Friends

John has a friend named Maddy. Maddy is in the first grade at his school but not in his class. They met at Time+. Yesterday I picked up the kids from school and John told me "Don't be mad, but Maddy and I wrote F's on our hands. Because we are friends!"  In the bathtub that night he said "My F washed off. Tomorrow, I'm going to write it on my arm where it won't get washed off." Tonight at dinner, John rolled up his sleeves. Daddy noticed something on John's arm and asked "What's that?"  John said "A B and an F." Daddy said "I can see that. Why?" John said "Well Mom knows already." Again he didn't answer Dadddy's question. Daddy said "Well, tell me." John said "I have a friend named Maddy. She goes to Time+ with me. I have a B and an F on my arm because we are best friends. That's why!" 

For the record, I am not happy that he is writing on his arm and hands, but I am very happy he has a best friend. 

Holiday Lunch

On Thursday, The Lincroft Center for Children had their holiday lunch.  John and Gillian have been singing Christmas songs for the past couple of weeks.  Gillian has been singing Jingle Bells.  John knows a lot of songs, but he refused to tell me what songs his class would sing.  I was able to take my lunchtime and run over to school to watch them sing.  They started the show with the Tiggers first.  They sang a little song and went back to their table.  Next was Gillian's class.  I was very worried.  I thought she would see me and go running.  But she didn't.  She stood in her spot next to her BFF's Jo-Jo and Dorlisa (aka Dora). They started with Jingle Bells, then they sang Santa (to the Bingo song) and last they did the Reindeer Pokey. 

After Gillian's class, we saw the Dolphins' and the Dinosaurs' then it was time for the Kindergarten.  John's class all wore black pants with white shirts, scarfs, mittens and handmade hats.  They sang Frosty the Snowman first.

Next they sang Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.  The kids really loved this song.  Look how excited they got at the end!

I was so proud of my kids.  They both sang very well and listened to their teachers.  After the show, the kids had lunch.  I had to go back to work, but I am so glad I got to see them sing.

giggles

Today Daddy and I were upstairs watching football and decorating cookies.  We could hear the kids in the basement playing and giggling.  They sounded like they were having a good time, but we couldn't see what they were doing.  Gillian's giggles could be heard upstairs and it sounded like she was having a good time.  Daddy went downstairs to investigate.  The video below is what he found:

My brother

Early this morning while Daddy & I were getting ready for work, John was snuggling Duncan in our bed. "I'm snuggling my brother!" John told us. Daddy asked him of he knew the names of Daddy's brothers. John said "Uncle T" and then he paused. He has only heard us talk about Uncle Bryan and Uncle Christopher and John was very little the last time he saw his two Uncles. We explained that all of Daddy's brothers are his little brothers. I asked John if he knew the names of my brothers. John hesitated. He said "Uncle Bob!" I told him Uncle Bob is Mommy's little brother. That made him giggle. I said who is Mommy's big brother? We gave him a hint and said he flies helicopters. John said "Uncle Joe!" And then he paused. "But who's my brother?" Daddy and I told him that Duncan is his brother. John liked that answered and he snuggled a little while with Duncan. He then said "Will Duncan be there when I get bigger? Because I will miss him if he is not with me!" I love my smart little man, but I'm not ready to have these serious talks with him yet. I can't remember exactly what Daddy's response was, but he basically told him to enjoy his time with his dog.