Jimmy stalls bedtime yet again

Blogging is one of my many forms of journaling. In nearly every journal I have, I can just about guarantee an entry on January 1st. EVERY year I resolve to be a better journal keeper and every year, I continue to try... Last year I really didn't do the New Year's Resolutions thing. It seems a bit silly. Can't we resolve to improve whenever? If I reserve it only for January 1st, I miss out on countess opportunities to improve throughout the year. However, while on our 5 hour detour through Sedona on New Years Eve, Jimmy had me document his New Years resolutions in our Travel Journal so I decided to document mine. (After he offered to make some for me...no thanks.) One of which is to stay on top of things. For me, this is key. If I stay on top of laundry, dishes, working out, I ultimately feel less overwhelmed (would that be underwhelmed?) and more in control of various aspects of my life. Back to journaling- I often get intimidated by writing in my journal because I feel like I have so much to catch up on that I spend so much time writing about past events that I never get to the point of what I was siting down to write about in the first place. Wow, this probably isn't making any sense whatsoever. BUT- since this is MY journal entry, it's okay because I (how do you emphasise the word "I" -it's already capitalized?) yes, IIII get it! Anyway- Purpose of tonight's post: 2 conversations Jimmy had with James an hour ago (while I was typing a friend a letter and couldn't exactly post the conversation right away- but typed it into James' journal so I would remember it). And here are the 2 conversations:
(side note- i secretly love when Jimmy gives into James' stalling at 1/2 hour past bedtime feeds him a yogurt and shares stories with him... Here is a Daddy who LOVES loves LoVeS being a dad. This is what he had to say tonight...)
1-3-08 8:46pm
Jimmy: “James, let’s get on your shoes and sneak out and go on a bike ride.”
James: “Um, I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“why?”
“because we could run into something and there are nocturnal animals. But we could drive in the truck to the light store and hook the lights onto our bikes.”
---------- conversation evolves into:
“You go to kindergarten not next year but this year! Mommies get sad when their kids got to kindergarten. Do you know why?
"Why?"
"Because mommies want their kids to stay small. Do you know why?"
James: “So they can stay mommies and don’t die?”
THIS is why I would home school. I can't stand the thought of missing out on so much of my children's lives!!!!
And now that I've posted something for the "now" I will hopefully finish my Christmas posts before the week is over...