February 4, 2011

  • Grant got a hamster Zhu Zhu pet for his birthday.  Today we made a DUPLO cage for it.  We were putting fences around the outside to keep the hamster in.  We put a double layer of fences, and I thought we were done.  But Madeleine told me that we needed "one more detail", which was putting on a third layer of colored fences on top.  I had no clue she knew the word "detail". 

    Now Grant is standing in the cage and Madeleine wants him to get out and then he destroyed it and Madeleine says "Grant, you're making me sad!"  He makes her sad a lot.  I said we should build the cage with walls, so that it'd be stronger:  the fences are flimsy.  But no, Madeleine wants fences.

    Madeleine says now "Grant destroyed his hamster cage and I want to make it again." 

    Now she's pointing at the words on the screen that I type and tells me that she sees the kids' names. 

    The other day she brought me a marker and told me that it was "baby bunny pink", and she'd never been told that before.  She's really learning to recognize lots of words.

    Well, she's standing her right next to me whining about all sorts of things -- she's thirsty, she needs to make a new cage -- so I better go.  But I feel like writing, so hopefully I'll be back soon.