singing letters and counting

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Here's some video of Parker. She's been in a super good mood the past 24 hours. If it continues, I'll have her looked at. The most shocking part of this video isn't what she knows, it's that she's eating a muffin for the first time ever!

At the start, she is picking out letters from Bob's shirt and singing the sound they make ("the E says ehhh, the E says ehhh, every letter makes a sound, the E says ehhh"). She knows many of her letter sounds, again, from watching a DVD (the LeapFrog Letter Factory).

At preschool, she has Spanish class, and I guess they're learning to count. She's could count to ten in spanish when she was 18 months old from watching so much Dora when she was sick, but now she's doing the fingers with it, so I think she understands what she's saying. She says it very quickly because she's being silly.

At the very end, Bob asks her "what's one plus one" and she shouts "two!". She has that one memorized.

quick pic

Here's a quick picture so the junkies don't go into withdrawal. We found a fun game: Roll The Cap To the Red Pepper Flakes Back and Forth Across the Table. The lid is chamfered just slightly so it won't roll totally straight.

School continues to go well I think. She has made a new little friend that likes to play dollhouse too. Her teacher reports that she has a good sense of humor...I'm afraid to ask what she said though. Every time I go to pick her up she is totally zonked out asleep, as are all the kids. She has been napping especially hard lately, I think she might be growing. She especially difficult to wake up...but if I let her sleep all afternoon, then she's up half the night.

Check off on your developmental list that she understands the concept of zero. When there are no cars in the garage, she announces there are zero.....and when we pull in, there is one.....and when daddy comes home, there are two, etc. I'm not sure if knowing zero is any different than counting, but I thought I'd mention it.

Playdough skills and bathroom update

Up until now, I've been against having playdough at home. I figured Parker could play with it enough at other kid's houses and at school. But she found some in a goodie bag and played with it, and then PUT IT AWAY, so I thought I'd get her a bit more. I was really surprised to see how easily she learned to roll out the dough (using a piece of PVC) and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Who's wealthier, bakers or ceramicists?

Bob continues his work on the bathroom. The drywall was quite damaged from the wallpaper removal, so he's had to do lots of work to get them smooth again.

I'm sure our 'potty in paradise' thrills the neighbors. Parker was really confused by it as well.

And lastly, here's a picture of crazy Bob trying to race the rain and get the lawn mowed before a downpour. He's wearing a flesh colored shirt - running behind a mower in the rain is one thing, doing it shirtless is just over the top.