Imagination

Drayton went back to preschool today. And of course was in trouble most of the day. Most of the time for sticking his tongue out at the teacher, over and over again. This is the same boy who last week when he didn't want to do his school work wadded up the papers and threw them at Ms. Amy. (HUGE SIGH).

Drayton has also decided .. today anyway..that when he grows up he wants to be a Doctor. That's great. But I have a feeling he might be an actor/comedian instead. Maybe he'll play a dr. :)

He also has this new thing about telling us stories regarding his "granny". Now he calls Johnny's mom "Gert" and my mom "nana" so we questioned who his granny was. Especially when he started telling us that she likes to bite him on his leg and drink hs blood. Sooooo .. maybe we should cut down on the Scooby Doo.

Yesterday with Drayton

We continue the entertaining of ourselves while Dray recovers from his bronchitis. Here are a couple of examples of how he is doing this.

Drayton walks into the room and wants to show me a "trick with his nose". He then proceeds to blow something out of it. "What was that?" I ask. "An acorn" (turns out it was a popcorn kernal)

With the weather doing odd things down here we had a weird infestation of ants in our bathroom. I put out little ant traps and that put an end to that. Or so I thought. Johnny went into the bathroom yesterday and "Drayton Levi Jenkins Come Here!". "Why are there grapes in the sink drane?" This is where Drayton looks up innocently at his father and replys "the ants were hungry".

God be with us.

So much for Jocelyn

I asked Drayton this morning to tell his dad who his "bestest girl" was. His reply: "Kaitlyn, Lauren, Ashleigh, Jocelyn, Ms. Amy, Hot Mama (the woman who runs the daycare),Charlia, Haillie, Emily, Bailey", and the list kept going.

Bronchitis

The problem with a child who suffers from asthma, even though the asthma is getting better, is that they are prone to bronchitis. Which we are home sick with today. This also means that we get to use his albuteral inhaler to help open up his airways. Albuteral is a miracle drug..but it makes the child hyper. Now Drayton is hyper to begin with. So after a few puffs of this, and it being cold outside, imagine Drayton is a race car on speed..and I'm the guy in the pit crew trying to make sure he doesn't crash into a wall and destroy the entire house. I can't wait until summer!!

VALENTINE'S DAY

Drayton introduced me to a little girl at his preschool yesterday named Jocelyn. He then told me that she was his "bestest girl". My reply was a sad "I thought I was your bestest girl". After a long pause he said "WEEEELLLLL you can be my cousin".

You're So Vain

Carly Simon must have had a since of Drayton when singing this song. Our bathroom has a large mirror that covers most of one wall. And a smaller mirror that Dray says is his. Starting at the door to the bathroom when he enters to the other side, Drayton is always watching himself in the mirror. He puts on a show. Sometimes even going as far as to stand up on the side of the tub and saying "Ladies and Gentlemen". If we covered the rest of the room with mirrors, so that he could watch himself on the toilet and while in the shower, we'd never see him again. Or he'd at least stay in there as long as the smell will allow. :)

New Drayton phrases

Drayton has a couple of new things that he likes to say. First off is when you ask him a question his answer usually begins with WELL. But not really well, it's more of a "weeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllll". He is also using the phrase "hold your patience" a lot. It seems he thinks that his father and I are rather impatient. Conversations go something like this.
"drayton have you picked up your toys?" "Drayton did you hear me?" "drayton, answer me" and then drayton will reply "Hold your patience".

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2006 was a terrific one. Drayton really understood Santa and baby Jesus and of course wanted everything in sight. We were very lucky to have had such a great one. The picture here of the 4 kids is Dray and his cousins. Haillie-12, Louie-7, and Charlia-4.