Jacked Up Car with BIG Wheels

When I was going through the pictures on the camera this morning, I came across these and asked Dexter, "What's that?!"  He smiled and said, "That's me with a jacked up car with BIG wheels."

We see this car often on our way to Starbucks - it's at the body shop next to the cheap gas station.  Daddy and Dexy must have stopped for a photo-op yesterday while getting gas.

The Big Bed

I was surprised that My Bologna didn't use our bed as a safe spot when Dexter was learning how to walk but for the past couple of months, it has become My Bologna's favorite spot. He never went on our bed by himself before (was happy to join me for nap, however). Now, when I don't see him around, I know that he's resting comfortably on the big bed. Unfortunately, so does Dexter who is able to easily climb up and disturb him.

Can We Do That Here?

When I got home from school on Thursday, Dexter greeted me by excitedly telling me about his school field-trip to a mini circus, "That book had fire on one of the pages! Can we do that here?" "Absolutely not, but tell me all about it," I replied (looking at Ben for some sort of explanation).

Turns out the mini circus consisted of a magician who did tricks. In addition to the book from which flames arose when it opened, he also did a ring trick where he magically turned 5 rings into 2.  When Dexter told me about that, he used the term "spring plats" for the rings and added, "and Miss Erica said, 'Whoa! How did he do that?!"

Kicking/Listening Class

 Last week we brought Dexy to two more karate classes. We explained that he had to do a good job listening in class as well as outside of class in order to stay in the class. When we got to class on Monday, Dexy proudly showed me how he has to take his shoes and socks off first. Dexter did a very good job of listening to the karate teacher and following directions (he earned a clip for his belt - that he doesn't even have yet!).

There are still some maturity issues - when other kids act up and run around, he joins right in until the teacher gets him back in line...We have another free week of karate classes so we're going to keep it up and see if he can keep it together before we sign up for lessons that we have to pay for. He loves it and we hope it will help him with self-control and discipline but we're not sure he's ready for it.