counting

Gillian has learned how to count by ten.  If you ask her how she learned, she says "From Peg + Cat!"  Peg + Cat is a new show that the kids found on Netflix.  It's about a little girl, Peg and her cat.  It's on PBS and the kids seem to really enjoy it.  Anyway, every time Gillian counts to 100 by tens she adds a little extra flair.

 

She cracks me up.  And of course when you ask her where that little bit at the end came from, she says "Peg + Cat."  With a little bit of help (from John) I found the episode Gillian learned how to count by ten.

 

This is the full episode.  The song is at the end when Peg is cleaning up the chickens.

 

A Million

In the car tonight, Gillian told me "Did you know I can count to a million?" Now I'm intrigued and say "No! Please count for me." She says "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eighth, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, one hundred, one million!" And I laughed. Gillian said "Sometimes it gets out of hand!" 

Piggy Banks

John decided today that he wanted to count the money in his piggy bank. He had an enrichment class at school where they learned about money. So he is pretty good with counting. He emptied his entire piggy bank and pulled out all the quarters. We piled them in piles of four and counted. He had $12 in quarters. He also counted all his pennies and nickels. I don't remember his total, but he said to me "I'm rich!" 

Later he convinced Gillian to empty her piggy bank too. She got frustrated. And threatened to kick over all his little piles of coins. I had to separate them. And she ended up putting all her money back in her piggy bank. Maybe she just didn't want to know how much she has!

Funnies

Here are a few quick funnies from this week:

Yesterday, John wanted to wear his sunglasses to school. Well, he thinks they are sunglasses. They are actually tinted safety glasses that Chuckie gave him. Anyway, he wore them to school and he told his teacher "I wore my glasses today! They are black!"

Gillian counting her babies tonight, "Two, five, six!" There were three babies.

On our way to school today, John noticed that the moon was still out. He said "Mom! The moon and the sun are following us! Go faster! We gotta get away!" Gillian didn't hesitate either. She yelled "Mommy! The sun and moon gunna get us! Oh no!" I asked them how I would be able to get away from the moon and the sun because they are so big. John said "And they are so far away. And you know what? We can't go near the sun! Because its so hot. Maybe they aren't chasing us!"

At dinner tonight, I told Gillian that she needed to eat more chicken. She said "Aw shucks. I not going to eat it." And pushed her plate away.