betty's clues

i am very lucky that my sister, bethany, can babysit the kids.  mommy and daddy had a date last night and bethany came over to watch the kids.  when john was little he couldn't say bethany.  he started calling her aunt b and somehow it changed into betty.  unfortunately, now she is called aunt betty.

john LOVES blue's clues.  he doesn't watch a lot of tv, but when he does, then he always requests blue's clues.  he was watching blue's clues with aunt betty last night and when aunt betty put him to sleep last night he asked her if they could play blue's clues in the morning.  when we got home last night, bethany had set up 3 clues for john to find in the morning. for anyone that doesn't have small kids, blue's clues is about a dog, blue, that leaves 3 clues for her friend, steve, to figure out what blue would like to do that day.  also the clue is a blue paw print. 

when john woke up this morning, he knew that aunt betty had left clues for him.  he asked daddy for a notebook and when it was time for breakfast he found his first clue.

the clue on a container of cookies

looking at the cookies

        



he was so excited.  "mommy, a clue! a clue!"  he then sat and drew a picture of the cookies in the container.  and then wanted to find the next clue right away.  he jumped up and ran into the living room.  "a clue! my blanket has a clue on it!" 

the 2nd clue

drawing his clue

he started to draw the second clue of the blanket, and insisted that mommy and daddy lay the blanket on the floor so that he could see the entire thing.  as he was jumping around the living room, he shouted "i found another clue!  the basket.  it has a clue on it!"

the 3rd clue

drawing the basket

he drew the blanket and the basket in his notebook.  he then turned to us and said "cookies, a blanket and a basket.  hmmm what do they have to do with each other."  he also said, "i need to sit in my thinking chair."  we went downstairs and he sat in his chair.

in his thinking chair

he sat in his chair and reviewed his pictures.  first he looked at the picture of the cookies, "chocolate chip cookies, check."  next he looked at the picture of the blanket, "what is this? that's right a blanket. check."  next he looked at he basket, "a basket, check.  i know!  she wants to have a picnic!"

"we just figured out betty's clues!

we just figured out betty's clues!
we just figured out betty's clues!
we just figured out betty's clues...
because we're really smart!"