school t-shirts. Wednesday was "sport spirit" day when everyone wore their favorite sports t-shirt. Dex wore a Bears shirt (the only sports shirt he owns). When another mother asked him if football was his favorite sport, he answered, "no." She then said, "Oh, you must like baseball." Dex replied, "no." Finally, she asked what his favorite sport was and he said, "Bobsled." The look on this woman's face was priceless. Unfortunately, we did not have a bobsled t-shirt for him to wear.

Thursday was "dress silly" day. This was Dexter's forte. He started planning his silly outfit three days in advance.

The silly outfit consisted of two different shoes, pants on backwards, jammie shirt on backwards, tie, and jammie pants on head. By the time he got to school, he decided against the pants on his head.

When I asked what silly things other kids were wearing, Dex said, "Nothing! I couldn't even tell that they were silly! But Miss Jill and Miss Jenny dressed so silly!"

Thoughtful Boy

I came home from a meeting yesterday to find a message by our back door. According to Ben, Dex wanted to make a sign to make Mommy feel happy when she got home from work - this was the result of their collaborative effort. Mission accomplished, thoughtful boy.

My Bologna prefers to do his welcoming in person.

Dexter and the King of the Jungle

Fun with a statue...

Fascinated by "for real".