Adjustments

Spring Break for Gabe is about to begin. Matt already had his. It's too bad they didn't match up. I have no idea what we are going to do, but I'm trying to find enough activities for one thing a day. That should break up the monotony.

Gabe is reading very well. It's a bit of an adjustment. I was on the computer, reading news, and Gabe read a headline out loud and then said, "what does that mean?" It sort of startled me. I've never before had to worry about him reading something he shouldn't. (Not that it was anything bad, but I realized that I can't get away with things anymore. I can't convince him soy milk is real milk anymore, for instance.) It's a whole new world.

About that soy milk, it's my newest solution to Chi's lack of protein. I haven't figured this one out yet: he will eat salami, but not milder meats. I really have no idea why he eats some things and not others, but protein tends to have the biggest gap in his diet. For some reason, Chi loves Silk. And he doesn't think it's regular milk, he just likes it.

We have not had any luck with buying a house. We are taking a break right now. The trouble is that no one is negotiating and most prices are listed at what is the likely peak for a given neighborhood. Since we are not staying forever, it's not a good deal for us. We did make an offer on a short sale in Frankenmuth, but we are still waiting to see if the bank accepts it. We are right now debating on whether or not we will actually buy anything in this area if we don't get the short sale house. We haven't decided anything, but looking was getting so stressful that we needed to just step back for awhile and regroup.

Marriage proposals and big boy beds

Some of the kids in Gabe's class were talking about getting married. Apparently a couple of them have decided to tie the knot while you have the prerequisite "ug, cooties!" crowd. Gabe told me about all of this and then told me, "I want to marry Larsen." (A girl in his class who is his closest friend so no surprise.) "But she won't talk to me about it." (Ah, Larsen, such a cold heart! ;) ) So Gabe is concerned because Larsen is the only girl he knows that he would marry and shouldn't they make plans? I reminded him that he's only five, so he has some time. He informed me that of course marriage would wait until they are old, like in college. But he still feels like it has to be decided now, and he has chosen Larsen.

Chi is in a big boy bed right now which has not been a smooth transition. We knew partly that night time went smoothly for us because he was trapped, but he's outgrown the pack n' play, so at least for trips he has to be in a bed now, so it just seemed right to try to get him into a bed. The problem is that he thinks getting up and running around is a really funny game. So bed time has lots of screaming and crying (from Chi too) and sitting guard outside the door. We are hoping he just gives up and stays in his bed soon.