"That's my favorite song!"

Two days ago, Avery sang (at the top of his lungs) several lines from Miley Cyrus's "The Climb." Of course, he missed and mixed up a few words, but it was adorable anyway. That pretty much made my week.

Ketchup to Your Friend!

I admit it: I made a lame joke today. I'm hoping the preschoolers will develop good senses of humor.

Luke (behind Avery in line): "Catch up [sounding like 'Ketchup'], Avery! Catch up! Catch up catch up catch up!"
Me: "Ketchup? What about mustard?"
Avery: "Mustard!?!?!"
*Some kids nearby laugh...or maybe that was just wishful thinking and it was just Luke and Avery.*

Who knows if they understood it. I'm just glad Avery thought it was funny.

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."