Super Heroes In Training

Just another day at the office for the Super Heroes In Training.

(don't make that one into an acronym... I almost did and realised just in time)

Thanks for the shirts Nano!

Lion found a brand new school bag under the Christmas tree, he was excited but it quickly got pushed to the side for all the Lego and other toys until today.

Lion came into my room today while I was trying (for the zillionth time, thanks to the big boys) to get Monkey to sleep. I silently did my block at him and signalled in no uncertain terms that he was to remove himself from the room post-haste... it didn't work... "I just came in to see how I look wearing my new school bag" he says as he turns to the mirror and does a little back-and-forth to look at himself properly, "I look pretty good". What a sweet little thing he is, "yes you do, Lion. You do look pretty good."

I am going school supply shopping tomorrow. We are getting so close to it now, I have realised that one day a week I will have only Monkey at home. It makes me so happy that I will get to spend that time with him and he will get a break from his brothers (because lets face it, he really needs a break from all their loving) but it makes me sad that my crazy noisy house will be so much quieter on Mondays with just me and the baby. I need to pick up a few things for Dragon to start kindy too but I'm not making too much of a big deal out of that, I think his personality needs it to just be made out to be an "everyday" type thing, just going off to play with Miss C at kindy... have I told you his kindy teacher will be Miss C, Lion's first kindy teacher and a friend of ours since before we had kids? I am so happy about that... I don't think he would have been in on the idea of kindy if it wasn't for going to play with Miss C. God has this all under control... I just need to keep reminding myself of that. God will look after Lion no matter what school he goes to, I can stop worrying about picking the "right" school. God is preparing friends for both boys at Kindy and School and preparing them to be friends to others so I can stop worrying about that. God is preparing their teachers (oh boy, do they need preparation for Lion!) so I can stop worrying about the "right" teacher. Lion's compassion will be a positive and not a vulnerability, his heart-on-his-sleeve will encourage others and not make him a target for bullies, he's stronger than I give him credit for.

Anyway, I love shopping for stationery and stuff. I'm quite looking forward to that aspect of it. My teacher friends have given me advice on where it's okay to cut corners on brands and where it's not. Which cheap brand is good and which brand name brand is rubbish. Which items get stolen and how to name them so the teacher knows for sure who they belong to. What lunch box foods teachers hate in their class and which ones are winners. I've got the best friends!

It is going to be a year full of learning for all of us... I can't wait!

Sweet Innocence

Lion came home from 'Kindy' the other day with his newest creation. He was so proud of it Mummy McT had to swing by work so he could come in and show it to me. It was an amazing piece of work. It brought on a fit of giggles for Mummy McT and Aunty J, who works with me. They acted like a bunch of schoolgirls. I, however, was quite proud of his construction.

Lion had made a Rocketship! Yes a Rocketship just like Mr Squiggles. He happily showed it off to everyone present and then zoomed it around the shop, through the card section where old ladies were browsing for the most flowerly card in the shop, blissfully unaware they were about to have a 'Rocketship' zoom past them. Through the music section where young punks with death metal t-shirts 'high-fived' him as he flew the 'rocketship' past them, stopping only when he came to a pile of green tinsel which he turned into a grassy knol, 'Look Daddy! Rocket has landed on the grass!'


Such an imagination, such an innocent young thing. I just wonder what his kindy teachers thought when they were helping him build it. I asked him if it was his idea and if anyone helped him, 'No I made it up all by myself... oh and but Miss C (his Kindy teacher) held it for me and helped me tape on the booster rockets and the nose cone.

I last posted about all the questions Lion asks, then the next day i trundled off the the kindy parent teacher interview and found out they have had to call in Pastor M to deal with one of his questions!!!!! Last week at kindy they were discussing that God made the world, and all the trees and plants, he made the animals and the people and then Miss C asked if any of the kids had a question... Of course Lion has a question!!!!!

Who made God?

Miss C said she did her best but told them that she would see if Pastor M could come in and talk to them a bit more about all those tricky questions. Not bad for a 3 year old.

The rest of the meeting went really well, Miss C was very positive about everything, although even when Miss C says something that is a negative you could be excused if you miss it mistaking it for a positive, she's just one of those teachers. Lion loves to make sure as many people as possible are involved in games or building or craft he is doing, he is compassionate and caring and kind and loving and co-operative and exuberant. He needs to work on his volume (yeah, we've noticed that one!!!) and concentration for some things. He loves movement and music and also loves to ask questions...