Pweb Kids

[steph]

*Bump* for Dave.

[Taalcon]

You asked for it:

One day, I suddenly heard a 'clop clop clop', and found my 18 month old had put on Mommy's high heels, and decided to perform her own version of "Pat-a-cake", which goes, "Roll...Pat...a BABY CAKE!"


She learned from her 17 year old aunt the skill of not only knocking on a door, but eavesdropping afterwards.


And this is what I often find when I go to get her up from a nap.

[Gravity Defier]

She's adorable, Taal. You should be very, very proud.

[steph]

Cute!!! She sure is articulate for her age.

[Taalcon]

Anne (19 months) singing her ABCs.

[VelvetElvis]

Bless her little heart.

[starlooker]

"Oh, no!"

Sounds so concerned!

Very, very, very cute, Taal. Also, I gotta vote your daughter video series as "Best use of the new YouTube embedding feature."

[Gravity Defier]

Man, she's not too bad at all. Next up, backwards alphabet!

[steph]

Seriously, her intellectual development is impressive. It reminds me of Tyler....

[Mich]

Man, she's not too bad at all. Next up, backwards alphabet!

I've already figured out how to do a backwards D: b
And a backwards B, look at that: d

[Gravity Defier]

Oh, Mich *pinches cheeks* our little genius, I'm just so proud of you.


(I can say the alphabet backwards. It's my only special talent.)

[starlooker]

(I can say the alphabet backwards. It's my only special talent.)

*gasp*

ME, TOO!

I freaking love doing that. It never fails to impress. Plus, you know, going through things that are alphabetical is somehow a little easier for it.

[Gravity Defier]

Now I have to ask: when/why did you learn it?

[Noodle]

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

[steph]

TMBG FTW!

Although I would have picked ZYX instead.

[Noodle]

I forgot about ZYX. that is also fitting.

[Taalcon]

So my wife has had a set of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs plastic banks from when she was a kid, that Anne has fallen in love with. Because the first one she brought to me was Dopey, I gave that name when she asked me what it was. She thought that was hilarious, and called him "Dokie". Now, all seven of the Dwarfs are "Dokies".

She's been setting the Dokies up in pairs, and arranging them around the house. Today, I decided to give her some context, and put on the DVD of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs while she was playing with the Dokies.

Blew. Her. Mind.

[steph]

[starlooker]

AWESOME!

[LilBee91]

*sigh* I remember the first time I read The Princess Bride.

Your kids are so cool, steph.

[Noodle]

I remember when I read Princess Bride, it was like two years ago. Your kids have such a leg up on me.

[Platypi007]

So awesome! I read it in college, before that I didn't know there was a real book, just knew about the movie.

This goes here, I think.

[Taalcon]

I can't wait until my kid is old enough to read Geek Books.

[steph]

I'm pretty excited by how excited he is to read it. It will take him some time, just because the size of the font is a little hard for a 6 year old and the length is a little overwhelming for him. Normally, a book that size he writes off as too long. But he loves the movie so much and he's WAY excited about the map in the middle, so he's taken on the challenge. I promised him a "Princess Bride" Party when he's done, so if anyone wants to join us for the movie, MLT's, Miracle Pills (aka peanut butter balls or cookie dough truffles), feel free to dress up and join us!

[Young Val]

Steph, I don't know how I missed that Tyler is reading this book. Awesome! (And, for the records, I want to come to your Princess Bride party SO much!)

I love this movie and I love the book. It's the second book David and I ever read aloud together, and it's really, really ideal for that.

Is Tyler starting at the beginning with the chapters about Goldman and his ficticious family, or is he skipping right to the story of Buttercup and Westley?

[steph]

He started at the beginning, but he said it was boring, so he skipped to the Buttercup part. I couldn't fault him for that. He is a 6 year old boy, after all!

[Young Val]

[Claire]

He started at the beginning, but he said it was boring, so he skipped to the Buttercup part. I couldn't fault him for that. He is a 6 year old boy, after all!

Haha. I skipped ahead reading it as a 14 year old girl too,

[Dr. Mobius]

*bumps for Rei*

[Rei]

I didn't read it as a 14 year-old girl, though... I was at least 18 when I first read it.

[locke]

Anne (19 months) singing her ABCs.

cute..

that reminds that as a child I had the habit of rearranging the letters so they were in the proper order from about the age of three or so. even at other people's houses. The letters were all mixed up! so bad, must fix puzzle letters by unscrambling the mess.

I'm in awe of Tyler reading that book at six. I was reading boxcar children and thought that was pretty awesome and grown up.

[steph]

Adam, I totally can't wait to see what your kids are like. They are going to be pretty freaking awesome.

I'm in awe of Tyler's abilities, too. Unfortunately, he hasn't had much time to read Princess Bride since that day. He has reading assignments from his normal teacher and from his 3rd grade teacher that's working with him for reading. Between those every day, math, spelling and needing time to just be a kid playing, he's not getting a lot of time to free read. Maybe over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks he can finish it.

[Taalcon]

In Which Anne Goes Apple Picking, Kisses an Apple, and goes Om Nom Nom.

[steph]

This week, during Thanksgiving break, we're doing science lessons at home! We are learning how sugar acts at different temperatures. Yesterday, we boiled sugar syrup to test how sugar at the different stages acts when dropped into cold water. Each day, we are making a candy that requires being cooked to each of the stages of cooked sugar. Today is fudge. The rest of the list includes caramels, marshmallows, salt water taffy and toffee. So far the boys and I are having fun and Brian's looking forward eating all of our scientific results!

[starlooker]

Sounds like SO much fun! I need to learn to make candy. In the name of SCIENCE.