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Guess who said, “How old do I need to be to drive?”
Will and Amelia have great imaginations and sometimes even use them for good, like when they decide to play together nicely. Recently they were going to play their most popular imaginary game, “Brother and Sister”, yes, I know. Amelia said, “My name is Elizabeth and I’m 14.” Then Will said, “My name is John, and…Mom, how old do you need to be to drive?” I told him 16, and he finished his sentence with “My name is John and I’m 16!”.
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Go Cardinals!
The kids earned free Cardinals tickets through our library’s summer reading program, and we used them Monday night. It was great! The weather cooled off a bit and we were in the shade. Will and Amelia had lots of questions and followed the game. Whenever something good happened for the Cardinals Will would say “Yesss!” with enthusiastic arm movements. Maggie hung in there until the top of the 6th inning when she just couldn’t be entertained by walking around or drinking out of the water fountain any longer. Unfortunately we missed the incredible 7th inning grand slam for a win. Next time we’ll get a babysitter for Maggie and we’ll stay until the end.
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Last weekend we went to a picnic at Dr. Ley’s house, one of Dave’s bosses. The kids wanted to know if it was Barry’s house, the boss they know. After explaining that he has more than one boss, Amelia asked “Which boss powers over you more dad?”. I like the way Amelia just says it like it is!
Yesterday Will and I were playing “I Spy”. He said “I spy with my little eye something that starts with the letter B”. I asked questions until he told me it was a helicopter. We talked about how helicopter starts with the letter H and then I asked where exactly he saw this helicopter in our house. He said “I see it in my heart AND in my brain”. Great, new rules for “I Spy” I guess.
Maggie is chatting more and more all the time. She isn’t saying “thank you” quite so much but does love to say “uPPP” whenever she needs to get somewhere. She uses it a lot when I’m making dinner and can’t really hold her much, tugging on my clothes crying, and when she’s hungry. She will stand by her highchair and say it over and over until I put her in her seat and give her a snack. She is a good communicator.