Random

I just remembered this funny thing that Josh did during the summer.  I told him to go let Gideon in the house.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because he's probably hot."
"He's probably broken hearted?" he asked.

This past week I took Lyndsey, Josh's 1 yr old cousin, with me to pick Josh up from school.  On the way home Lyndsey started saying "Ho ho ho.  Ho ho ho."
Josh looks at her and says "Lynds, you can't be Santa.  Santa's a boy and you're a girl."
To which Lynds replies "Ho ho ho."
"Lynds! You're a girl, not a boy. You can't be Santa!"
"Ho ho ho."
By this point Josh is getting a little frustrated but he stays calm and says "Lynds, you can't be Santa but you can be Mrs Santa, because she's a girl.  Do you know what she says?"
"Ho ho ho."
"NO!! She just laughs normal like...ha ha ha"  which he says in a very shrilly girl voice.  "Do you get it?" There's a long pause and then Lynds says "ho ho ho."
"Uhhhh!"

HaHa! Poor Josh.

This is Josh's letter to Santa.  He never bothered to send it.

And here's the picture of him sleeping in the recliner.  It's become a night time ritual now.  How uncomfortable! 

School Christmas Program

Josh performed 2 songs with his class yesterday at a school assembly.  Much to my surprise he sang both songs the whole way through!  I was so impressed.  They also had 'Santa' come and visit.  He was so excited!  He was a little disappointed though that he didn't get to see the reindeer.

Class Picture

Love it!

Aliens?

On Saturday Josh came in the office and announced "I was just discussing with Gwen how I'm probably an alien and she's probably a vampire."  Now, that's a conversation starter.  Mike and I kind of looked at each other and we were both at a loss for words.  Knowing this could only get better, I grabbed a pen and paper to write down all the facts.
"So....you're an alien huh?"  I ask.
"Well I'm not sure, for sure, but I think so."
"An alien.  How do you figure?"
"Yeah cause how come I'm so speedy?  You always can tell by my speed that I'm an alien."
"Why?"
"I'm faster than usual and play stuff that's from my imagination but it seems real."
Josh then adds "I'm just telling everyone don't be fooled by my speedness."
That did it.  I laughed and I laughed hard.  Mike tried to reason with him but he wanted nothing to do with logic.  The rest of the day was spent with him running from one side of the room to the other and saying "How did I make it all the way over here so fast?"

Dentist

We just got back from the dentist and there is good news...I have no cavities!  Josh got his picture taken for the no cavity club so I guess he didn't do so bad either.  When we got there they asked which one of us wanted to go first.  I asked Josh and he said he wanted me to go first. I was fine with that, whatever.  As soon as my xrays were done, Josh came and sat down in a chair at my feet.  I realized that he had nothing to do so I said "I should have brought my kindle, I'm sorry I didn't even think about it."
Josh gives me a very pointed stare and in a condescending tone says  "Mom, I'm getting OLDER now. (long pause) I have more patience."  He then makes a point of staring at the ceiling, the floor, the door and my face for long seconds as if that proves his point. I fought back a smile as the dental assistant burst out laughing.