Today's topic: having a preschooler making the transition into kindergarten.
the Big Brother has had some interesting days, and we've had a gut-check of a time watching him. To wit:
a. A couple of weeks ago, he comes home wearing a rubber band on his wrist, and informs us that it's a "Silly Band." Yes, he has gotten wind of that fad, which apparently has taken his preschool class by storm. He used his own money a few days later and bought a pack of Tennessee Titans licensed silly bands. They have been breaking one by one, getting lost, etc., as they tend to do. He came home the other day with this vague assurance that one of his pals from school was going to send him a bunch of them in the mail...I'm not sure they're ever going to arrive.
b. He discovered my old Game Boy Advance, and a couple of games that he can sort-of play. This saved my iPod Touch from constantly being played with, and it apparently has introduced him into a clique of boys who all bring "DS's" to school. That refers, of course to the Nintendo DS, the current handheld model. Still, it's close enough.
this brings our total of status symbols to "two."
c. The shoes. He's been asking & asking & asking for "Sketchers," because apparently that's the brand that makes you run really fast. We did get him new shoes, but they're Sesame Street-themed New Balance shoes...which thankfully were well received in the classroom by his fellow boys.
sigh. And "real" school hasn't even started yet.
nb. We are in fact going to try to get him into a Tae Kwon Do class. I think it'll do wonders for his confidence. And maybe that way we can avoid little league baseball.
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