One more thing ...

My little man might not be allowed to become a REAL GROWN man. Why? You ask. He actually replaced the roll of toilet paper PROPERLY, on his own last night. WITHOUT being told to!

LOL!!

The Josh Chronicles

A few Josh stories from this week. I can't remember all of them ... and not all of them are hilarious. But it sure shows 'who' my little man is.

The Toothbrush

Tuesday Josh had his teeth cleaned at the dentist. He was in the room by himself, as I was having mine cleaned also. When he finished he came out with a toothbrush for himself AND one for his dad. Later Josh tells me that he first asked for one for me and the hygenist told him I'd get my own when I was done. Then he asked for one for Jeremy. Again she told him Jeremy would get his own when he was done. So, then Josh asks for one for Jeff. The lady gave him one. She must have realized that this child was not going to be happy if he didn't get to leave with TWO toothbrushes LMAO! Of course he picked ORANGE.

The Prize Box

When checking out of the dentist Josh tried to take THREE prizes. I made him return two, as it's one per child. The receptionist didn't say he couldn't have three, but she didn't say it was okay either. YK? So, I did what I thought was right. Jeremy finished after us and was getting his prize and Josh asked to go back with him. Well, guess what he did? He 'stole' another prize! Jeremy comes out and tells me and I literally had to chase Josh around the waiting room 3 times to catch him, remove the extra prize from his pocket. Talk to him about 'stealing' and make him put it back! Lord help me NOW. This child is sooooooo determined.

I Think I Want To Be Like My Big Brother ...

Jeremy has been spending the night at my sisters house a lot lately. Wednesday night was no exception. The only difference was that when Josh heard me making the plans Tuesday he BEGGED to go also. Tina agreed and picked both of them up from the babysitter Wednesday.

That night when I got home from work, I took the baby in the bathroom with me. I took my eye off of her to wash my face and she fell into the bathtub! Instantly she had a HUGE purple knot on her head. She was VERY easy to comfort though. I tried to ice it, but she threw a fit. In my mind there was no point in making her scream just for the ice, the pressure in head head from the screaming voided any affect the ice had. Just to be sure I call my sister Tina. She's an ER nurse. She happened to be at the store by my house and agreed to stop by and take a look at her. 45 minutes later Tina, Josh, and my niece Kayla, arrived. I was right, Justine was just fine.

Guess what? My little man decided he was staying with his mommy. He was NOT going back home with Aunt Tina. Guess he doesn't want to be like his big brother as much as he originally thought. He DID however sleep in Jeremy's bed by his choice. He usually sleeps with me.

Joshua Visits Jareds

Last night Jeff stopped by my work to pick up some information. It was 8:30pm and we close at 9pm. Josh is always begging to come to work with me, so I offered to let him stay for the half an hour until we closed. He was thrilled. It wasn't about being with mom though. You see, the store I work in has cookies, pretzels, and candy all within arms reach and that's not even the best thing. There's also a kids play area. It has coloring books and crayons, Nintendo, another TV for videos, and one of those climbing play areas. It's really a hit with both parents AND kids. It sure makes jewelry shopping much less stressful.

We often find interesting things in the play area left by the kids. Last night the first discovery was a half eaten Oreo cookie in the top of the climber. I was busy finishing with a customer then doing payroll while my employees entertained Josh. Or was it the other way around? LOL!

He proceeded to drum up sympathy for himself by telling them I didn't give him a birthday party on June 4th. I guess the balloons, streamers, Scooby Doo banner, and cookie cake didn't count. Not to mention the fact that we're having a big party for him this Friday and he knows it! LOL!

Then the real treat ... the prized possession found in the play area was a pair of sunglasses. Apparently Josh showed them to one of the guys that works with me, and he told Josh he could keep them. I was unaware of this and when Josh set them down, I returned them to the play room. Josh emerged from the bathroom demanding his glasses. I explained they were NOT his, and he corrected me advising me that "Jerm (My 24 yr old childless employee, Jeremy.) said he could keep them!"

Ok, I relented. No one has ever come back for anything left in the kids area. And if they did, I could make Josh give them back.

Out of the blue on the way home Josh says, "Mom, you must not know the rule about losers and finders!!"

"What rule is that Josh?

"You know the one about losers finders keepers weepers."

I was LOL because after several tries he still couldn't say it properly. It was true testimony that some Children's Rules in Life never stop getting "passed down".

So, as it stands now I guess it is ... Finders keepers, losers weepers.

As a parent, I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with that though! Nevertheless I evolved from that childhood rule to my adult stand so I'm not going to worry just yet.

Trail Rules

The trip to the park trail was a hit. However Josh wants to go to a different park next time because the markers for the trail were on posts in the ground, not actually ON the trees like they are supposed to be! LOL!