Blueberries, dinglehoppers, and firetrucks

We have been busy the past few weeks, so we have a lot to update you on.
This morning, We went to the Library this morning for Fire Safety week. The Morning 4 year old class from Jack and Jill Preschool was also there. Lillie is in the front row in the overalls and heart jacket. Camille, the Little blonde girl next to Lillie is one of her friends. Camille's Brother, Gavin, is in Lillie's preschool class.
Sophie's 2nd tooth came in about 3 weeks ago. She has been scooting backwards a lot and last night, she pushed herself up onto her hands and knees. Two weeks ago, she decided that she hates baby cereal and baby food. She refuses to open her mouth when we try to feed her. She usually laughs with her mouth open, but when she is at the table and laughing she keeps her mouth shut tight while she laughs. She also learned how to play with the food by blowing raspberries. The other night at the dinner table she was blowing raspberries and I said "are you going to blow raspberries?" Lillie chimed in, "I am going to blow blueberries."

Lillie's favorite movie to watch in the car is "The Little Mermaid." There is a scene in the movie where the silly seagull, skuttle, tells the little mermaid, Ariel, that a fork is a "dinglehopper" and humans use it to comb their hair. Two weeks ago, Lillie was sitting at the kitchen counter eating lunch. I looked over and she was using the fork to comb her hair. I told her, " don't comb your hair with the fork." She responded, "It is not a fork, it is a dinglehopper."

Lillie can also count backwards from 10 to 1. At the end of each preschool class, the kids go outside to play and as the moms were watching them play last week, Lillie's Preschool Teacher, Mrs. Hagen approched me. She said, "During circle time today Lillie was able to recognize all of her classmate's names." When she said "During circle time today," I must have had that 'oh great, what did my child do today' look on my face, because I couldn't imagine what Lillie could have done to have the teacher approach me. Lillie also is great at recognizing store logos, "kalamazoo" signs and police cars. The Police car recognition is great when you are suppose to be driving 25 mph on the main street in town.

And finally, Brian would like to thank "Preschool." Two weeks ago, Lillie came down with a cold, followed by Sophie, myself and finally Brian. When I told Brian that Lillie probably brought the cold home from preschool, he said, "thank you Preschool."