Shake It Off

We ate dinner outside tonight.  While I was cleaning up, Daddy was playing some music for he kids.  He motioned to me that I should check out Gillian.  "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift was playing.  Gillian was dancing and singing into a straw microphone.

Spanish Class

At dinner tonight, I asked John about his day.  He said "It was good."  I noticed that he had a new library book in his backpack, so I said "I see you had library today.  What other special do you have with library?"  He said "Spanish."  I said "Great.  What words did you learn today?"  He questioned, "Spanish words?"  I laughed.  Daddy said "No French words.  What French words did you learn today in Spanish class?"  John was very confused.  And said "I take Spanish."  This conversation went south quickly.  Anyway he finally said, "Do you know Julio and Julio? It's two different words."  Then he sang us a little song.

We were impressed, even though he only sang half the months of the year.  Daddy asked "Do you know the song for the days of the week?"  John said "Yeah. Do you?"  Daddy said "Yes."  And then he sang us a song for the days of the week.  When he finished John said "That's not right.  I didn't learn that today!"  We laughed and said that's because Daddy sang the days of the week and you sang the months of the year.  John said "Oh!" 

The story

Daddy picked up Gillian from school today. In the car she asked "Where's Mommy?" Daddy said "Who? My Mommy?" Gillian said "No, my Mommy. My Mommy makes us tasty things to eat." Daddy said "Yes, you have a wonderful Mommy." Gillian continued "I like the things she makes. But Johnny doesn't. He doesn't like broccoli with cheese. But I do." 

Daddy told me this story at the dinner table tonight. John pouted. I asked him "What's the matter?" "Well that's not very nice. I like broccoli with cheese. She is not nice." We said "She is just being silly. You shouldn't be mad at her." He seemed to be okay after that. 

Later Gillian and I were snuggling on the couch. John was bringing me my cell phone. He decided to throw it to me. But instead of getting to me the phone hit Gillian in the head. She cried and John got even. 

How was your day?

Tonight at dinner, we asked the kids about their days.  Gillian said "I play with Nicholas and Sophia.  I sit in timeout chair."  I asked her why she had to go to timeout.  She said "I didn't stay on my mat at naptime."  At least she is honest. 

We asked John the same question.  He needed a little more prodding and prompting in order to get some info out of him.  I said "Did you have your picture taken today?"  He said "Yea.  But I didn't bring it home."  I asked "Did you get to play outside today or inside today at recess?"  John said "Inside."  I am loving these short answers.  Now I ask him, "Did you learn any friends names today?"  "John said "There really wasn't time.  I did try but that boy seemed really busy."  I decided to change the subject,  "Did you take a picture with your whole class?"  "Yea, but I didn't bring that one home either."  Daddy completely changed the subject, he asked "Name one place that you would love to visit."  John at first said "The Statue of Deliveries."  He paused and then said "The Statute of Liverity.  But that's far away."  Daddy explained that the statue isn't far from home and that maybe one day we could go visit it.     

The spoon

I made Mac & Cheese for the kids for dinner tonight. I gave both John and Gillian a bowl of Mac & Cheese and a fork. Gillian started eating it with the fork and then puts the fork down and says "Can I have a spoon?" She frequently asks for a spoon when she is having a hard time getting food to stay on the fork. I told her of course she could have a spoon. Before I could even get near the drawer, she screams "I do it myself!" She ran to the drawer and picked out a spoon and went back to her seat. I watched her take all the Mac & Cheese off of her fork. I thought that she was just trying to make sure she got all the pasta. I was wrong. Once she got all the pasta off her fork, she got up and ran across the lichen and tried to put the fork back in the drawer. I stopped her and she said "I all done! I use spoon!" I explained to her that it was dirty and it couldn't go back in the drawer. She really didn't care, she just wanted to eat her dinner. I learned a lesson today. I need to watch her more carefully. I could end up with some dirty silverware mixed in with the clean!