My Friend the Munster

Jo and I were driving to the mall today and there were two men on motorcycles next to us at the stop light. I noticed that Jozie had stopped talking and when I looked back she was waving and giggling at these two guys! They weren't even looking at her. I asked her "are you waving to those two guys?" and she answered "Yes, I like their motorcycles and helmets. They have skulls on them!" Awww great.... Finally they turned around and noticed her and smiled and waved. She then was all caught up in seeing where they went after the light turned green. They had left us in the dust of course. When did she start liking boys? I need to make sure the girls club is still alive and well!

Jo got her report card and she seems to be doing well. She mainly got satisfactory and a few excellents. There are some stuff she has to work on, like knowing our address, phone number, and 911. Some other things, I think have to do more with her being really quiet in class. Like one of the things she has to work on is class participation. She is so quiet in class. Little by little she is coming out of her shell, but she is so scared of getting pennies taken away and not getting to go in the treasure box that she doesn't want to ever be loud in class. Good for the teacher, but then it just seems that she is extra introverted. Oh well... it will all work out in the end.

Last night there was a trailer for the Chimpunks movie (the Squeakwal) and the little chipettes were singing "Single Ladies". Jo decided to make up her own version:

Jozie was playing "cook" with my grandma, mom and I. We all had to take turns "making" food for each other. Jozie finally told my mom that she would have to be the waiter. My mom didn't seem excited about serving everybody else until Jozie said "Grandma you be the waiter. You sit down and wait over there and I will get you food." Yep, the waiter just waits to be served :-)

I bought a pattern to make dresses for Jo and I finally finished one of the two dresses. I put it on her and... it's too big!!! uggggghhhhh!!!! I guess I will just take it in a bit on the sides, but what a pain after working on it (albeit on and off) for like 2 weeks now! My daughter is too skinny.

Jozie's school had their annual Fall Festival and we had a blast!!! Jozie was so excited to dress up in western wear to school and then to hang out afterwards and watch hula hoop competitions (I was so jealous of these little girls), get her face painted and "milk a cow"! Ok so the last one was just a game and not a real cow or milk... but it was still funny. Here is just one picture of Jozie getting ready for the day!

Jozie wished on a dandelion that she would get a baby sister. She needs to start wishing for money... that would help with getting a baby sister!

Today Jozie told me that she is in the "All Girl Club". And Ava (a girl in her school) is in the all girl club. Oh and I'm in the club. Another little girl, Carys, does not want to be in the club. When I asked her why, she said "I don't know. I'm trying to find out". She then proceeded to say "Up to Girls, Down to Boys". This club will definitely not allow in papa.

2 things that happened in a matter of 10 minutes:

My mom took Jozie to go see If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (a book turned play locally).

Dan and Jozie went to CVS and got their flu shots yesterday. They got stickers (which both of them had to wear) that said that they got their shots. Jozie was showing it to me and then asked what the flu shot was. I was explaining that the shot was to keep her healthy and prevent her from getting the flu. She then asked what the flu was, so I began explaining it to her and telling her how Mary has the flu and she is very sick. Jozie said "We should get her pizza and bring it to her house to make her feel better!" Aww yes, the all curing pizza... loves it!

Dan said that Jozie sang this song to him (think sing songy like "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed").

Not if you ask Jozie. She always tells us that she does not like boys. She only likes the girls. The other day she was the only girl in her class and she still wouldn't play with any of the boys. The feeling is not mutual. She told us that 2 boys (Max and Daniel) have both told her that they LOVE her!!! She does not love them. This is all to much for me to handle...

There are these toys called Zhu Zhu Pets. They are basically toy hamsters. Jozie is CRAZY about them. They are selling out everywhere all the time. I found some blanket / bed / purse accessories a month ago and I grabbed them all. Dan found part of the hamsters living space yesterday and got it. My mom left her phone number with Toys R Us and got a call today and picked up 4 of the pets! They really are cute, but when they first started moving around, Jozie jumped up on the couch. In fact she will only play with them when they are in their little house thing. Looks like we need to try and get more pieces to that house.

Dan has his multiple podcasts and I have my podcast that gets recorded on a weekly basis in our house. The other day Jozie informed us that she also has a podcast. Her podcast is about animals. We'll have to link it up when she starts recording.

Today, Jozie enlightened us as to why Papa (my dad) is not in "the club". He doesn't have any hair. Only people with hair are in the club. Poor Papa...

I'm beginning to think my daughter will be the next Dr. G : Medical Examiner. If you don't know who Dr. G is, she is on Discovery Health and she is a local medical examiner. Her show consists of different autopsy cases and how these people died.

