Elephants, Counting, Tea Parties, and Music

Elephants

Ask Katie what her favorite animal in the world is and she'll tell you...ELEPHANTS!!!!! We took out books from our public library and she was quite upset when we had to return them. She'll tell you the parts of the elephant (from the tusks to the tail). She'll tell you what the Mommy, Daddy and baby elephants are called. She was absolutely delighted to get elephant stuffed animals and books on elephants for Christmas.

I asked her recently what she wanted to do when she grew up and besides being a Mommy who adopts, she wants to take care of animals and have an elephant as a pet. Boy my girl can dream big here!!!! Jeff and I have tried to tell her that we can't have an elephant as a pet in the home and her response was "okay how about a baby elephant??".

Someday we're going to have to take this girl to go see elephants in person. I can't begin to imagine her reaction to elephants then.

Counting

Ryan is doing really well with counting...especially after I created a little game that just he, Katie and I do right now. Before he could count up to 50 with quite a bit of help. Now he can count up to 100 with some help (mainly the 10's spot).

Tea Parties

Bella loves to host tea parties. She cooks in her little kitchen, pours the tea into tea cups, and hands out the goodies to eat as well. She is a very good hostess most of the time.

Music

All 3 kids love to sing and listen to music. Ryan will sing songs that he has learned from PBS Kids or from his computer along with Katie. Bella loves to sing along to me singing "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" and so far this is her most requested song. I think that if she could, she would put Mommy on repeat all day long.