The Pumpkin Pickers...

Poor Hunter. We have been dealing with seperation anxiety for 2 years now. It's EVENTUALLY getting better but its a day by day process.

We FINALLY figured out that if we give him juice when we get there.... (uh a very special treat in this house...usually the boy gets V8 splash which we mix with H20 to decrease the sugar...yes, yes, you can feel sorry for him now....he is SOOOOO deprived.... :) ) then it helps take his mind off of us leaving and him sitting at the table like a big boy drinking his juice box.

I'm just gonna start by saying, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IN THE WORLD OUR CHILD GOT THIS FROM.

Each morning we ease him into school by discussing what we are going to do this morning. "Hunter, we have to get dressed so we can go to school. Hunter is going to school and mommy/daddy are going to work and we will pick you up later." To this he repeats, "Hunter school, mommy/daddy work."  (talking about it really REALLY helps.)

One morning, daddy comes to give hunter his "nose kiss hug" before leaving...don't think we can leave without it...this boy would have a BANSHY FIT. (and yes i know any parent would die if they didn't get their love before they left for the day but we have a VERY SPECIFIC nose kiss hug process.....its kinda like the very important secret hand shake that you gotta get when they get older....its detrimental to the system here folks.....i mean come on....its the NOSE KISS HUG.

So daddy gets up to leave and hunter waves bye and says, "See you later daddy! I see you laaaater!! You go to work and picka ur pumpkins!!!!!" .......saaaaaay whaaaaaat???

Daddy and I look at each other and laugh "Did he REALLY just say that?!" Where did that come from?! I mean, its not even fall!!!! We laugh and ask him again, "What is daddy going to do?" ...to this we get a "duh" expression with the answer, "Daddy going to work to picka uh pumpkins!...Mommy picka uh pumpkins, Daddy picka uh pumpkins!".............good to know kid...................apparently we are pumpkin pickers.

And so this has carried on for awhile and even this morning I set his juice box down at his chosen seat, gave him the stinson family secret handshake of the "nose kiss hug" system and got up to leave.. Hunter waves bye and says "Bye momma!!! Go picka ur pumpkins!!!"

Yes baby,....Momma gonna go picka her pumpkins. :)