What's in a name?

When we were pregnant, it took us a LONG time to come with a name.   Joe wanted something with meaning and I just wanted a name that didn't bring up unpleasant teacher memories or that was super-duper easy to make fun of. 

It seems to me that this school year Jairus has been pretty adamant that his name is "Jairus Lee Wolfe."  If someone asks him...he tells the whole thing.   If you try to throw in a different middle name, he will quickly correct you. 

Well, sometime in the last few weeks Jairus has added "Superman" to his name.   With consistency, he has been telling us that he is "Jairus Lee Superman Wolfe."    Interesting since he has never seen Superman.  But, we think he is super, so that is ok! :)

When we were with Grandpa over break he called Jairus "Jairus Bunny."  (He calls all the grand kids their names with bunny added on the end.)   Jairus wasn't too happy with that to begin with, but then he quickly adjusted.   He told Grandpa to call him "Jairus Lee Superman Wolfe Bunny."    Whew, that is a mouthful!  

Well, here we are several days later and that is the name that has stuck!  Hope he has fun bubbling in all those letters on the standardized tests.  Hee Hee.  :) :)

Fiction vs Non-fiction

At the beginning of this break you may remember that Jairus taught us "if the animals have clothes on, it's fiction. If they don’t have clothes on, it’s not fiction."   I can just imagine this being part, only part, of a discussion in his Pre-K classroom about fiction vs non-fiction books. 

I was very tickled when a couple days later we saw a cute little dog wearing a pink sweater.   Without missing a beat, Jairus said.."Look!  A fiction dog."  

It may be time to add more to that original definition -- like fiction animals can talk!  :)   But, I appreciate how quickly he processed and applied the knowledge he had. 

The fiction vs non-fiction also came up at the movies.   We went to see Tangled and to our surprise, Jairus cried through much of it.   He was REALLY upset that the "mom" was mean and evil.  We tried to explain that it was fiction.  But he wasn't sure he believed us. The characters were people afterall.   When we went today to see Yogi Bear (yes, we have seen 2 movies in the theaters one week which is more than Jairus has seen in his lifetime!), we reminded Jairus that it was fiction.   He has no problems with that -- obviously the animals had clothes on and talked! :)

Unique

This is what Jairus hung on the tree Saturday morning.   I have left it on there because it makes me smile EVERY time I look at it!  

Status updates:

Oct 2:    Lynelle Wolfe thinks its funny that Jairus wanted corn on the cob for breakfast....but at least he is eating it.

Oct 11:  Lynelle Wolfe just learned that Jairus speaks duck spanish too.

Oct 14:  Lynelle Wolfe thinks Jairus must have his daddy's math brain. When we got home today he noticed our house number 3225...he then added the 4 numbers and told me they equalled 12. I kid you not! He has been doing lots of math lately.

Oct 21:  Lynelle Wolfe is always impressed when Jairus can sing a song at the top of his lungs with another song blaring on the radio.

Oct 22:   In the words of Wash .....tonight we will do what we do when we do what we do, cuz that the way baseball go!!    *This isn't a Jairus quote, but I just like it! *

Oct 29:   Lynelle Wolfe is enjoying Jairus' recreation of the "pepper rally" complete with a band. He even says "the Eagles are here." LCCS (clap, clap), LCCS (clap, clap)

Nov 1:   Lynelle Wolfe is having a hard time finding something that Jairus, his wiseman (yes, only one), and baby Jesus want to eat for dinner AND that they can take with them on their ship, which is what was formally known the cave (behind the chair).

Nov 2:  Lynelle Wolfe learned that the wiseman likes apple juice, but Baby Jesus and Jairus only like grape juice. All 3 think that fruit snacks are a perfect after school snack and are space ship approved.

Nov 3:   When I picked Jairus up after school he told me he had acorns in his pocket. I had no idea he meant 28 of them!!!

Nov 10:  The acorn pocket count for today: 38

Nov 13: Jairus is adamant that the song is "Dingle Bells."

Nov 17: Last night Jairus told me that mean guys hit, punch, say stupid, don't love Jesus and like the Yankees and Giants.

Nov 26:  Jairus likes to push the singing Grinch, Frosty and VeggieTale nativity at the same time. They sing 3 different songs. It makes my ears hurt. He dances around loving it.

Nov 27: This morning Jairus asked if this was a weird Saturday or a normal Saturday. Being home this week has thrown him off a bit. Every day this week has just been "weird."

Dec 7:  Several times in the last few weeks Jairus has taken off his socks when we get home and puts them on chopsticks. He then calls them icecream cones.

Dec 16:  My garage is special. It smells like fresh salsa, has nice big colorful splashes of red on the floor & door, and glitters with shattered glass. I know you are so jealous!

Dec 16:  Follow up -- my 4 year old was very helpful in the salsa situation. "Why did you make a mess? Why did you break it? You should be more careful. Why are you cleaning up that way? Why do you need a flashlight? Daddy needs to help." (just abbreviated the 20 questions!)


Dec 19: Today Jairus went to "big church" with us. This evening he has been singing Gloria and Oh no, you never let go! He absorbs so much!

So Generous

Conversation with Jairus on the way home from school 12/10/10.

Me: How was your day, buddy?

Jairus: Good

What was your favorite part of today?

All of it…I loved it all!

Great! {Pause} What do you think you should get Mrs. Bain* for Christmas?
* his wonderful pre-k4 teacher

(very mater-of- fact): hmm…a new car.

(honestly laughing out loud in surprise) Well…that is one idea. We may have to think of some other ideas too.

I wish I wouldn't have laughed because that made him start to be silly and give me silly answers.  I wish I would have questioned him more about his idea!

After I posted this on facebook, several people commented saying they wanted to be on Jairus' list! :) 

To keep forever

I have been neglecting the blog.   Primarily because I use facebook every day.  It is easier to post pictures and status updates.   I have been posting funny Jairus quotes and stories in my status updates.  I planned on using it as my online journal to record great things I want to remember.   But, recently I discovered that I can only go back about 6 months on fb.   That made me realize that I better start using the blog again since it has a better way to keep my memory treasures longer.  That, or I better get a real paper journal.  

Here is my memory from today:
I learned that if the animals have clothes on, it's fiction. If they don’t have clothes on, it’s not fiction. Thanks Jairus, that is a good way to remember it.

That's Mrs Mommy to you!

On my way back from picking up something in the library, I stopped to visit with Jairus and his classmates who were playing with chalk outside. They asked me about the poster I had with me and we talked about their chalk art. 

As I was leaving Garrett said, "Bye Mrs. Jairus."

Jairus turned to him and said "No, its Mrs Mommy."