Saturday, March 12, 2011

Dancing

Nate and Bea have really enjoyed dancing lately. Bea likes to wear her ballerina costume and dance to ballerina music with leaps and twirls. She also likes our family dance nights and has a few moves that are her own. She shakes her hands in front of her and wiggles her hips. She also does a version of the twist. These are her moves and we are told we cannot do them. Nathan's dancing involves a lot of jumping and sliding these days. His favorite song is Monster Mash, but he also really likes Dynamite. He sings along and dances crazy when this song comes on.

Last night we noticed Bea hit a milestone in her dancing. She started following along with whatever dance move Nils or I did. She was watching and mirroring it back. Once I noticed this I tried to see how much she could do and it was amazing. She got weight changes, arm movements, hip movements, Nils' fancy footwork, tempo. I was quite impressed.

Soundbites

"Thanks for making this great food, honey!" Bea at the dinner table... showing some good habits she learned from her dad.

When Bea was asked what flavor her lollipop was: "It tastes like chocolate Parmesan cheese!"

Nathan: "You never know when you might change into a grown up. 'Cause maybe when your 5 you'll be sleepin' and then you'll change into a grown up."

Bea: "What does the tooth fairy leave under your pillow?"
Nathan: "A tooth."
Bea: "I thought you left..."
Nathan: "No. Toothfairies... First... It doesn't really happen."

While a yogurt snack is being served...
Bea: "Don't eat it because its goo!"
Mom: "Do you like goo?"
Bea: "Yes, because I'm a goo monster and I eat all the goo in the world."

Mom: "Its four days until my birthday!"
Bea: "Wow! How old are you gonna be?"
Mom: "34"
Bea: "We have to make you a BIG cake, work hard on it and get our energy out!"


And now some soundbites heard afterschool. Now that they're both in pre-school full-time, Nathan and Bea have been processing school rules and classroom culture among 3yr olds or 5 yr olds.

Bea: "I was good all day long. No hitting, biting, kicking, or grabbing!"
(then she promptly hit and kicked her brother 2 minutes later)

Nathan: "No kissin' at school because you might get spit all over the floor! If you kiss it's automatic red. (referring to the traffic light behavior system in his classroom). You can hug a friend not no kissin'!

Bea: "Don't tickle eyes. No. You will run away. You can tickle like this (touches the corner of her eye) but not like this (pushes on the middle of her eyes) No."