Lily heard the highschool marching band playing from our bedroom window this evening. She disappeared for about 10 minutes and returned like this! Formerly, she was in something that resembled Pippi and pj’s. She indicated she was “Ready to go see what they were doing!”, and was quite disappointed when she learned that they’d […]
Color, Color, Boom, BOOM
“THAT’S TOO LOUD”, says an annoyed and somewhat intimidated Cecily, who got to experience a fireworks show closer than she’s ever been before. Lily decided to do the evening on blades! We went to Pueblo, to the Riverwalk for the celebration. Fireworks and a live orchestra, playing, you guessed it, their idea of patriotic music […]
Society of Burger King
Oh what Lily can learn from a simple visit to Burger King’s Playland. 1. She is not the only one afraid of that damn bird thing they have suspended 20′ in the air. 2. Papa can actually fit through the entire maze of tubes and slides, especially when his little girl calls for his help […]
Mama! I Can Do It (so, take your finger away and hush)!
Lily and I were reading before bed tonight and she did something she hasn’t done before; Lily insisted I not assist her in reading. She pulled my fingers from the words, put her fingers to my mouth, and told me to shhh and let her do it. Listen to the video (I didn’t want to […]
BOT
“Buh, ahh, tuh” “What’s that spell?” “Bot” “What letters make the word ‘bot’?” “Beeee, ohhhhh, ppeeee” “Those letters make ‘bop’.” “Oh, oh, oh, beeeeee, ohhhhhh, tuhtuhtuhteeeeee.” “Yep.” Lily is generating/spelling words both tangibly (like with fridge letters and foam, etc..) and virtually (abstract). In the last week, she has begun to decide to read […]
Grids, Balls, Little Person, and Kitty Cats
Today, after getting what appeared to be a fairly decent night’s rest, Lily popped down for breakfast and started counting the fire makers (lighter sticks) in the package on the counter. She indicated, as she touched each, that there were a total of 5. Then she counted the ginger bread cookie cutters (4) and the […]
Word Building
Cecily launched herself into the realm of og, ug, ag in, un, an, and FROG, TREE, FREE, and other 4 letter words today. And to think, just yesterday I was commenting on a current assessment that she hadn’t yet developed a comprehension that spanned greater than 3 letters. WELL…….. THAT was yesterday. We used the […]
Word Building
Cecily launched herself into the realm of og, ug, ag in, un, an, and FROG, TREE, FREE, and other 4 letter words today. And to think, just yesterday I was commenting on a current assessment that she hadn’t yet developed a comprehension that spanned greater than 3 letters. WELL…….. THAT was yesterday. We used the […]
What's Your Name Today?
Madeline Super Martian Robot Girl Super Martian Robot (strong, climbing, fast) Girl…. and other adjectives often tacked on after “girl”. Luis Bunny Madeline/Luis/Little Fish… and Angie is Noodah and Ms. Bell… Papa is Dayduh (Star Trek on both the Noodah and Dayduh…) — London is Genevie (from Genevieve on Madeline) Not to be missed – […]