Wednesday, August 28, 2013

JOZZ

I feel compelled to write about my son Jack today.  This guy is kind of a mystery at times but has a sweet side that no one tends to see but me, his mom.  So, I just feel like I better write about the secrets only I know about Jack in case something ever happens to me.  Also, because he is often very difficult and I will need to read this on days when he is breaking my parental threshold.  I wouldn't want his future wife to miss out on reading about the sweet moments that did actually occur, unbeknownst to the rest of the world.
Some secrets about Jack are the following, in no particular order:

-His nickname is Jozz and sometimes J-Tozz - this stands for Jack Thomas Ozz Daynes
-He loves his little sister Skylar and loves to give her kisses and hugs.  In return, she absolutely adores him and asks me all day when Jackie will be home from school?
-He doesn't like to go to bed without the following:
lullabies from mom (Tora Lora especially)
eskimo kisses
butterfly kisses
at least one panky (blankie)
his thumb
prayers
light up turtle pillow pet
-He gives great hugs and kisses and even holds my hand while walking to school.  Then he gives me a hug goodbye at his classroom door.

A great story that happened on Sunday:
Every Sunday I require my children to write in their journals and practice the piano before they can do their other Sunday activities.  Both Carson and Jack hate it and it is torture for them to write even a few lines.  We keep their journals on their book shelf in their bedroom so that they are always easy to find on Sundays.  Well, this past Sunday Jack couldn't find his journal.  He was searching all over the book shelf but it wasn't there.  So, he roped me into helping him look for it.  As we were looking he told me that he needed to tell me a secret.  He whispered, "I said a prayer to God to help me find my journal." We soon found his journal underneath the coffee table in the living room.

This is part of the soft side of Jack that I get to see but no one else does.  It's cool to see that he is learning a few things in primary or at home and actually putting them to the test on his own.

I went to Jack's back to school night last night and found out that when he grows up he wants to be a TV producer.  It will be fun to watch him grow up and decide his profession.

Love you Jack-Jack, Jackie, Jozz, J-Tozz!

First week of Second Grade!