Peter and the wolf

This is what michael read/recited to me tonight..it's the 1st page of the book before the story starts and has a round circle for each character with their picture in it and them playing the instrument.


Michael: " Peter and the Wolf is a musical fairy tale in which each character is played by a different instrument of the orchestra: Peter by the violins and all the string of the orchestra, the bird by the flute, the duck by the oboe, the cat by the....mom what is it again"

me: ...a clarinet

Michael: "....the cat by the clarinet, the grandfather by the...mom what is that again"

me: ...a bassoon..

Michael: "the grandfather by the bassoon, the wolf by the french horns, the hunters and their gunshots by the kttldrums.....how do you say it

me: "...kettledrums...

Michael: "the hunters and their gunshots by the kettledrums and the big bass drum."


along with several other quotes throughout the book, but this monologue really floored me!

Thought I'd share!

on a roll...

Michael: Is it raining out?
Daddy: Yes
Michael: Is it raining at my school?
Daddy: Yes
Michael: Is it raining in California?


Michael: "Don't worry Daddy I won't pinch your boobie, they're not HUGE like mommy's"
.............now we are finally worried about what he might say at preschool

Another sprogism....

Me: How's that ice cream cone?

Sprog: As good as you think it is!

what does 50 degrees in FL look like?

Michael insisted on wearing his Buzz Lightyear hat, gloves, and scarf to make it from the car to the building today. Such a FL boy! (Way cute though!)

My Little Factoid

We went to Great Explorations today by request of Michael. Upon entering one of the workers there had a snake out and we were allowed to touch the snake. Of course the snake's tongue came out. Here's the conversation that happened:

Me: "Michael, did you see his tongue?"
The Lady: "Snakes use their tongues to smell"
...without skipping a beat
Michael:"Just like a kimodo dragon"

the lady was quite impressed with Michael and how flawlessly he delivered that little fact. So was I for that matter, but I knew that he knew that bit of information. It always amazes me when he makes connections like that!

Cookies for Edie

We made some cookies for a friend today. It amazes me how helpful and fun Michael can be in the kitchen.

You'd neve be able to tell that he had the grandest meltdown this morning over who knows what (low blood sugar is what I think!)

We took Michael with us to Bonefish Grill tonight. We had a 1/2 hour + wait for our table. Michael and I went over to watch 3 boys that were skateboarding in the parking lot to pass some of the time. Turns out one was a former student of mine (just did FCAT testing), but remembered me none the less and was very friendly.

We get seated and they are busy. We are passing the time with Michael by coloring on the butcher block paper the cover the table with. I brought a Cars coloring book with stickers and Michael is fairly amused with it. We eat our dinner and Michael and I decide to share dessert. While waiting Michael goes into a round of knock-knock jokes:

knock-knock
who's there?
dwayne
dwayne who?
dwayne the bathtub I'm dwowning in here ...............(papa taught him this one!)

knock-knock
who's there?
cows
cows who?
cows don't who the moo silly! (I taught him this one! :) )

He manages to execute them flawlessly when people walked by.

It was really nice to receive so many complements that night. Even the waitress commented how well behaved he was.