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This meme has been around awhile, but I haven't played. Of course, since I try to keep this blog mostly about Jonathan and daily life of living with special needs, I haven't really had any material. After all, what kinda trouble can a nine year old get into? But I decided a I have a collection of blackmail stories for when he gets older. I can probably play this at least once. So if you find this to be a fun meme, grab the button and go visit LiLu over at livitluvit.com
For the first time since January 1st, the weather is supposed to be above freezing where we live. The last time we had a long period of below freezing weather and then a warm up to 50 degree, Jonathan was about almost five. We have a big trampoline outside, which helps him with his high energy level and his need to bump into people or things. After days of being in the house, we sent him outside to the trampoline. After a little while I look out the back window to check on him. He's in his birthday suit. Me: Jonathan, where are your clothes? Jonathan: It's too hot to wear clothes!
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Knowing the above, that it was hard to keep Jonathan in clothes when he was younger, we got a note from his first Kindergarten teacher complaining about the fact that Jonathan wouldn't keep his shoes on in class. My in-laws happened to be visiting when we got this note. Someone said, "She's lucky that's all he takes off in class." The statement hit a phone bone and we all ended up laughing so hard, we cried.
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For about the first eight years of Jonathan's life, nakedness was an issue. Again, after eight years, our family, extended family, church family and neighbors were all accustomed to Jonathan walking into a room in his birthday suit. However, he was getting older and we really wanted to break him of the habit. Scott and I had seen a scene between Mattew McConaughey and Terry Bradshaw in the move Failure to Launch.
So we established "naked zones" for Jonathan. If he wanted to be naked, he could be naked in his room or in the bathroom. We tried to convince him that the chin up bar in the doorway was NOT part of the naked zone. For months we would walk up the stairs and get an eye full of Jonathan swinging on his bar in all his glory.
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We were trying to potty training Jonathan. He had pooped once in the potty a year before, but he didn't continue. In his mind he did it once. He showed us he could do it but, frankly, he felt pooping in Pull-ups was more convenient and didn't feel the need to change what was working for him. One day I was staying in the hospital with Faith, who was admitted for a bad virus. A friend of ours kept Jonathan a few hours during the day. The friend read Jonathan his favorite book "Everybody Poops" which is a really cute book showing how all animals poop. You have to know our friend (whose name also happens to be Scott) to know that he was quite tickled with this book and having a conversation with Jonathan about pooping. Scott found out that Jonathan agrees that everyone poops but Daddy. The two had quite a long and involved conversation but Jonathan couldn't be convinced that Daddy poops. I think because Daddy disappears and reappears and doesn't announce what he is doing. And none of the kids follow Daddy to the bathroom, unlike when Mommy goes and they sit outside the door.
Bad news: If Jonathan's anything like my Rocky, this'll never be blackmail material. Rocky is not at all modest and thinks that if anyone should be embarrassed, it's us for making such a big deal out of it.
LOL! I'm reminded of last summer when we took the kayaks out. It was blazing hot so we all jumped into the lake to cool off. Moments later I see a white butt bobbing towards me! It was Paul in all his naked glory! Geesh!
Well, you gotta love a kid who's completely happy with his body...LOL!!
The comment from your IL's is hysterical. That teacher has no idea how lucky she was!
My kids also don't realize that Daddy goes to the bathroom since he disappears for like 30 minutes at a time. My daughter even said once, "Daddy's not in the bathroom. He's been gone too long. He's probably in his office". Yeah, right. Maybe I should start calling the bathroom "my" office!
Naked zone...it's was funny in the movie and it's hilarious for you using it. I love the blackmail stories idea. I have visual aid blackmail, but I should write down some stories.
roflmbo o ok this reminded me of the movie with the rugrats in it when they got lost in the forest on the reptar thing tommy's dad had built.. and tomomy lost his diaper and said he was standing all nakey in the forest... yeah this is too funny..
Corrie - I just love your stories about Jonathan. They are never boring! I am thinking I may need to establish some "naked zones" at my house, but for myself. LOL.
