Precious Moments

Today Zack exclaimed: "I can count to 44"!!!! Why 44? I have no idea!

Auntie Gina: "At Disneyland are you gonna get some popcorn?"
Sophia: "I don't know." "Do you have money"?

As I sit here on my bed, I hear Sophia's faint little snore next to me. She is napping. Someday I'll wish she were this little again with that tiny button nose!

Zack and Josh are doing their chores. I can hear them teaming up to get them done quickly. After their chores, they'll have a spot of homework, and then they'll disappear into their imaginary super hero worlds. They play VERY well together.

Yesterday's homework was not too successful for Zack. He had a paper that said, "Dear _____,
Thank you so much for...___________________________________

Love, __________

There were more lines, but you get the gist of it. He was supposed to write a letter. I explained and later he brings the paper to me all proud. It says this, "Dear Thank you so much for Love Dear Thank you so much for Love Dear Thank you so much for Love Dear Thank you so much for Love...

Many of the letters were backwards, and I noticed his writing is a little curly. I think someday he'll have nice penmanship. I was just wondering, do most kindergarten kids know how to pick up a pencil and write a letter????

Sophia has successfully learned the colors pink, black, and red. I throw others in now and again, but she gets frustrated with the whole learning process right now. I point to S and she says A. I point to A and she says S. I don't think she's ready to learn this stuff just yet. Little by little, she 'll get it all.

And, just so you know we're ultra human around here, I have fed the kids corn dogs, mac and cheese, Stoffers chicken nuggets and ramen this week. I never got around to buying fruit or veggies either! You should see the kids faces when i hand them a plate of corn dogs and chips for dinner! They are shockingly pleased! They better enjoy it while it lasts cause the full of energy me prefers the healthy stuff, you know broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and celery chased down with their favorite pasta dish and followed by Bluebell ice cream!!!! Okay, okay, okay, so it isn't all healthy, but it is a heck of a lot better than corn dogs and cheese balls!

Last night Sophia ate a bowl of mac and cheese, 6 chicken fingers, two cookies and chased it down with a piece of pizza! That girl can eat!!! And, there is not an ounce of fat on her 31 pound body!!!! And no signs of any digestion issues either. She hit the jackpot with her metabolism!

On a side note, for parents of 3 to 6 year olds, I highly suggest the Leap Frog videos about letters, words, and numbers. Even Sophia sings, "A, E, I, O, U, we're the vowels. We're the glue that stick the words together. We're very sticky letters. Oh, great, now I'm singing it!!!

I have a certain friend who will go unnamed (as in she is in the witness protection program) who sings ALL OF THE TIME! Well, at work she doesn't sing too much unless asked, but when away from the office, it is sing, sing, sing... And, amazingly she seems to know every word to every song in every musical ever made! If you knew who she was, you could test her. She'd enjoy that - no doubt. Although, she claims to be very shy.

For now, I'll stick to AEIOU because as Gina would say, the artists always mess up on the words to the songs I sing!!!!