Back to School

Zach starts back to school tomorrow. I'm not sure how excited he is but I can't wait. I've been trying to figure out what I'm going to get accomplished in the short 4 hour span that I have that I keep reminding myself that I won't be able to do it all in one day. I then try to plan things for Thursday and I have to tell myself that I'll probably have to spread it out over the month. To get Zach excited about school I was telling him that he'll be having the Valentine's Party soon enough and that lots of fun things happen at school. For the rest of the night he talked about what was gonna happen at his Valentine's Birthday Party. The other day I put all of our Valentines decorations out and Zach found the Valentines that he will be passing out this year. I'm really good at throwing money away, but I'm also pretty good at saving it too. I try to buy cards a year in advance so that I don't have to pay full price for them. I think last year was probably the last time I'll be able to do that because half the excitement will probably be going to pick out which cards he is going to give to his class and it'll be hard to predict what he'll be into. Last year I found some pretty cool Lego ones with planes and other things on them. He was very intrigued when he found them. I told him not to open them yet because I didn't want them to get lost or bent up. He is a lot like his mother when it comes to curiosity and listening. As he sat with his back to me I could see his little arm moving and I had a feeling he was still trying to get into the box. I looked over his shoulder and he was doing just that. However his little finger was in the hole he had already made and he was doing what he could just to pull one card out. Of course that didn't fly with me so he still got in a bit of trouble for not listening. Like my mother would've done, I took the cards from him and threw them up over the balcony. We were sitting on the steps at the time. Later that day after Tyler had gotten home from work, they walked past the cards in the hallway and I hear Zach telling Tyler, "Those are my Valentines Cards to give to my friends, but don't open them or Mom will get mad at you." I feel like the mean one around here, but I know its because I'm home all day and the main one when it comes to discipline.
Another one liner...when we were taking ornaments off the tree Zach accidentally pulled too hard on one of the glass ball ornaments and the gold top popped off. Of course it's an easy fix so I tell him, "It's okay. Let Mom have it so that I can fix it." He looks at me and says, "Are you a handy man Mom?" Then today we had gotten a package in the mail. Even though it was something Tyler had ordered Zach was curious and asked if we could open it before Daddy came home. I knew it wasn't a big deal so I said sure. Zach's trying to get into it and I tell him hang on let me get a knife so I can open it easier. He says to me, "You can fix anything Mom." But as I told Tyler the story I heard he got the same message tonight too. When Tyler went in to Zach's room to tell him goodnight Zach was upset because one of his trains got knocked out of it's correct position. Tyler told him, "Don't worry I can fix it." And Zach responded with, "You can fix anything Dad." Well, at least Zach thinks his Dad is a fix-it kind of guy!