Ally watched a politically correct Blues Clues last week about holidays - covering Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Today she said to me that she wanted to celebrate Kwanzaa. OK. A few minutes later she was mad at me because I wouldn’t let her do something. She said, in her most aggrieved [...]
Cole’s new made up game.
Get pieces of paper. Cut them in sort of small pieces (about 1″ by 2″). Stand up on a dining room chair. Reach up with a piece of paper in one hand and scissors in the other. Cut the paper in half and say “Fireworks tan!” as [...]
Cole is red-green colorblind just like both his grandfathers. This leads to amusing conversations:
Cole: Ally, what color is this?
Ally: It’s red!
Cole: Oh, I thought it was brown. Thanks, Ally.
Ally: You’re welcome!
Someday he may be a great artist…but Ally will help him pick colors.
Cole found a leaf yesterday that he thought was shaped like a tuna. An upload download tuna fish, to be exact. It’s called that because it swims up and down in the water.
Ally yesterday: Mommy, I’m your daughter and Cole is your sunshine.
Cole: Let’s play four rounds of hide and seek then go watch more
Winged Migration!
Ally: Yeah! Four rounds!
Ally hides her eyes and counts to ten while Cole hides under the sink.
Ally finds him. Then Ally hides…under the sink. Then Cole hides…
under the sink. Then Ally hides…under the sink. Two [...]