Vocabulary humor

It seems Ethan likes to try out new words every day. Yesterday, the word of the day was "forgot", which comes out as "got". It's fun to see them learn how different words work in different situations, rather than the one-word-fits-all approach. He used to say "missed it" to mean forgot. Of course yesterday he was saying "forgot" when I hadn't really (i.e. I hadn't got a chance to finish sorting their summer/winter clothes so there was a pile on the floor, which he thought I "forgot" rather than just didn't have time for!), but still. Today his words are "handsome" and "pretty".

He is also practicing the days of the week, though he is stuck on Monday and Saturday. Yesterday, Sunday, he kept insisting it was Monday. He finally by the end of the day got Sunday and this morning when he woke up, Jack asked him what day it was and he pointed his finger up and said "Saturday", then paused, said "No, Monday". Jack asked what day will it be tomorrow and he said "Tuesday." I think they are actually learning something at school :) His other favorite expression is "not today". I asked him if he needed to go pee pee and he said "no, not today". Of course he will use this to try to get out of anything too.!

Isaac of course has some funnies too. We started using a booster seat grandma gave us. Isaac especially is fond of it, but he calls it his "rooster". The other day when Ethan sat it in, he started screaming "Ethan, that's my cock-a-doodle-doo!". He also drew a pretty amazing dinosaur that is being used by my mom's art teacher colleague as an example of preschematic drawing (yeah, I had to look it up too).

Meantime, they do seem to like school, even if it seems they are perpetually sick with something. They like the big running around mat they have in their classroom (more like a gym set-up). It can be hard to actually find out what they did in school. They often have different stories about it like Isaac will tell me they played basketball, while Ethan will say "no, not today." But they talk more and more about their friends, learning their names. I wasn't sure what to do on Friday when I went to pick them up. They were still sitting in circle time and Ethan was sitting next to a girl and he was looking at me then would lean over and kind of kiss her on the back of the head a couple times. Neither the girl nor the teacher seemed to notice so I didn't make a big deal of it, but I certainly hope that's not a sign of things to come!

Blue-light moon

The boys are getting to the embarrassing stage. You know, the one where they ask why someone's fat or moon store clerks. Yes, that's right. Two days ago I was checking my K-Mart receipt when I heard the teller, a young lady clearly new, gasp and exclaim "Oh my." I looked, expecting to see someone getting into something they shouldn't but instead getting an eyeful of Ethan with his pants down. She was so shocked and horrified I had to try hard not to laugh. I just scolded him and shooed them out. I know it's not appropriate public behavior but I didn't know someone would be quite so shocked by it either, perhaps I'm just too used to kid behavior. It has happened on other occasions too, such as at Lowe's, where the sales girl just said "Um, they've got their pants down." She at least had good humor about it.

Despite all appearances, we do drill into them not to do that. For one thing, working with sex offenders, I know you never know what kind of creeps might be around. Sometimes they do actually get it and will get very upset about not having pants on. Isaac will say "big people no see pee pee".

Meantime, I find their personality differences quite educational. Ethan is more happy-go-lucky, as we've always known, but apparently that is more conducive to education. He often masters things before Isaac, I think because he doesn't have the same level of frustration. Isaac has always been more engaged and trying to understand how things work but gives up more easily. Ethan mastered making this toothbrush flash a long time ago while Isaac still hasn't and insists on getting help. Food for thought anyway.