I (Pam) laid my head on the table during Maya K's evening snack time.
Maya K: (tapping me on the arm) "Mommy, no. Sleeping in bed (as she points upstairs)."
Maya K: (tapping me on the arm) "Mommy, no. Sleeping in bed (as she points upstairs)."
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At breakfast, Maya K began telling me a story about her purple stuffed zebra that she slept with. I had asked her if she slept well and then asked if her zebra had slept well.
She started by telling me that the zebra had stuck his tongue out at her. Then he licked her cheek!!! Can you imagine the nerve??? :-)
After licking her, the zebra started jumping on the bed, but Maya K did not jump on the bed because that is "no, no". He jumped so big that Maya K told him to be quiet and then he jumped off the bed and quietly sneaked downstairs and took a chocolate cookie and ATE IT!!!!
But he was so "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" (i.e. "quiet") that mommy didn't hear him.
This story was told with a lot of actions and facial expressions (wish I could have recorded it) and words like "no, no", "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", "BIG jump", "mommy, no listen", "ears no listen", etc.
At least we know she has no problems with her imagination!!!!
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We like to listen to music in the car while we are out and about. We have three new CDs that have children's Sunday School songs on them and we are listening through one of them for the first time. The song "Kumbaya, My Lord" came on today (Friday).
Maya K has taken ownership of this song because she thinks it is a song about HER.
Maya K: (singing) "Kum-Maya, My Lorrrrrr, Kum-Maya."
She was singing each line after it was finished on the CD and was learning the song pretty quickly. She kept singing it as she got out of the car. I just can't seem to get her to hear the difference between "baya" and "Maya"!!!!
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We were preparing for me (Pam) to give Nathan a haircut. He went into the bathroom to get his hair wet and when he came out, he had spiked it all straight up!!!!
Maya K: (giggling) "Daddy hair dinosaur!!!!"
OH my goodness, I love hearing all the new things she's learning and saying!! What a blessing! :) So thankful she is home with you this year for Christmas!! :)
ReplyDeleteI wondered why Greg likes to spike his hair...now I know this is a "Maxwell" thing! Btw...the children are not only counting down the days till Christmas, but they're also keeping track of how many days till they get to see Maya K next! :) It's so sweet. They have the days for each written on a little chalkboard. :)
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