Halloween Costume

Since we turned the calendar page to October, AJ has been agonizing over what he wants to be for Halloween. We went to the costume shop yesterday. He scrutinized costume after costume...Pirates, superheroes, doctors, ninjas, rock stars... Finally, something caught his eye and he told me breathlessly, "HERE IT IS!" I was rather surprised by his choice and asked him, what is it? Immediate reply "Pharaoh. Joseph Coat!" So...here he is. The Pharaoh from the musical "Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat."

Just like...

I told AJ to go pick out clothes to wear to the Fair and get himself dressed.

After a bit, he came down the hall in his nice khaki shorts and...the camouflage shirt Grandpa had given him.

He struck a pose, hands on hips. "How do I look?"

I told him, "You look just like your Grandpa."

He shot me a grin that about split his face, "Wowwww.....Thanks!"

"Q"

We went for a walk last night and were playing our usual game of, "Give me a word that starts with _______"

AJ was doing great thinking of words that began with random letters.

"Z...Zebra."

"S...Snake."

"A...Apple."

Give me a word that starts with "Q".

"Q...Cute."

Makes more sense than "C", doesn't it?

Smoking

We were over at the neighbor's the other day swimming. Mike and I were sitting at the table talking. AJ came and sat down next to Mike to dry off. As we continue to chat, Mike lit up a cigarette.

AJ watched with interest as Mike inhaled and blew out smoke. Mike kind of chuckled and asked AJ, "Are you going to smoke someday?"

Without missing a beat, AJ replied, "No. I too careful."

Vocabulary

We were getting ready to go for a swim when, out of the blue AJ asked me, "Mom, What's 'warrior' mean?"

I was floored...a complete sentence (rare), a new word and a request for a definition.

Now I just need to figure out whether or not what he was watching on TV with the sitter that day that prompted the new word was appropriate! (Though I highly suspect it must be from Power Rangers.)

AJ Meets the Power Rangers - Video

A Dream Come True!

Art Work

AJ's becoming quite the artist. Here's a picture he brought home from school today that was drawn on the back of one of his worksheets. He explained that it was Peter Pan and the gang.

Note the great detail on "Wendy". No...not the long hair. Lower...