Oops, She Did It Again!

I think I used this title once before, except then it was, "Oops, they did it again" related to a toy recall. This is better news.

Gwen won the science fair for her grade for the second year in a row!

We were a little rushed getting the project put together due to illness (on Gwen's part) and a trip to visit my parents (which was well worth it.) By the night of the science fair, Gwen was thoroughly sick of her project, and I was questioning whether perhaps next year we should take a break. I also whacked my head with the hatch on our minivan while loading the science fair project into the back, and I got to go to the science fair sporting a happening Spiderman BandAid on my forehead. None of this seemed auspicious.

Still, despite my disappointment that no one asked what the BandAid was for (my response would have been, "to discreetly cover an obnoxious zit"), Gwen did great and was rewarded for her efforts. As we loaded up to head home, she said, "I can't wait to do the science fair next year!"

How quickly they forget.


In other news, on the same day as the science fair, we got certifiable proof that Gwen is indeed "White and Nerdy." She has been accepted into the gifted and talented program at her school; she'll be taking advanced math and reading next year, as she is already doing math and reading at the 4th grade level. The only area where she is "behind" (at the third grade level) is handwriting. Yup, that's my girl!


Xavier, on the other hand, is learning how to lie. OK, that's not really something I'm proud of, but I do remember going through a phase like this when I was his age. Some of these lies have backfired on him, though ...

One thing Xavier is too busy to do is go to the bathroom, which sometimes results in him backing up the potty (oh, every other day.) I told him that if he went to the bathroom every day for a week, I would get him a toy. So, the other day, after a three-day run of successful "bathroom days", he came in and said, "Guess what, Mom? I just pooped four times! Can I have that toy?"

Well, he did not get a toy. What he got was quarantined (ie, prevented from going out for a planned occasion), because if he had really pooped four times in the previous 15 minutes (as he claimed), then he was clearly sick. Finally, he owned up and told the truth.

Xavier is also continuing his efforts to become the biggest Romeo in preschool. Today, Gwen had a friend over, a pretty little girl named Ailene. Xavier used his tried and true method of winning her over -- that is, acting like a maniac. As they were eating their lunch, Xavier spontaneously quoted his favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, "I'm surrounded by the gender from Outer Space!"

Gwen said smoothly, "No, Xavier. I think it is clear that you are the only person here from Outer Space."