"Well, when I went to USC, if anybody had gone into the president's office and shit in his wastepaper basket and used the dirt to write vulgar words on the wall, not only the football team but the average kid on campus would have gone to work on the guy. There doesn't seem to be respect for authority anymore; these student dissenters act like children who have to have their own way on everything. They're immature and living in a little world all their own. Just like hippie dropouts, they're afraid to face the real competitive world." John Wayne

June 29th: Most of these blog entries about Duke's progress. I would love to say this is one, but after I just cleaned up a nap time room where Duke was naked and took all the stuffing out of his Superman bed toy...followed by waking up this morning to Duke covered in poo and ironically him trying to use the Lysol with his poop covered hands...guess what isn't germ free anymore. The problem is that with Duke having low muscle he doesn't feel when it's about to come yet, but when it is happening. I know people tell me it ill happen when it happens....well he is going to be 4 in 3 months and I am tired of cleaning up poop when I wake up. He needs to keep his diaper on, but do you blame him for not wanting to sit in poop. I have asked him to tell me and he has let me know when he poop by coming up to me and saying "Ew." I just can't wait for this poop trail to be over.

Other than my poop Ran here are some of the ways Duke has developed this month. He's starting to do impressions.

He's also a swimming fool, it is darn near impossible to get him out of the water.

He took my bangles and made them earlings,

Insert Something Witty about John Wayne here

June 3rd: I've been meaning to post pictures of Duke lately but have been a 100% slacker. Duke's Teacher just re-did his IEP because he met a lot of goals. He talks so much. His favorite colors are between Red and Pink (still obsessed with Pink since Easter). He loved anything with Thomas, Spiderman, TMNT or Transformers Bumblebee. He cracks me up with his obsession with bugs and his lack of fear. He gives the best hugs now and rubs your back just how you rub his, it's so soothing.

Duke Can hit the ball with his eyes closed, I'm back there being an awesome mom and looking at my phone

At school they did a lesson on the hungry caterpillar...so cute!

They had a lesson on the life cycle with food, needless to say duke paid 100% attention!

This was from our attempt at dental work on Duke, we got  cleaning, but the cavities will be handled in July

He is such a goof ball. he love anything for his head

Some cook action shots of Duke at the park.

Trivia: John Wayne's mother's nam was Mary Alberta Brown

May 11th: Duke has been good at school (minus that when he gets frustrated he takes off his shoes to protest doing work). He talks so much and knows his colors and letters. They have been singing "Let it Go" to which ...he knows almost all the words to. Each day he talk to us about school, sometimes we know what he says sometimes we don't.

He had jeans but had an accident (don't judge the pants)

We took Duke to see Spiderman 2 yesterday, he was ok 85% of the time (the other 15% of the time) after we went out to eat dinner, they didn't have a Spiderman coloring page, so Duke asked to have spider's drawn on his page for him to color over (FYI all Spider's are Spiderman).

For a week I took pictures and video's of duke (many of the video's he is singing or dancing). Duke likes wearing a lot of different things and I've been letting him pick more of his clothes. The end is a bit cloppy, I'm still learning the program. Duke loves singing the end of this song because the lyrics are "Don't go Cryin' to your Mama" he sing/screams that from his car seat. Also featured are his cousins Justin and Izzy.

John Wayne Trivia: His TV appearances in the late 1960s showed that Wayne had overcome his indifference to television. In addition to appearing on The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (1965), The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969), he became a semi-regular visitor to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), often good-naturedly spoofing his macho image and even dressing up as The Easter Bunny in a famous 1972 episode.

May 2nd: Here are Duke's Easter pictures. He was all about Easter egg hunting this year. His favorite Easter egg colors are Pink and Yellow ( I think because he has a friends at school who like those colors). He loved wearing his shirt, tie and vest, it was so hard to get him out of it at the end of the day.

Duke is on a mission!

Such a smooth criminal

Trivia: John Wayne's real name is Marion Robert Morrison

March 26th: Guess who can spell his name!!!!

We celebrate it with a video...enjoy!

Fun Fact: But back to True Grit (1969). Henry Hathaway used the backgrounds in such a way that it became almost a fantasy. Remember that one scene, where old Rooster is facing those four men across the meadow, and he takes the reins in his teeth and charges? Fill your hands, you varmints!

March 19th: Duke had a dentist appointment today, I am floored and amazing this kid is daily. I have NEVER seen him behave so good as he did for the dentist today. He showed thy hygienist how to clean a toy monkey and dinosaurs teeth, which he won't even do at home without a fight. He sat on his own and let the doctor poke around in his mouth and did what the doctor said. The experience was AMAZING!!!!

I would like to thank Duke's Teacher for the prep work on this, he just learned about teeth, as shared in February as their lesson....this is him...not amused, but it paid off by making the appointment easier.

"Not that I had thoughts of becoming a song and dance man, but, like most young actors, I did want to play a variety of roles." John Wayne

March 3rd: Duke and I were watching the Oscars and this happened. It was a challenge for Duke because he love to dance fast, for this song he had to get on his slow Jam. At the end he tries to get a partner to dance with him.

 

P.S. When Bette Midler performed Duke yelled at the TV  "Ma Ma!!" I will take that compliment!