Squeezie is funny and Jack's first week of school

For a long time Luke didn't talk. Jack basically came out talking. This gives you two very different perspectives on intelligence, personality, and child development. It is easier when they talk. You can beat a lot of tantrums. Not talking seems to have enhanced Luke's emotional IQ- he can read facial expressions better than Jack, once he cried and cried during a movie because of the facial expressions of the characters, he also became quite scared for the same reason. It has made us appreciate his new found voice even more. One thing we have learned about Luke is that he is super funny. In the car on the way to and from taking Jack to school Luke entertains us the whole way. Here are some examples of Luke's wonderful humor.

Pete: who eats dog food at grannys
 Luke: I don't know

Pete: does granny have dog?
Luke: no

Pete: who barks at granny's?
Luke: me

Pete: you don't bark.
Luke then says: bark bark bark

Pete: be serious who barks at granny's house
 Luke: uncle bark.
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Luke likes to ask why like many 2-year-olds and after asking why in a normal voice he goes-
Wwwhhhyyy - in a soft whisper like that little kid from the tv show In the Middle.
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We were either talking about trucks or had just passed some and Luke spent about 1 minute just saying:
Mommmy, mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy

I then turn around and say-Yes Luke.

He says in a deep from the belly voice-Biiig Truck!!!!!!!!
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Jack asked Squeezie - are there sharks in that water?
No, rocks.
Pause.
Shark rocks. Biig Shark Rocks!!
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Jack has started his first week of school. He has seemed to enjoy it but when you ask him about it he says his favorite thing is playtime and his least favorite thing is doing work because he just doesn't like to work.

One day he came home from school telling me that he got moved from table 4 to table 5 and not everyone got to do that. I ask him what that means and he says it means that he and another boy can't sit at the same table because all they do is fight so Jack got moved.

In the hall you are supposed to be quite and walk in a straight line. Jack likes to do karate in the hall with a boy named Frank.

In class he has a friend named Charlie that he says he breaks the law with by laughing when they aren't supposed to and they don't always follow the rules in class.

These things have caused Jack to have his rewards system at school, which is called Mr. Ticket, changed to yellow most everyday. Red means a note home and no recess- yellow means no reward. I guess so far so good that it isn't red. Jack has informed me that to keep Mr. Ticket on green is very hard because you actually have to try to not get in trouble and talk or do anything because there are just so many rules-too many.

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Pete and I are trying to adjust to this new schedule. Pete has had to adjust his study schedule because he comes with us to drop Jack off at school. I have had to wake up at 6am everyday which is not fun for me. I have to nurse Thomas(he only nurses first thing in the AM now), make breakfast, get dressed, hound Jack for at least 25 minutes so that he will get dressed and brush his teeth, get the other two boys ready-ish, take Tigran out, wake up Pete, and get everyone in the car by 7:30am (which so far has been 7:40). We are almost late every single day. At his school if the kid gets to school between 7:30-7:50 then the child is supposed to be dropped off and walk into the gym by himself until the teacher picks up the class at 7:50. If you get to school after 7:50 then the parent is supposed to walk the kid to the classroom. School starts at 8am- we get to school at 7:58. As Pete has experience with tardies he thinks 7:58 is plenty early enough.