The kids are watching Mommy’s favorite show with me tonight, “So You Think You Can Dance.” Before I know it, Katie has gone into my closet & retrieved my old tap shoes. I remembered I had a flat pair too. I let William use those. Here they are tapping away in our bathroom. Hehehe
This kid never ceases to amaze us. (Now I feel guilty for saying that. They both amaze us, but this particular story is about William.) This past weekend as we were hanging out as a family, Katie gets dangerously close to touching something hot which prompts the following:
Chris: Katie. Don’t touch that. It’s very hot. It’s as hot as the surface of the sun.
William: It’s 6,000 degrees Celsius?
At this point Chris and I look at each other in amazement. What??? Did he really just say that?
Me: William? Where did you learn that?
William: I just know it.
Then he proceeds…
William: I also know my very excellent muver just sent us nine pizzas.
Yes… muver. It’s William-speak for mother. But why is he saying I sent them nine pizzas?
Me: Huh?
William: Mercury, Venus, Erf, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Chris and I, again, stare at each other in amazement. Did he skip a few grades while we weren’t looking? And, yes, I wrote Erf. That’s William-speak for Earth. (And, yes, I laughed inside when he said Uranus. Cuz that’s what *I* learned in grade school… to laugh when I hear Uranus.)
And just because we always want to make sure the kids know that we know more than them… Chris asked William about the Sun.
Chris: What about the Sun?
The only thing missing from William’s words were “duh”. His expression had it written all over it though.
William: That’s a STAR.
OK. Many of our friends told us not to expect much from public school. But right about now I’m thinking it’s working out pretty well. I know I didn’t learn that stuff in Kindergarten!!!
The Saturday before Easter my mom and I took the kids to the UT Golf Club for an Easter Eggstravaganza. The kids had a great time. They met the “Easter Bunny”, jumped a lot in the bouncy house, got their faces painted, ate lunch, hunted for eggs and fed animals in the petting zoo.
I’m back to thinking Katie is heading towards being a vet. She had absolutely no fear of these animals. She loved on them so sweetly, talked to them genuinely and fed them. They had 5 day old baby goats. Omg. They were so precious. One of the animals the kids loved the most was the monkey. It was on a leash with a trainer. The kids thought it was hysterical he was wearing a diaper. (and he picked his nose & licked his finger once. Absolutely hysterical in their book)
We had a great time with only one minor hiccup. The kids were in two separate age groups for the egg hunt. Katie in the under 5. And William in the 6 & up. Katie’s started first and William was sooooo patient. Apparently the other 6 & up kids don’t have ears though… Or their parents don’t, I’m not sure which. Maybe both. They started their hunt when the little ones did instead of waiting. And many of them didn’t follow the “only 6 eggs per kid” rule. By the time I ran William over to his hunt, all the eggs were gone. Parents were taking pictures of their older kids with baskets overflowing with eggs. I saw the tears welling in William’s eyes. Luckily one sweet girl saw & asked me if it was true they were only supposed to have six. I said “yes,” and she shared with William.
Sorry this is so late, but here are some pics…
