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Life through the eyes of Dylan...

Tschaikovsky

Tis the season and there is Tschaikovsky in the air. Well, at least filling our ears in the car everyday. The kids are loving the Swan Lake/ Sleeping Beauty/ Nutcracker cd. I admit it is nice to listen to, and I am getting a little tired of Boom Boom Pow. Sophia amazed me this morning when track 5 came on. She blurted out "Sleeping Beauty, Mommy". We have the movie, but Sophia has only watched it maybe 5 times and the last time for that was months ago. When the cd has been on in the car I comment on the Swan Lake part and Nutcracker parts and was unaware that the Sleeping Beauty piece was on disc 2 (one we listen too). Track 5 turns out to be the FIRST movement from Sleeping beauty and she recognized it right away! Not only that, she recounted what is happening in the movie - dragon part, while the music is playing. Good ear, good memory!

Pumpin' skippin' and Skiin'

There were a whole pile of first over the last couple weeks. About two weeks ago, on the way to the post office Sophia spontaneously started skipping. I recall trying to teach her last summer and it seemed pretty challenging. Not sure if they were practicing at school or if one of her friends did it thus encouraging her to try again. However it it happened, she's a full fledged skipper now. Nothing holding her back from entering kindergarten!

Next, we move on to the pumping. We were at a "strange" little birthday party last weekend and all there was to do was play on the child's swing set (well, that or run around with toy guns). So, Sophia hung out on the swing set and I left her for a while and went inside. She then came inside telling me she had something to show me. And there she was - started on her own and was pumping away! Yay me - no more pushing until the cows come home!

Lastly, Ethan, an avid skier, was very anxious to get the kids up on skis this year. Even thought there was not a flake in sight around here, he found some snow an hour and a half north and took both kids skiing last weekend! Saturday was Dylan's turn and Sunday was Sophia's. They both enjoyed it and want to go again.