Pookie has gotten several “Uh-Oh!” faces on his daily sheet this week at school. He has been a bit of an “Uh-Oh” boy at home recently too.

• He spit on the floor in gym class
• He hit Jacob on the head at circle time
• He changed seats while the school bus was moving
• He drew a little smiley face on my bedsheets, with a black marker
• He dumped out 2 loads of clean and folded laundry, so he could jump in it
• He has taken to replying “No. I do not.” when asked if he wants to come brush his teeth or go to the bathroom before we leave the house….our fault for phrasing it as a question, I guess
• He licked the wall socket, also in gym class
• He gave Geetle a double handed shove in the kitchen
• Papaw had him carry a box into the UPS Store. 3 feet inside the door, he lifted the box to his shoulder and heaved it as far as he could towards the counter. When it did not make it all the way, he rolled it the remainder.
• He tried to eat BAGD’s Baconator and when told that he could not, he then demanded chicken nuggets as compensation.
• He was caught trying to use my new sewing machine, which he knows is wrong, proven by the fact that he closed the door in order to give himself some privacy
• He has taken to knocking on the fish tank, scaring the poor brainless fishies

Hmmm. But he has also done the following this week:

• Gave Giggles a Nukkie when asked
• When shown Geetle’s new Polly Pocket dolls, clearly understood who Polly was, but quizzically asked “where’s the pockets?”
• Played secret games with Geetle, games Geetle made up and he followed along with, without me staging them and forcing them to play together.
• Willingly left the couch twice during a favorite movie, in order to use the bathroom.
• Asked me for a baby doll, one he could feed, then proceeded to bottle and spoon feed her for 15 minutes.
• Began to draw a new kind of face. He has been stuck on faces for about a year, most of which look alike, until this week when he began to make almond shaped eyes and very angular noses. He also gives the people “shirts” now.
• spent half an hour experimenting with sprinkling salt, pepper and other spices into a tray of water. Emptying it out, getting fresh water all by himself and starting over, very deliberately
• learned how to safely use an electric pencil sharpener

Its a tough call. Bad week? Good week? Just another Pookie Week. He’s not on auto-pilot. More and more, he is really engaged in his world. Sometimes that leads him to do naughty things, but we would rather see that than a blank stare.

Good Week.