Jairus insights for January

Jairus' word of the week: Amazing. He told me it ranked better than "goody." – Jan 4

Jairus just fired me off his team because I wasn't playing right. (His words, I promise!) What in the world??! This is wrong on so many levels.... Jan 7

"Yeah..It is today" says Jairus way to early on a Saturday. – Jan 8

"ugh, WE forgot to buckle my kid again" said in an upset/disgusted tone by Jairus this morning when we got to school. Geez...I am lucky we get YOU buckled in kid! Take care of your own imaginary kids. :) – Jan 11

According to Jairus, 5 year olds are never disobedient. Great...only 9 months and 14 days to go! – Jan 12

Jairus just told me that Miss Taryn Mitchell is best babysitter in the whole world. :) -- Jan 14

Walking to the car after school Jairus told me he was too cold to laugh. That my friends is COLD!!! :) – Jan 20

‎"Cheeseburger in paradust....eewww" said Jairus. – Jan 20

Patterns

On our Christmas trip, we were leaving the hotel in Sweetwater Texas facing 12 hours of road ahead of us. To help Jairus understand our plans for the day I explained to him that we were going to “drive, drive, drive, then eat….then drive, drive, drive some more, then eat…then drive, drive, drive some more and maybe get to Aunt Melanie’s or maybe eat and drive a bit more.” Jairus answered “Oh, it’s a drive, eat, drive pattern” in a tone that seemed to say “geez mom, why didn’t you just say that – duh.” :)

One afternoon this week on our way home from school, I was talking through the driving direction in our subdivision. I kid you not… I have done this hundreds of time in the last 4 years. Partly, because I want Jairus to know how to get home and I also figure it can’t hurt to expose him to the left/right concept early and often. So, first we turn left….then right …then left…then right…then left. Jairus points out that it is a left, right, left pattern.

There have been other situations in the last couple weeks that Jairus has picked up on a pattern. I love the way his brain works! When I mentioned it to his teacher she said they haven’t done a unit on patterns or anything…so he has just picked it up on his own. I am guessing it is from some of the games he plays online or pbs shows. Regardless…it is a cool phase.