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Due to the change in where he goes to school, Mr W (4) has not had lessons in 6 weeks. He has missed his piano teacher and she has missed him. This week he started his private piano lessons and is really enjoying them, working off sheet music and incorporating vocals. He told her when they had played a bit that the piano sounded wrong at the higher notes and she verified that it was out of tune.

Before bed this evening, my son (who is just over 3) said, "I'm not going to use the potty until I'm 99 years old." I'm not sure whether to brag or sob...

Oh, yeah, I remember that. I think at our house it was that she'd stop calling me to wipe after she went when she was 10.

I'm pleased to say she did not hold out as long as she planned, so there's hope that yours won't, either.

Thank goodness!

DSalmost3 wrote a book. It includes a picture entitled "a world with wires" which looks pretty much like a wild impressionistic drawing of a... ball made of wires. Which says little about his drawing skill, but much about his ability to sort out what things look like

And for his next trick... he was in quite a mood today, and he had me write (beside the drawing he put into a comment box which asked the quesiton "what should Canada do with its rainforest?") That he had drawn them a picture of a cut-down tree on their tree which had been cut down and cut into tiny pieces. (which I am assuming is the paper. I did not know he knew how to make paper, but can see at least 18 000 ways he could possibly have learned.)



-Mich

Aww my little guy, Boo just turned 5, won the library book contest at school. I doubt it was much challenge for him since he's in prek and reading at 3rd grade level but still... His first award yay! Also finally got him gifted tested and found out he's 99.9% but was super proud that the testing lady said he was such a gentleman =]... I've done my job hehe. Working on acceleration to 1st grade for next year. And lastly I got him a "how to draw pokemon" book and he was having issues because of his perfectionism but the last 2 days he had a great time drawing a few of the pokemon with no melt downs! Yay... I'm sure many of you must know what the drawing / perfectionism thing is like =]. So glad he's learning to handle discrepancies between his mind and physical abilities.

Our daughter is ranked first in her class. She is in her freshman year in high school. For years, she had so much trouble turning in homework and organizing herself. Suddenly, she is taking care of all of it herself. Yea!

DS, just turned 4, seemingly effortlessly wrote this Valentine's card by himself without any help or anything in sight to remind him of how these words are spelled:

Happy Valentinse Day
Love, (DS)

(He explained to me that he put an "e" on the end of "Valentinse" because of the long "I.")

He also spelled "weathervane" in fridge magnets the other day (well, "wethrvane"--pretty darn close).

aahh, that's sweet!

Wolf (7): Do scientists know how many light years it is to the next dimension?

Me to Wolf and Bear after an add showing a kid playing with fire, "You know fire isn't a toy right?" (mainly for Bear's enlightenment)

Wolf in reply, "Of course it isn't! It's a chemical reaction!"

I couldn't find a funny things kids say thread, but both of these made me want to tell people, so I guess they can go here.