LOL!! If my kids are barging their way in the bathroom, they have the faces plastered to the door jam trying to talk to me that way! And the baby...he is going through a severe clingy phase, so unless I want him screaming uncontrollably and in severe panic mode, he has to be on my lap! Not sitting on my bed where he can see me! He thinks that he is an appendage of me or something.
My son loved nudity when he was younger, too. We finally compromised on a rule that when non-family members were present, he'd at least wear underwear. :-)
My daughter was 2 and we would find her in her crib naked with her diaper off and usually a mess. You get the picture. She always wore footie pj's then. So one night I go check on her and the pjs are on. Score! Then she rolls over and I see my hubs had duct taped the zipper. Leave it to a man to come up with a clever solution to the problem:) Holly
This is too funny, Corrie! When they were kids my nephews, Ricardo and Sheldon, would strip within minutes after they arrived home in the winter, spring, summer or fall. They had to be encouraged to keep their clothes on. Stripping was a ritual. I love Jonathan!
Hilarious! I loved this post! My sons are also members of the nakedness rules club. Recently we have been having an especially difficult time with Sam who will disrobe 5-6 times a day. Sadly my boys are not yet potty trained (not for lack of trying) and so if they are naked it is not a good thing!
Hannah is a naked fan too. I thought she'd be out of that stage by now, but sadly no. Hannah is also with me EVERY time I go to the bathroom. If Kyle asks for privacy she'll give it to him, but not me. The two times I can remember that she did there were serious consequences on my end-she cut her own hair and escaped into the yard! Natalie
I haven't made to big a fuss about the naked thing. My boys keep it inside or in the backyard which has a privacy fence. I know all to soon they will be very self conscious and will cover themselves up. But I do put a stop to the "flashing" that happens often.
The best moment of VBS this summer was when a little girl decided to strip down to nothing, and run around the lawn of the church, which runs adjacent to Plum Point Road. We were not studying Adam and Eve, either.
Good idea on the naked zones! And I know what you mean about the kids wanting to come in the bathroom with you. Mine would barge in at the wrong moment and learned about periods early that way!
My middle son has a problem with wanting to be naked all the time too. I got DSS called on me once because in the winter time, as soon as he would go outside, he would take his jacket, shirt shoes and socks off and leave them in the middle of the road. And I've made my peace with the fact I will never in my lifetime ever be able to go to the bathroom alone. By the time my kids stop doing it, I'll be in a nursing home with a whole different set of people watching me poop.
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"And none of the kids follow Daddy to the bathroom, unlike when Mommy goes and they sit outside the door."
Hahaha! So awkward!
Love it :-) Thanks for playing!
this kid is great. I love the zones.
However, boy, naked, jumping. ick.
Bad news: If Jonathan's anything like my Rocky, this'll never be blackmail material. Rocky is not at all modest and thinks that if anyone should be embarrassed, it's us for making such a big deal out of it.
Oy.
LOL! I'm reminded of last summer when we took the kayaks out. It was blazing hot so we all jumped into the lake to cool off. Moments later I see a white butt bobbing towards me! It was Paul in all his naked glory! Geesh!
My kids sit in the bathroom with me. At least yours are outside the door!! I love the naked thing..hilarious!
What is it with boys and nudity? Cut me some slack - keep your pants on! ESPECIALLY when you're on the pull-up bar, for heaven's sake.
Though I will admit, if my kids ever gain enough upper-body strength to work on a pull-up bar, I may loosen up on my rule.
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Well, you gotta love a kid who's completely happy with his body...LOL!!
The comment from your IL's is hysterical. That teacher has no idea how lucky she was!
My kids also don't realize that Daddy goes to the bathroom since he disappears for like 30 minutes at a time. My daughter even said once, "Daddy's not in the bathroom. He's been gone too long. He's probably in his office". Yeah, right. Maybe I should start calling the bathroom "my" office!
Naked zone...it's was funny in the movie and it's hilarious for you using it.
I love the blackmail stories idea. I have visual aid blackmail, but I should write down some stories.
Maybe you should share this clip from American Idol which aired last night with Jonathan :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6dFWaIpd6Q
roflmbo o ok this reminded me of the movie with the rugrats in it when they got lost in the forest on the reptar thing tommy's dad had built.. and tomomy lost his diaper and said he was standing all nakey in the forest... yeah this is too funny..
