Soundbites

Bea just got 2 new sets of jammies- one is a purple cheetah design, one is a gumball design.
M: Which jammies are you going to wear tonight?
B: Well, if I wear the cheetahs I will be wild. If I wear the gumballs I will be settled.
M: Oh, which one will it be tonight?
B: Gumballs.
Bea came into storytime in her Cheetahs and true enough, she was right about the wild thing.

Bea bumped her head on the car door.
M: Oooo, are you okay.
B: Yeah, it was just a crump.

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."

Valentine Shoes

Bea has started to express her interest in more "girly clothes." I usually dress her in pants, sneakers, soft materials for comfort and mobility, but I see that she is ready to expand another part of her wardrobe.
Yesterday as she was getting dressed she asked me, "Where are my skirts?" She asked this as if I had been keeping them in a different drawer that she hadn't come across yet.
Today as she got dressed she asked, "Where are my party shoes?" Once again, she did not ask me for new shoes but inquired in a tone that could be used when looking for her favorite shoes she wore every day.
After school today she asked, "Where are my Valentine shoes?" This time I had to clarify and without hesitation she described, "They are red, sparkly and have bows on them."
Okay.... I think I see a pattern- more twirly, sparkly kind of clothes. I can do that.

Angry Birds

Big Snow

Director

Bea has taken the lead in directing plays. Our standards are The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Ridding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and Jack and the Beanstalk. This weekend we were at Mimi and Papa's house with her Great Aunt Cindy and Great Grandma Lucille and Bea assigned parts to everyone. She had Lucille tasting porridge, Cindy saying Fe Fi Fo Fum and Nils pretending to be a wolf. The wolf part actually did scare her a bit. No matter how much it still looks like dad sitting in mimi's chair... it makes a kid look a little closer and walk a little slower when that creapy voice says "All the better to see you with, my darling!" Bea jumped and ran before that wolf could finish saying "eat you up!"