Fall Update

Fall is here and we are enjoying the pleasant weather. School is going well for both boys. Michael continues to lose his baby teeth. He just lost his seventh tooth. The tooth fairy left him one dollar. Spencer commented that Ellie, a girl in his kindergarten classroom, got three dollars for her tooth and it seems strange that the tooth fairy leaves different amounts for different kids. However, the inequalities of that situation were of lesser concern to him than the fact that he hasn't lost ANY teeth and is therefore not getting any money. Very unfair. And by the way, what is allowance?

Speaking of Spencer and girls, after school yesterday, unpacking his backpack, he pulled out a drawing. He stated very matter-of-factly, "Chianni drew this for me. She loves me. I don't love her though." The picture has hearts and Spencer's name. It is very sweet. In addition, at a kindergarten event at his school, the mothers of two girls sought me out to tell me how much their little girls, Heidi and Helena, each enjoy playing with Spencer. Incidentally, Spencer has been invited to Helena's birthday party, which is this weekend. He is very excited about going, so I have concluded that he enjoys playing with her as well. Early one morning last week when I dropped Spencer off at school, Lucy's mom told me that Lucy made a sign for her bedroom door that reads "NO BOYS ALLOWED, EXCEPT SPENCER AND CAL". Lastly, after school last week while playing on the playground, Patrick was speaking with a mother he knew, her little girl came up to Patrick and announced, "Spencer gives me lots of kisses." When Patrick relayed this story to me, I assumed the little girl would be Heidi or Helena, or maybe Lucy or Ellie. No, it was Charlie. Spencer had never mentioned Charlie before. We asked him if he had kissed any other girls. He only answered, "maybe yes, may no." So cagey.

Michael and Spencer continue to update and upgrade their "offices." In addition, they assigned secret names to each of the offices. Unfortunately, they only told me one of the secret names. It was "BCO." Michael did not want Spencer to tell me what the initials stood for, because, well, um, it's secret. Good point. On the other hand, Spencer believes that I can be trusted. Another good point. Spencer told me that "B" stood for "big" and that "O" stood for "office." He did not tell me what the "C" stood for as, apparently, I cannot be trusted completely. However, neither boy seemed disappointed when I deciphered that the "C" stood for "closet" and that the "big closet office" must refer to Spencer's office, as it is in the bigger closet. Soon after the code was cracked, the boys decided to move both of the offices into Spencer's spacious double closet (aka the BCO). Their makeshift desks have greatly improved. Truthfully, it would have taken almost no effort to improve upon their previous desks, cleared out spaces on the closet floor, but the desks do actually resemble desks now. Spencer is sitting on a stepstool and has game boxes piled one on top of another to form his desk. Michael is sitting in a little rocking chair with a shelf as his desk. Although I think it is incredibly sweet that they sit in the closet and work at the desks that they made themselves, I think it is time that I look for actual desks for them now.