They're Learning Their Five Senses

We've been going over our senses of smelling, tasting, feeling, hearing, and seeing lately. Avery made it pretty clear today that he understands what his sense of smelling is:

Avery (sitting inside a large blue play tube thing): "I'm using my sense of smell, and someone tooted in here!"

Very good, Avery.

What's even funnier is that he slapped his hand to his forehead again (like he did when this happened) after he said that.

Reminds Me of Princess Leia*

:Today @ the preschool:

Lina (walking in line ahead of Luke): "He's a princess."
Luke: "No. I'm a queen!"

Phew! I thought he'd get mad about her basically calling him a girl. He ended up changing his mind and saying that he was a prince. Haha


*Yeah...I'm lame. Princess Leia...Queen Luke....

I Love You!

Yesterday, little Kevin looked at A while they were all sitting in a line near the drinking fountain (waiting to go inside the classroom) and said, "I love you!"

A apparently didn't know how to react, so he smiled and slapped his hand to his forehead (the "Silly me"/"What was I thinking?" kinda slap--er, more like bonk). I wonder what he was actually thinking. All I know is that the other kids laughed. Good thing no one made fun of Kevin.

Distracted

Mrs. L.: "This is my friend, Molly."
Avery: "It's not real."*
Mrs. L.: "Well, can I pretend she's real?"
Avery (holding up a pair of scissors and not listening): "Um, this is a 'V'."

I think you might have had to be there today when this happened. It made me laugh a lot. Avery's easily distracted and doesn't like doing things he doesn't feel like doing (or saying)...and he'll talk about whatever is on his mind. Apparently he thought it was more pressing to point out the shape of the scissors than to answer his teacher. At least he knows what the letter "V" looks like, right?

*It's funny when they tell adults when things aren't real/when they're "just pretend."

Little People are Hairy

If you've interacted with kids even a little bit, you know they like to ask "Why?" about everything. Today, Jazzlyn asked me about something that apparently interests her:

"Why is my back hairy?"

LOL How are you supposed to respond? I can't even remember what I said.

Then she said, "I think it's because I'm little."

Proud to be a Preschooler

Today, our preschool class (the PM group) got to meet and play with the AM group on the playground.

Avery, proud, hyper, excited, and animated, shouted, "We're PRESCHOOLERS!!!"
[He talks like that ALL the time.]
He continued talking about how he's a preschooler and superhero, wildly flailing his arms and acting out superhero moves. The other kids just looked at him with "What the heck are you smoking?" faces. It was hilarious. Usually our class doesn't really react to Avery's hyperactivity, but these kids were like..."Whoa."

Speaking of being proud of being a preschooler, last week, one of the "big kids" at the elementary school passed by and asked one of the boys if they were preschoolers. The boy nodded, and then his face lit up with a huge smile. We had already talked in class about how cool it is to be a preschooler, so I could tell right away that he was pretty happy about his ... social/educational status.

Grape--With a "P"

Today at the preschool one of the teachers was trying to get the kids to guess what was in one of the "P" bags (it had to be something that starts with the letter "P"). This time it was a plum, but after a few hints, one kid (I think it was Alex) tried guessing:

Alex: "Grape!"
Mrs. B.: "But it has to start with a 'P'."
Alex: "Puh-grape!"

Silly boy.