Someone taught Tristan to add

It must have been his teacher, who does not have to live with this kid. Because he adds at the worst times. We were eating dinner, roast with potatoes and carrots. Tristan really doesn't like it. He took two bites. I told him he had to take four more. He took two more and told me that was four. Very good he can add 2+2. I told him he had to take two more bites. "But that'll be six" he said. No pausing, no using fingers, just came up with it. Who taught him to do that. Or maybe 4 year-olds are supposed to add by now, I don't know. But I can see how this is going to be trouble. The good parent would probably encourage such knowledge. Oh he's so smart. Nope, I see trouble ahead. He already knows the value of money. He knows that when he has a dollar, he can get one thing from the dollar tree. I've taught him to count his money and then look for that number when we are shopping. But I don't think I taught him to add like this. Next comes telling time and that's going to be horrible. Right now, bed time is when I say it is. Bed time is 7:30, but lets say if by 7:10 he's tired and bored and I'm tired, then it's bed time. And oh the day he learns to read. Or at least gets close enough to reading that he knows how much I skip. I paraphrase a lot because some of those books are very long winded. Why can't kids just stay sweet and little? He's big enough, I want him to stop growing now. I don't think that's to much to ask.

SHHH!

Be very quiet, shhh. I think it's gone. The all-day-forever-lasting-morning sickness is gone. I don't want to jinx it though, so shhh, it's a secret. But I'm finally not nauseous all the time. Still have weird food aversions though. But I finally feel like cooking again and I actually ate vegetables last night. The thought of eating vegetables before now made me sick. But we had orange chicken with carrots and broccoli and rice last night. Not bad. Until now my diet has been pizza, spaghetti, lasagna, and hamburgers. Pretty much junk food.

So on to the next problem. I went shopping for some maternity pants. I have my big belly pants from the first time, but I'm not quite big enough for them yet. And I have two pair that fit me now, but I'm getting tired of them. So the problem? I'm 5ft 3in and all the clothes are made for 6ft tall women I swear. What short people don't get pregnant? Yes, I know get them hemmed, but that just sounds like to much work. I'm going to head up to Louisville next week and hit the maternity stores up there. They have to have short fat people clothes up there.

Tristan has been behaving better in school since we started doing homework at home. He has been working with the teachers more at school and even asking to do work. Big surprise to his teacher and me. But we have been doing his preschool book at home everyday and he's doing pretty good. What's really funny is to ask if he got in trouble at school. He'll say no but then tell me everyone else who got in trouble that day and what they did. I know he doesn't get in trouble because everyday they get a "I made good choices" card and a prize. Yesterday he brought home a book for making good choices. So I know he's not lying anyway. But it's really funny to hear what some of the kids get in trouble for. And the way Tristan tells it, it just sounds so scandalous. "He was yelling inside", no way! Oh the lives of preschoolers.

Just a little news update

Hope everyone had a nice holiday break. We had a very nice Christmas break and relaxing New Year's. We went to Illinois to visit family for Christmas and thanks to my 2 present rule, we were able to fit all the new toys in the van. It actually was a tight fit. Because although I limit the grandparents to two gifts each, there are aunts, uncles, and cousins who get in on the gift giving and we still end up with a lot of new toys. Tristan is thrilled of course. We came back here for New Years and did a lot of nothing. Doug had to go back to Ft Stewart on Jan 3, so I made him help pack up all the Christmas stuff before he left.

I had a parent-teacher conference this week and learned that Tristan is just as stubborn at school as he is here. And he tries to negotiate with the teacher too. She said he is very smart and can learn anything he "wants" too. If he doesn't want to do it, it's like pulling teeth. And he talks non-stop at school. I was a little surprised at that, but during the conference he sat with the assistant and I never heard her say a word, it was all Tristan talking. So his big problem is sitting down to do any kind of paper work. So we are doing homework now to get him used to doing writing and stuff like that. Of course he would rather play. He's a boy.

And I had a very quick doctor's appointment today. All is going good. I've lost weight, I'm not surprised, I can't eat much still. I got some answers to my questions and it is so nice to get a straight answer from a doctor. In Germany, I never felt like I got a good straight answer and I'm having some of the same problems I had with Tristan. So it was nice and I scheduled my ultrasound for Feb 12 so we can possibly find out what we are having. Although I'm still going with a girl because I want one and this is kind of a different pregnancy. I have a lot more morning sickness and food aversions. And something really weird, with Tristan I was always hot and with this one I'm always cold. Maybe that built in furnace just hasn't kicked in yet but it's weird. But anyway, that is all my exciting news for now, I know the world is waiting with anticipation for the day when morning sickness is gone. Oh happy day when it comes!