My little liar

[jan_andrea]

Stephen just came upstairs to tell me a leprechaun had gotten into our house and ran around and ate lots of colors (what he calls those little fruit snack packs). Yuh huh. I blame school -- they are very creative, but sometimes I wonder what they're thinking. Today they found leprechaun footprints, a wee leprechaun hat, and little green plastic "gold" coins left by the leprechaun. A little late, but sounds fun. Trouble is, he believes these things implicitly -- as with the gingerbread man who "really really came to life" a couple of months ago -- and we're either left in the position of lying to him (Oh, yes, absolutely that's true!) or making his teachers out to be the liars. Very awkward. But clearly all the kids enjoy it... I'm not really sure what to think :P

Since it's been so long since I wrote, I'll mention that David came back a week earlier (yay!) on the 13th instead of the 20th (um, yes, that would be today), so we have had a much nicer week than we otherwise would have. It's such a relief to have another adult in the house, not to mention the other obvious benefits :)

Sophie is finally on track for language development, and I expect her to catch up to her peer group within 6-10 months, based on her current explosion. She repeats words with regularity now (it's funny to watch her watch Thomas videos -- they'll show a bee and she'll say "A bee?! A bee?!" Or my favorite, "Percy puffed out as easy as pie." "PIE! PIE!") and has rudimentary sentences -- "Jehjeh (Stephen) gwan gwy" -- "Stephen [is going to/has been/will] cry!" Granted, most other 2.5 year olds passed this stage months ago, but it's a relief to me :)

Comments

[lemmings-world.livejournal.com]

Congrats to Sophie! Is she a convert to the Thomas Way? Monkey can tell her all about it, and point out anything Thomas-related at 50ft.

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Oh, she adores Thomas. "Whoo hoo HOO hoo!" is Sophie-speak for trains, and she'll let us know immediately if she sees anything train-related. I think we'll probably take them both to the Day Out with Thomas this summer -- it'll be about an hour's drive, which is peanuts to see a Real! Live! Thomas!!!

Kill me now :P

OTOH, it means the small fortune we've spent on Thomas trains is good for at least another few years :)

[lemmings-world.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'll be feeling your pain this September when we bring Alex to see it as well. My only saving grace is that he doesn't get the concept of time yet, (besides 'tommorrow is one bedtime'), so it won't be the daily barrage of: "IS IT TIME FOR THOMAS YET?!?" He's already getting ready to bring my Mom to the 'big train store!' when she comes to visit next month. (i.e. the really expensive one where all they sell is the wooden stuff.)

If it helps for a distraction, here are two of his favorite sites to browse around:
www.allaboardtoys.com/thomas_the_tank_engine_train_and_friends/
www.rrgifts.com/