California Dreaming

So, I'm on extended loan to the California branch of Lockheed.

I talked to Jason yesterday. He apparently was very sad I wasn’t at church Wednesday. I’m at work a lot and some times I even go back after church, but I always come to church. He figured I’d be there.

Justin - "Hi Jason."
Jason - "Dad?"
Justin - "Yes."
Jason - "Dad, I want you to come."
Justin - "Well, I can't yet. I'm still working."
Jason - "The plane's not fixed yet?"
Justin - "No, the plane's not fixed yet."

Bonny let me know that Zoë missed me too. She's rather tactile and was apparently rubbing her face on and sniffing the phone, because it was as close as she could get to me.

As a dad, that's very sweet. As a person with Aspberger’s it was a little weird.

-J

Zoë's crazy.

I woke up at 4am because I had to be in super early to work. Zoë was already up for the day. I really wonder, some times, what she does all night.

-J

Such a...

We had Jason's mini birthday party last night. (We have their big, merged, birthday party in September.) We let him pick supper, rented a movie that he wanted for us to all sit down and watch, we had birthday cake and gave him a present. I didn't have any tissue paper for the gift bag. So, I left the gift in the plastic bag and then put one of the t-shirts I gave Jason (one I had when I was a kid) over the top of it.

We brought down the present (because I had put it on a high shelf to avoid it being gotten into early). He took out the shirt and I removed the bag, as though we were done with it. He'd seen the shirt before, because I gave it to him about three months ago. But, we made a big deal of it, like that was his present. (playing with him) He went over and showed it to Bonny. Then he says, "There's another bag in that bag." I'm say, "There is?" We take it down. He pulls out the plastic bag, but it was upside down, so the gift stays in the bag. I put the bag away, again, as though we are done with it. We proceed to make a big deal that he got a plastic bag. Bonny says, "A shirt and a bag. That's cool. Isn't it." He said, "Yeah." He did look a little disappointed, but was so gracious. He was fully ready to accept that this was all the presents he was going to get. He wasn't going to complain. He was just happy to get something from mom and dad.

Such a tender heart.

Zoë realized it was a joke. She let Jason know there was another present behind dad. (That wasn't actually true. It was still in the bag, but still. He got his real present and loved it.

I got to thinking about his purity, and really how good of a kid he is. I cried myself to sleep last night thinking about how my four year old son is a better person than I am and that I am daily seeing my bad habits rub off on him. It had been a while since I cried. Really cried. I must take that energy and better myself.

-J

PJs

Jason - "Dad, my pajamas have socks!"

He looks on wide eyed excited, waiting for a reaction...finally the waiting is too much.

Jason - "Is it not crazy!?!"

Ladybugs

Jason: I had a bad dream.
Mom: Do you want to tell me about it?
Jason: There was a ghost and a monster and ladybugs and they came in my room.
Mom: Ladybugs?
Jason: Yeah. And a ghost.

Correcting my pronounceation

Bonny and I have been watching though the A-Team. The other day in the van I asked.

Justin - "Zoë, do you pity the fool?"
Zoë - "Noooooooho ho ho, I don't pity da foo."

In the playground.

The kids and I were playing one of our favorite games, where I chase them around. I climb up to the top and they escape down the slide. I slide after them and they escape up the steps.

I hit the ground, just as Jason and Zoë hit the base of the steps. Jason says, "Aaaahhhhh, he's coming." Zoë says, "Eeeeeeee, run." They get to the top and there's a little boy there (2 or 3 years old).

Zoë - "We've gotta run. Daddy's coming. He's a monster."
Jason - "Here he comes! Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Zoë - "Eeeeeee!!!"
Little Boy - "Eeeeeee!!!"

Zoë stops dead in her tracks and turns around towards the boy. "Ah ha ha ha, you scream like a girl."

Daddy shakes his head thinking, "Time to have another talk."

-J

In case you aren't my friend on facebook

Justin said, "See? So, a plugin could shock you and kill you, just like the lightening. So, you don't touch them."

Zoë said, "Well, I have a pink bunny and he can kill you. He can kill everyone."

She did laugh afterwards...like it was a joke...but I still think I'll lock my door tonight.

:p

-J

Happy 4th Birthday Zoë

"For my birthday, I don't want sharks. That would make me confused. They would bite me. I don’t want them by the cake. If the cake was all gone; I couldn’t find it." -Zoë