Hirsche Family

As we were sitting in church today, I was tucking in the tag on Geddy's sweater. I noticed that it said the sweater was made in Israel..I am used to everything saying "Made in China", not Israel. But that made me curious about the rest of his outfit. Turtleneck - Pakistan. Pants - Bangladesh. Iron Man underwear - El Salvador. Finally, shoes - China. So it was kind of a strange thought to think of Geddy wearing articles of clothing that have been in so many different countries that he physically will probably never see!
Here is the outfit. And a teaser from his photo session at JCPenney last week. The ones I got prints of were much cuter than this one. Let's just hope I get cards in the mail soon so you can see the better ones!

The first snow of 2009 was around November 15, at least that is when all these pictures were taken. Yes, we still had our jack-o'-lantern out on the porch. It was a lovely mess of ice and mold when I tossed it in the trash. We leave it for so long because Geddy has issues with it being thrown away. I think he thinks of it as a living thing. He gets upset and cries every year when Scott starts cutting into it. And then he cries again when we have to throw it away.
Getting ready to throw a snowball at Daddy.
I couldn't resist posting a picture of Spanky. He has taken to sleeping on Geddy's bed (when Geddy isn't there of course)! It has caused a few problems. One time I was putting Geddy on his bed for timeout. I dumped Ged right on his big blanket. Well Spanky quickly let us know that he was napping under the blanket and didn't appreciate the rude awakening. This gives me hope that the two boys will one day get along!

My computer has been a royal pain in the ... neck! It has been excruciatingly difficult to download photos from my camera. However, a miracle occurred this morning and after several dozen attempts, my photos are now on my computer. So look forward to a fun update with lots of silly photos soon.

I was going to post something funny that Geddy said last night over in the sidebar under "Out of the Mouth of Geddy" when I realized it might not make a lot of sense.
How many of you read that as just "have", not as the second syllable from behave? Why is "have" pronounced like it is but rave, cave, dave, save, fave, gave, pave, and wave all are pronounced with the long a sound? Come on English majors, help me out here.

Geddy has been able to write his first name for several months now. However, he isn't usually too concerned about it actually looking like his name. He thinks as long as he writes the letters down in the proper order it shouldn't matter where on the paper they are. He is getting better at that. Also, his Ds usually look more like Os. He has been working hard the past few weeks to improve.
The other day he asked how to spell his whole name. So as I listed off the letters he wrote them down:
I helped him a little with the S (in Scott), but that is the only one my hand came anywhere near.
He is taking a huge interest in how words are spelled and tries to sound out words all the time. He is determined to be reading books by himself as soon as possible. I keep telling him there is no rush, yet at the same time I don't want to kill his desire. So we mostly play reading and spelling and writing games. So he is actually learning a lot, but it is fun for both of us. I have a hard time helping him write because he is a lefty. I never know for sure how to have him hold the pen. I just let him do what comes naturally to him and it seems to be working.
This is one of Scott's and my favorite drawings that Geddy has done. It is a family portrait he did several months ago. See if you can guess which is Scott, me, Geddy and Spanky? He has improved his people drawing skills a lot since this was drawn. Though he still doesn't give anyone bodies. He now adds eyebrows, different mouths (open, teeth, tongue), and the eyes are much more detailed. I couldn't find where he has been putting his drawings lately to show you a recent example.

These are just a few random things Geddy has told me he is "glad about" in the past few weeks.

• "I am glad about fall. Halloween is in fall time. And the leaves are crunchy on the ground."
• "Mom, I love juice, it is better than water and white milk. I am glad we have juice."
• "I am glad you and my dad made me so I could be your son. And I am glad that this is my body and not somebody else."

The last one is by far my favorite comment he has made in a long time!

No pictures today, sorry. Geddy is going through a phase where he loves, loves, loves to tell jokes. Here is one of his favorites that he tells anyone and everyone:

What does the can say to the can opener?
He pauses for the best effect before delivering the punch line.
You make me flip my lid!

Another favorite is:
Why does the bat use mouthwash?
Because he has bat breath!


And yet again:
What bat knows his ABC's?
The Alphabat!


Then he discovered knock knock jokes.
Knock Knock
Who's There?
Ice Cream
Ice Cream Who?
Ice Cream whenever I see a ghost!

Knock Knock
Who's There?
Trigger
Trigger Who?
Trigger Treat!

Enough goofy jokes for today. Hopefully at least one of them made you laugh. He is attempting to make up his own jokes, but they just aren't that funny yet so thank goodness for a huge joke book section at the library! 

Sorry I forgot one:
What do you get when you cross a dinosaur and a pig?
Jurassic Pork!!!