The Many Adventures of Skippyjon Jones and Jaden!

If you've never heard of Skippyjon Jones, you're missing out! The author of the Skippyjon Jones series is Judith Schachner and I think she is absolutely brilliant! The Skippyjon Jones character is a Siamese Cat who thinks he's a Chihuahua and uses his imagination to embark on adventures in his bedroom closet.  I was introduced to these books because they have been reading them in my son Jaden's kindergarten class. They also have a stuffed Skippyjon Jones that each child in the class gets to bring home for a weekend as a class project. Jaden's name was drawn to bring Skippy home this past weekend and he was super excited to bring him home and have all sorts of adventures with him! He was also allowed to bring home his favorite Skippyjon Jones book. He chose "Lost in Spice" in which Skippy goes on an adventure to Mars and uses his mother's chili powder sprinkled all over everything to imitate the red earth of the planet!

Image downloaded from http://www.skippyjonjones.com/

Jaden and Skippy had a lot of fun this weekend! They played outside in the leaves on Saturday with a friend.

Then on Sunday, Jaden took Skippy to his cousin's birthday party!

I think Skippy enjoyed the cake a little too much. He ended up with blue icing on his forehead!

Jaden enjoyed jumping and playing with Skippy on the trampoline!

After all of the adventures these two had, they were pretty tired at the end of the day. Jaden slept with Skippy every night.

We were a little sad that Skippy had to go back to school this morning so that another kid in the class can take him home for another adventure next weekend. Last night, we made sure we printed out these pictures and made a poster about Skippy's weekend with our family for Jaden to show his classmates and teacher. 

“My name is Skippito Friskito. (clap-clap)

I fear not a single bandito. (clap-clap)

My manners are mellow,

I'm sweet like the Jell-o,

I get the job done, yes indeed-o. (clap-clap)”

Until next time,

Hugs,

Starting Kindergarten! What a big boy!

Jaden started Kindergarten last Thursday! He is loving school so far. I wanted to take him to school and pick him up every day, but he insisted that he wanted to ride the bus "like a big boy"! LOL

In the days before he started school, I was a total wreck! I counted and recounted his school supplies because I was convinced I had forgotten to get something, labelled his backpack, shoes, lunch box, and pencil box, changed my mind 5 times about what outfit he would wear on his first day, and just generally was a nervous wreck! This is my one and only child so I've never had to do this before and really didn't know what to expect! I was concerned that Jaden would get to school and when it came time to come home, he wouldn't get on the right bus. So I put his bus number on his backpack tag hoping that someone would check it and get him on the right bus! He made it home just fine, but when the bus pulled up to his bus stop, the bus driver dropped off all the kids but Jaden didn't get off! I was standing there waiting and when the driver closed the doors again, I started waving my arms and yelling "My kid is on there!" The driver opened the doors again and I hopped on yelling Jaden's name! Finally, Jaden stood up and came forward! He just wasn't paying attention to when he was supposed to get off the bus!

When he got home, he talked non-stop about the adventures he had at school! He told me what he had for lunch, that he played on the playground, he played in the rice table, and sang songs with his class! I look forward to 3:30 every day now when he comes home and tells me about his day. It's a special time when he sits on my lap and I can hug him while we connect. I know as he gets older, these special times are going to get fewer and farther between so I am cherishing them now while I can. He is growing up so fast that before I know it, he'll be a teenager and I won't get this time with him that much anymore! If I could slow time down right now, I would gladly do it!

So tell me, dear readers, how was your child's first day of school? And what do you and your child do with your "special time" together? Comments are welcome!

Until next time,

Hugs,