Chasing Wrestlers

So Jaimisen did the most hilarious thing today. I don't think he has ever done anything more funny in his entire life. We were at Northgate for my lessons. My cousin, Caitlynn, does dance through Northgate and her group was practicing in the foyer where we were. The wrestlers practice in the area just up and across the stairs from where we are. They always start and finish their running when we are there. They run straight across the foyer where we practice. Today, I think one of the girls dancing with Caitlynn waved at one of the wrestlers running by and that's when Jaimisen got his bright idea. Jenn and I were talking and a few wrestlers were running in, finishing their 3 mile run, and Jaimisen waved like a maniac and started chasing them! Needless to say, Jenn and I started cracking up. I was soon in tears. We yelled at Caitlynn and told her to watch what Jaimisen was doing and Caitlynn told all her dancer friends. Jaimisen did his crazy wave and chase to about ten wrestlers running through. There were about fifteen girls cracking up at Jaimisen. Here is the video I barely got of the last couple guys running through.

Workaholic

These pictures are actually from a few weeks ago. I meant to post them then. But oh well, I'm doing it now! My dad wanted Jaimisen and I to come visit him at work one day [he likes to show off Jaimisen because everyone just thinks he's sooooo cute] so these are pictures from our visit. Jaimisen had a BLAST pretending to work in my dad's office in his big chair on his big desk. It was adorable.

He really did call my mom [with my dad's help of course] and told her he was at Bompa's work helping. Haha. He thought it was so special to be talking on my dad's phone in the office.

Homemade Playdoh

Here is the picture documentation of Jaimisen making his own playdoh today :)

The Musical Styling of Jaimisen Michael

Jaimisen has quite the variety of songs that he likes to sing;

This one he learned from his Sunday School class, "Jesus Loves Me." He even ASTONISHED me knowing the sign language that goes with it too!


This one he learned from American Idol. Lol.
"Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, lookin like a fool with your pants on the ground"

Red Robyn

Tonight, JD, Jaimisen and I went to Red Robin for dinner. I had told Jaimisen before we left the house that we were going to meet JD for dinner at Red Robin. When we sat down at Red Robin, Jaimisen kept asking "Where is red robin???" I kept telling him the name of the place we were eating was Red Robin or the name of the little bird on his coloring page was named red robin. He was never satisfied and I didn't understand what answer he was looking for. When we were in the car heading home, Jaimisen started to get upset with me and said, "No Mom! Wait! Red robin is waiting for us!" and "We have to meet red robin!" All of a sudden it hit me. He was talking about Robyn, one of the girls I coach. I asked, "Are you talking about Robyn the girl from Northgate?" and he replied with "YAAAAHHH!!!" like I was a complete idiot. I felt so bad and explained to him that we weren't going to meet Robyn, we just went to a place to eat called Red Robin. He seemed a little confused still so I told him we would go see Robyn next week at Northgate and then he was happy. Poor kid. So confused. He thought he was going to see his girlfriend. Yes, he is in love with Robyn. Haha.

Ribbon Stick

During MyGym on Thursday, one of their gymnastic skills was balancing on the balance beam holding a ribbon stick and waving it up and down. They have used this ribbon stick before and Jaimisen is absolutely fascinated with it. When it was his turn on the balance beam, he was more interested in waving and watching the ribbon stick go up and down than he was at making sure his feet were still on the balance beam. He kept asking Aimee if he could "hold it just for a little bit" and she kept telling him he had to let the other kids use it. He waited patiently until all the kids were done and she let him play with it for a little longer before putting it away. She asked me if he had something like it at home and when I told her he didn't, she said she was going to give him one from MyGym because they have a few. After class, she called me over to the side away from everyone else and gave me a wrapped up ribbon stick. I gave it to Jaimisen in the car out of sight from the other kids and he absolutely loves it. His eyes got all wide as he gasped and said "RIBBON STICK!!!" I told him Aimee was letting him have it since he was such a good listener. He brings it everywhere now.

Preschool

Last night my mom, Caitlynn, Jaimisen and I went to the Open House at Walnut Creek Christian Academy. This is the preschool that, ideally, I would like Jaimisen to go to. Carissa and Caitlynn, my cousins, both went there and had a good experience so I know I can trust the school. That's my main issue I guess. While Jaimisen is still little, I need to know I can trust where he is going to be all day. As he gets older, he will be able to tell me if bad things happen or what's going on at his school but while he's little, he won't necessarily do that.
Anyway, I loved it there. They had the gym filled with tables separated by grade. We went over to the preschool area and met one of the pre-k teachers. She showed us around all the preschool and pre-k rooms. She was VERY nice and Jaimisen LOVED every room he saw. He was in absolute heaven; tons of toys he has never seen before. The teacher just kept laughing at him because he had the biggest smile on his face and kept racing from one toy to the next. I swear he was just trying to make sure he touched everything at least once. Haha. I asked him if he liked it at the school and he said "YAAAHHH!!! I liiiiiiike it!" The teacher responded with "Good! I did my job!" Haha. Every time I asked him if he wanted to go to school there he responded with a big, Yes! I even asked him again this morning if he remembered the school we went to and if he wanted to go there and he said, "Yah. I go all by myself next time!" I explained to him that he was right! It would be just like his Church Class; I would drop him off and give him a hug and say bye, then he would play, then I would come back and get him later. He seemed excited about that. Haha.
They have two preschool classes; one for older and one for younger kids. The youngest they can be to start is 2 years, 9 months. Jaimisen will be 3 years, 3 months when he starts. The teacher that showed us around said he may start in the older preschool class. She said she wasn't sure of the exact cutoff months but the preschool director would be able to tell me. Then they go into pre-k when they are 4-5 years old. They have a daily schedule that's posted on the wall. They have the same schedule every single day which is good. There is even a nap included! They seem to have a really good schedule of the entire school year which, of course, I like :)
All in all, it went really well. Jaimisen has a beyond great memory of the school and I know he's really going to like it there.