Corrie - I just love your stories about Jonathan. They are never boring! I am thinking I may need to establish some "naked zones" at my house, but for myself. LOL.
LOL!! If my kids are barging their way in the bathroom, they have the faces plastered to the door jam trying to talk to me that way! And the baby...he is going through a severe clingy phase, so unless I want him screaming uncontrollably and in severe panic mode, he has to be on my lap! Not sitting on my bed where he can see me! He thinks that he is an appendage of me or something.
My son loved nudity when he was younger, too. We finally compromised on a rule that when non-family members were present, he'd at least wear underwear. :-)
My daughter was 2 and we would find her in her crib naked with her diaper off and usually a mess. You get the picture. She always wore footie pj's then. So one night I go check on her and the pjs are on. Score! Then she rolls over and I see my hubs had duct taped the zipper. Leave it to a man to come up with a clever solution to the problem:) Holly
too funny. we are still in the midst of the "stripper years." public playgrounds, other people's houses, mcdonalds, you name it!
Loved those naked zones you're using!!and I think boys like nudity:
funny clip!!
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I might need to establish naked zones around here. My boys refuse to keep their pants on.
LOL I love the idea of naked zones. As an adult I think I need those too lol.
This is too funny, Corrie! When they were kids my nephews, Ricardo and Sheldon, would strip within minutes after they arrived home in the winter, spring, summer or fall. They had to be encouraged to keep their clothes on. Stripping was a ritual. I love Jonathan!
Great video too and perfect use here! I have not seen that movie.
Hilarious! I loved this post!
My sons are also members of the nakedness rules club.
Recently we have been having an especially difficult time with Sam who will disrobe 5-6 times a day.
Sadly my boys are not yet potty trained (not for lack of trying) and so if they are naked it is not a good thing!
LOL
Jayden has a constant need to bump into things too. I greatly dislike it.
"And none of the kids follow Daddy to the bathroom, unlike when Mommy goes and they sit outside the door."
SOOOOO true!!
Naked trampoline jumping.
Love it!
Were we all so uninhibited and free.
I like being naked as long as the lights are off and no one is home lol!
Hannah is a naked fan too. I thought she'd be out of that stage by now, but sadly no. Hannah is also with me EVERY time I go to the bathroom. If Kyle asks for privacy she'll give it to him, but not me. The two times I can remember that she did there were serious consequences on my end-she cut her own hair and escaped into the yard!
Natalie
Reading this gave me a big ole' smile! For some reason my son has to take all his clothes off when he poops!
I totally can relate to this line, "...unlike when Mommy goes and they sit outside the door." Haha!!!
LOL!! I love the idea of naked zones. Sometimes you just gotta be free.
I haven't made to big a fuss about the naked thing. My boys keep it inside or in the backyard which has a privacy fence. I know all to soon they will be very self conscious and will cover themselves up. But I do put a stop to the "flashing" that happens often.
The best moment of VBS this summer was when a little girl decided to strip down to nothing, and run around the lawn of the church, which runs adjacent to Plum Point Road. We were not studying Adam and Eve, either.
lol. we have a hard time keeping logan (7) in clothes. i think he sheds in a trail from the door as he comes in from school.
those are good blackmail stories! My son mooned the pre-k class! be thankful Jonathan only took off his shoes.......
Oh yeah the zones so needed. Caden is getting back into this habit ... UGH
You mean yours sit "outside" the door? Man I could only wish! LOL ;)
Hope you're having a great week my dear.
Good idea on the naked zones! And I know what you mean about the kids wanting to come in the bathroom with you. Mine would barge in at the wrong moment and learned about periods early that way!
Yeah, why don't the kids go with Daddy to the bathroom?
My middle son has a problem with wanting to be naked all the time too. I got DSS called on me once because in the winter time, as soon as he would go outside, he would take his jacket, shirt shoes and socks off and leave them in the middle of the road. And I've made my peace with the fact I will never in my lifetime ever be able to go to the bathroom alone. By the time my kids stop doing it, I'll be in a nursing home with a whole different set of people watching me poop.
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