Ok, I just gotta, 'cause well, 'cause...

A couple of days ago, my DS7mo decided he REALLY wanted to get this one person on the subway to smile at him. The Target was being a tough cookie about it, and he looked like he was fairly good at being a tough cookie, all things considered. Finally, The kidlet leaned WAAAAAAAY over, practically into his pants (which were at about knee level anyway, so 'ya know) and said "Hi!" while waving vehemently, upside down. He got his smile. He hasn't said hi otherwise, or waved, and I have no idea what it was about toughboy, but it sure cracked a lot of people up.

Today, he also turned the pages of a paper book gently. Which was less amusing, but very exciting nonetheless since he's a big bookworm in the no-really-he-ate-it sense


-Michaela

That's so cute, Michaela!

Oh my gosh, I could read these forever!

Chico (4) asked me who the Grinch was a couple of days ago (he'd heard some kids talking at the playground--we have had a few Dr Seuss books around here at various points, but never that one, for some reason). I explained that the Grinch was an unhappy person, who couldn't stand other people being happy, and wanted to spoil their happiness.

He thought that over for a minute, and then said, "Oh, you mean like Iago?"

I think Harpo must have been telling him Othello stories, because neither Frenchie nor I have been...

peace
minnie

Got to brag somewhere!!!!

I'm always talking about the first grandchild here, GS10. I convinced our daughter to have her oldest tested for the gifted program at school since she just moved to our district for this school year. GD8(9 in 3 days!) tested gifted! (But, I already knew she would!) I suspect GD6 is also gifted, but our district doesn't offer services until the third grade so they don't test until the end of the second grade. I also suspect GD10weeks is advanced, she's mimicking faces and sounds already.

Sounds like you will be a busy busy grandma OHGrandma! :-)

DD2.11 has learnt to recognise her name after 3 pre-school sessions, she goes 2 mornings a week. Then i catch her and DS5.5 spelling thier names. She can get up to the 3rd letter before DS gets annoyed that she is going so slow and finishes it for her. Her name isn't phonetic either.

My DS8 is interested in food and food science (he loves the set of Good Eats/Alton Brown dvd's we just got.) I was experimenting with new types of chocolate and gave him a piece to taste. I asked what he thought and he gave me the so-so gesture with his hand and then asked what I was going to use it for. I told him that I was going to make truffles with it and he replied "oh, I can see it would be good for that application." I think I am creating a food snob.

that's amazing. that makes me laugh. Thank you for sharing.

Scary stuff! The kids asked for night vision goggles for Christmas. When asked why, they said so they could read in the dark. Does anybody know if you can see clearly enough to actually read with night vision goggles? Does the page light up or does it have to be a heated page to show up?