As we were getting ready to go bed, Jozie began singing to me.

Jozie will start school 5 days a week starting October 1st. She is so excited. I hope all goes well. I was just as nervous when she started school 3 days a week in August. I'm sure it will be fine. We could not have found a better school and she loves it and her teacher. We'll see how it goes!

As she bobbed her head back and forth:

Ok, I know I'm a mom so I'm bias.  I have to be, right?  But seriously... Jozie is an amazing artist.  Here is her picture of Gary (the snail from Spongebob Squarepants aka her favorite show).  I can actually tell what it is that she drew!!!  

So, when I went to drop Jo off today, I asked her teacher if EJ was 5 days a week, Mon/Wed/Fri, or Tue/Thur. EJ is only there T/T. Jo is only there M/W/F.... sooooo she's never even met EJ. Her teacher says that they basically talk about all their "friends in class" so she knows ABOUT him, but that's it... sooo my guess is she saw two letters she recognized, realized it was somebody's name and thought it was be cool to write the name. Crisis averted.

Jozie just had me help her write down on a piece of paper the name of a fellow student...

into the "club" that is.

According to my parents, Jozie once again kicked her papa (her grandpa) out of the club, but invited the waitress at the restaurant where they were eating into the club. Good service goes a looooonnnngg way in Jozie's world.

Jozie told Dan this yesterday

Jozie is ALLLLL about school. So much so that on Monday and Wednesday she has teared up when Dan goes to pick her up!!! ugh... seriously... they are going to think something bad is going on at home!!! She is just to happy to be in school!

Jozie has been drawing pictures... alot... so much so that she actually creates books that she reads to us.  I wrote down the story she told me last night before bed.  "Bear" with me as it was hard to keep up with her, my writing is sloppy, and so some things may or may not be included.

She had one day of school and already has homework! We had to sit down with her and ask her questions about herself (what is her name, what does she like to be called, favorite food, etc).

Jozie usually tells us the chicken crossing the road joke, but today she told Dan a new one...

My mom called me tonight and told me the following story about Jozie.

Jozie hasn't even started school yet and we already have stories! We got to go and meet her teacher yesterday and every time somebody went to talk to her, my daughter, placed a hand over her nose and mouth and started snorting. Why do I have the strange child?

Interesting fact.  We have somebody named Bob that lives in our house.  He goes around and shuts off all the lights.  Whenever we go into a room that is dark, Jozie says "Oh Bob must have turned off the lights again!" Thanks Bob for helping us save money on our electric bill.

Last night I was informed that the "Bad Jozie" (the green one) also has green eyes.  Not only that, but she has a mean grandma and papa (grandpa).  She doesn't know what makes them mean, much like the parents.  But bad jozie also has 3 sisters.  All of their names are Jozie.  But the 3 sisters are NICE and Good! They are not all Bad Jozie's! And the Good Jozie's play with her.

Don't know how the conversation started, but we were explaining to Jozie that a chicken nugget is a chicken and she doesn't believe us... we ask her, then were would a "chicken" nugget come from?  She doesn't know but it's not a chicken.  Her next favorite food is beef patty.  She asked where that came from.  We told her a cow.  "No it doesn't ".  ummm... ok, if you don't like the answer, don't ask!  She doesn't believe that people eat animals.  She will understand one day.  Or become a vegetarian :-)  But then i have to explain that carrots cry when you chop them up and cook them... aww... i'm such a mean mother...

So I hadn't posted about it yet, but Jozie has an exclusive club.  You are a member if she says you're a member and she reserves the right to kick you out at anytime.  I'm a horrible mother and threaten to withhold my love when I get kicked out.  She usually lets me back in.

So I'm not sure what all happened.  But as I was talking to dan on the phone on my way home from work, Jozie wanted him to video tape her.  So i overheard bits and pieces.... there was something about "bad jozie" and that she looked like her except she was all green, her hair was purple and her hands were yellow.  She also had bad parents.  But she wasn't sure what made them bad.

This story was told to us by Jozie on the drive home tonight:

This morning Jozie was up at 7am!  What a wild lady!  Anyways, in the few minutes I was home with her she said that Willow was a superhero, Oz was a baby goat, and her friend the Munster was a daddy goat.  Couget was the wizard.  No clue what they were all doing... but yeah.  Very random.  Like normal :-)

Today Jozie told Dan that the Bad Guys are going to use their magic wand to turn her friend the Munster's car into wood!  Yeah... not sure where she got that one from...

So I'm starting this blog because my daughter has a crazy imagination.  I'm sure every 3 year old has a vivid imagination, but I want to keep up with hers so I can hold it over her head during those tough teenage years...