The alphabet

Gillian goes to daycare (we call it school) and this year in the 3 year old classroom she is learning to recognize the alphabet. Every couple of weeks they work on a new letter. They trace the letter and at the end of the week they make a picture of the letter. They started with A. 

Gillian was so proud of her monster A. She showed me and roared. When Daddy saw it he said "I bet they are all muppets. It looks like Animal." Well Daddy was right. Because B looked like Beaker. 

I love the Muppets and I look forward to seeing her creations every few weeks. So far we have Crazy Harry, Fozzie, Gonzo and Sam Eagle. But my favorite was brought home yesterday. 

I told Gillian "This is my favorite letter!" She said "It's Kermit!" I love it. And I love this project that Gillian's teacher is doing. I can't wait to see them all!

Excuse me

At dinner tonight, Daddy and I were talking but Gillian was trying to get Daddy's attention. "Excuse me. Daddy, excuse me.  Daddy.  Daddy.  Daddy.  Excuse me." Finally Daddy stopped to ask Gillian what she needed. She said "I have more broccoli?" You can't say no to that request. Daddy gave her more broccoli and she said "It looks like trees! I a giant. I eat trees!"

Also at dinner tonight, John asked us "Do you want me to sing a song I learned in music class?"  Again, how do you say no to that?

John sang his song.  When he was done, he said "Normally I end it like this."  And he dramatically put his hands out to his side. Then he said "The teacher doesn't complain when I do it."  So Daddy said, "Then keep doing it."  Gillian listened to John sing and then said "I sing ABCs."  And she made me record her singing too.  And for the record, I have no idea what she says at the end of the video.

 

Serenade

John got a harmonica from Mimi for Christmas this year (it was in his stocking).  He loves the harmonica.  He immediately started playing it on Christmas morning.  He decided the best place to play it was on Mimi's loft that overlooks the great room.  This way everyone could enjoy his music.  After seeing and hearing how much John loved the harmonica, Mommy and Daddy nicely asked Mimi if we could leave the harmonica at Mimi's house for save keeping.  Mimi told John that she would hold on to it for him.   

Last night, we went to Mimi & Poppy's house for dinner.  John was barely out of his jacket before he asked Mimi for his harmonica.  Once he got it, he ran upstairs to serenade us from the loft.  He did take a break for a little bit and told Mimi "Gillian can help you and Poppy with the food.  I'll distract everyone with my music!"  Gillian decided to join John upstairs and join in the fun.  She accompanied him by singing the Alphabet Song. 

 

Letters

This week John's class started the letter G. I asked him to explain to me how to make the letter G. He said "First you make a letter C and then you come up a little bit and you make a line across. But you make a little line. You don't go all the way across. That's how you make a big G. Do you know how to make a lowercase G?" I asked him to describe it for me. He said "First you need to make a little O. Then a stick that goes down and then you make a hook. You know how to make a little P? You make a little O and a stick. And the stick puts his toes in the water to feel it for the G!" Love the way he thinks.