Finally, proof that Jerald is my son...

To say that Jerald is the spitting image of his daddy is an understatement.

He looks like him, acts like him, thinks like him.

If ever a child should have been a junior, it is Jerald.

The other day, however, I was reminded of the one thing that he without a doubt gets from his mama...his need for order and organization.

Those who have been in my house, don't laugh. I know you can't tell it by visiting. The truth is homeschooling five children, dealing with their significant food issues and some other issues with a few of them, getting very little sleep and having five out of seven people having a less significant need for order...well, the house takes a back seat in all of that.

However, ask my husband and you will learn quickly that if I had the time and energy, everything in my house would be labeled, organized and likely in alphabetical order whenever possible. He will tell you too, that I'm a much nicer person to live with when clutter and chaos do not reign.

Ever since toddlerhood, Jerald has liked order. He lines up his cars, his thomas trains, his shoes. He has often cleaned for me, not so much for me, as for himself because he wants his stuff organized.

A few days ago, he told me all about his new glasses wearing schedule.

A few months ago, his glasses turned up broken and we needed to order a new pair. Kev said to order two, so if they ended up broken again (as is prone to happen with boys) he'd have a spare. We order from a great online site that is quite inexpensive, so this was not a big deal to order two pair. The particular pair he wanted, the same ones he had before, comes in four colors. He had a hard time deciding which 2 colors he wanted, and I ended up ordering all four (for under 50 bucks!). So, now he has four pairs of glasses in four different colors. It's quite the dilemma then, to decide which ones to wear at various times. Does he do it based on outfit? Pick the pair he likes most and keep the others for spares? Let a sibling pick? What to do, what to do...

A schedule.

That's what I need. I know, I'll do it based on the week. Every Sunday, I'll swap them out. So, the first week is gold, my favorite. Then silver, grey and black and back to gold.

Works for me. Good plan, Jay. Glad to see that his mama did contribute something to his personality...