Week ending March 2, 2008: The pictures are Chloe and her friend Alan eating cake, and Alan giving Chloe and Alex a group hug. This week I’ve got lots of little notes on the dry-erase board about cute stuff the kids did this week. It is so great to be back to healthy! My notes are as follows:
1) “not an option” – Casey and Chloe were discussing what they were going to do next and Casey said “I’m going to tickle Chloe!” and Chloe said “that’s not an option, Daddy”. It just cracks me up when the kids use phrases normally reserved for adults. Chloe is so quick to pick up on what all these adult phrases mean and to put them to good use.
2) “socks w/o asking” – We were getting ready to go to the car when I noticed Alex had his socks on and I realized he had put his socks on without my having to ask him. Now this may seem like a little thing, but when you have to ask someone a dozen times to put their socks every single time you head out the door (Alex is very easily distracted and can’t focus long enough to walk up the stairs, go to his room, get the socks, come down stairs, and put the socks on), it is cause for great rejoicing when that someone does the deed without even being asked.
3) “Chloe baby” – Chloe wants to be a baby again. All week long she’s asked questions about what she did when she was a baby, looked at photo albums from when she was a baby, and watched the video from her first year. She says it is not fair that she can’t be a baby again because she misses having people do everything for her. In the mean time I’m having fun going through all the mementos from their babyhood.
4) “Alex library” – We went to story hour at the library and we haven’t been in quite a while. For our first few years going to story hour, Alex would sit in my lap and hang around my neck while Chloe sat right in front of the teacher. This time Alex ran right up to the front with Chloe and when the teacher asked him to pass out popsicle sticks to everyone for the craft, Alex walked up to each group of people and held out popsicle sticks until they stopped taking them! I thought that was very brave.
5) “Captian’s Daughter” – On our long drives to Longwood and the ski resort, I brought some of the kids’ favorite CD’s which include Bob Marley, a classical orchestral compilation, some pre-school songs, and some Irish drinking tunes. Chloe picked up a lot of phrases from the Irish CD and (when she’s not pretending to be a baby) has been pretending to be the “Captain’s Daughter” (What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Put him in bed with the Captain’s daughter… early in the morning). I can’t wait to hear what they teach their friends at preschool…
1) “not an option” – Casey and Chloe were discussing what they were going to do next and Casey said “I’m going to tickle Chloe!” and Chloe said “that’s not an option, Daddy”. It just cracks me up when the kids use phrases normally reserved for adults. Chloe is so quick to pick up on what all these adult phrases mean and to put them to good use.
2) “socks w/o asking” – We were getting ready to go to the car when I noticed Alex had his socks on and I realized he had put his socks on without my having to ask him. Now this may seem like a little thing, but when you have to ask someone a dozen times to put their socks every single time you head out the door (Alex is very easily distracted and can’t focus long enough to walk up the stairs, go to his room, get the socks, come down stairs, and put the socks on), it is cause for great rejoicing when that someone does the deed without even being asked.
3) “Chloe baby” – Chloe wants to be a baby again. All week long she’s asked questions about what she did when she was a baby, looked at photo albums from when she was a baby, and watched the video from her first year. She says it is not fair that she can’t be a baby again because she misses having people do everything for her. In the mean time I’m having fun going through all the mementos from their babyhood.
4) “Alex library” – We went to story hour at the library and we haven’t been in quite a while. For our first few years going to story hour, Alex would sit in my lap and hang around my neck while Chloe sat right in front of the teacher. This time Alex ran right up to the front with Chloe and when the teacher asked him to pass out popsicle sticks to everyone for the craft, Alex walked up to each group of people and held out popsicle sticks until they stopped taking them! I thought that was very brave.
5) “Captian’s Daughter” – On our long drives to Longwood and the ski resort, I brought some of the kids’ favorite CD’s which include Bob Marley, a classical orchestral compilation, some pre-school songs, and some Irish drinking tunes. Chloe picked up a lot of phrases from the Irish CD and (when she’s not pretending to be a baby) has been pretending to be the “Captain’s Daughter” (What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Put him in bed with the Captain’s daughter… early in the morning). I can’t wait to hear what they teach their friends at preschool…
6) “Blind” – The kids started asking questions about being blind. It all started when we were driving home with balloons in the car and I couldn’t get them to keep the balloons in the back seat so I explained that if a balloon got in front of my eyes I wouldn’t be able to see where we were going and we might crash. Several minutes later Chloe asked how blind people drive. I said they aren’t allowed to get driver’s licenses and can’t drive. She was shocked and practically shouted “how do they get places?” Driving does seem like such a right and a necessity that I was glad for the chance to think about those who have to do without.
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