Work Smarter Not Harder

At Sean's pre-school they use the "color change" system. Green - good day and listened, Yellow - trouble listening or doing work, Red - reserved for poor behavior, such as hitting.

Today Sean had a Yellow. He wasn't feeling good today, so I suspected that he probably didn't listen very well. His teacher Ms. Jesse was still there and was able to tell me what it was for.

Apparently during work time they were supposed to be practicing their letter "H". When Ms. Jesse was checking each table the little girl next to Sean was doing his worksheet. When Ms. Jesse asked Sean about it, Sean told her that the little girl wanted to do it for him. Ms. Jesse ripped the sheet and made Sean redo it.

Now Sean is in time-out for not following directions and getting a Yellow ticket, but I told him that he wasn't in trouble. I told him that he has to do the work the teacher gives him, but that was pretty smart of him to deligate what he didn't want to do.

Egg Hunts

This year there was an abundance of egg hunts for Sean. Here are a few pictures.

Tuesday April 7th Egg Hunt at Oak Park:


He had another one with his class on Wednesday at Oak Park

Saturday April 11th Egg Hunt at Nana & Papa's Church (10am):




Saturday April 11th Egg Hunt at Tae Kwon Do School (11am):


Saturday April 11th Egg Hunt at April & Dave's Church (4pm):

If They Find An Opening They WILL Put Something In It...

Although this isn't about Sean, it's worth sharing...

Meet Sara. Sara is my best friend. Sara is a new stay at home mom. She has a 2 year old and 1 month old boys.

Meet Alex. He's the 2 year old. Sara gave Alex his bag of magnetic letters to play with on the dishwasher.




This is a picture I just had to take of my friend Sara, because I told her she'd want to remember this. As I was getting ready to leave, she was getting ready to fix a sandwich for Alex. Before she started she was trying to get Alex to put his letters back in the bag and realized some of them were missing. Where did they go?

From Alex's height if you look up when you're standing in front of the dishwasher, there are some appealing openings that look like slots. These slots look like the right size for these particular letters. You can figure out the rest.

I spent about 10 minutes helping Sara fish them out. The cute part... EVERY time one fell out Alex would clap excitedly and cheer, "YEAH... mommy got it!"

Why you don't let your kids play with your cell phone...

After work today Sean and I had to take Felix, our puppy, to the vet for a set of shots. While the technician took him back for his shots, Sean and I waited in the room. I was reading the information on the wall with my back to Sean. Sean was on the bench playing with my phone. I figured no big deal I locked it. Next thing I hear is... "9-1-1 what's your emergency?" I ran over and apologized profusely to the dispatcher and explained that my 5-year old was playing with the phone and accidentally called them. I totally forgot about the emergency call feature even if you couldn't unlock the phone. Nothing is child-proof.

Uncle Chris @ Sean's Party