The duck

I picked up Gillian from school today. In the car on our way to get John, Gillian wanted to play I Spy again. But I didn't want to play. I guess she got frustrated with me, so she started to quack. Instead of calling her out on making the noise, every time she would quack I said "Gillian did you hear that?" And she would laugh and then do it again. I asked "Gillian, is there a duck back there?" She laughed and said "No!" She laughed some more at me and then quacked again. I said "Gillian, there it is again? Did you hear it?" She said "No!" It didn't stop her. She continued to quack. I lowered the volume on the radio and said "Listen, can you hear it now?" She giggled and said "I don't hear it." And then she quacked again. "Gilly, did you hear that? I think there's a duck in here!" She laughed and laughed. We got all the way to John's school by giggling at the silly duck stuck in our car. 

The whole thing

Since John started first grade, Daddy drops off Gillian at school every day except for Wednesday. Daddy told me his secret to a successful drop off. They listen to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse radio on Pandora in the car on the way to school. I took Gillian to school on Monday (because Daddy wasn't feeling so good) and we listened to the Mickey Mouse station on the way. As we pillows in the driveway for school, Gillian said "U want to hear the whole song!"  And we had to sit in the car until that song was over. Today I picked her up from school. About a block from our house "Five little monkeys jumping on the bed" came on. Again as I pulled in our driveway Gillian said "I want to hear the whole song!"  And we sat in the car until the song was over. I love that she wants to hear the music but one of these days I'm not going to have time to sit and the car and sing along with her. But for now I'm enjoying my time with my favorite little lady. 

The mountain and the Bluetooth

On our way home from school, I drove the car over a bump in the road. One of those bumps where for a split second you feel like you are in a roller coaster. After we went over the bump, Gillian giggled in the backseat. I asked her why she was laughing. She said "We go over a monkey!" (At least that's what I heard). I questioned her again and she said "We go over a mountain!"

Yesterday, John said to Daddy, "I want something like a walkie talkie. You know. It's little. It's just on your ear." Daddy said "A Bluetooth?" John said "Yeah! So I can talk to my family on it!"