Spelling

In March 2014 I started asking Dimitri, who was 2 at the time, if he could spell a few words for me.  I was surprised to find out that he could spell quite a few words!  So I made a list of all the words he spelled correctly.

more
food
look
for
the
to
box
dad
mom
cat
red
shoe

Just recently I asked Dimitri (now 3) to spell a few things for me, mainly out of curiosity.  Here is what he spelled:

band
fit
him
tack
sad
list
have
will
skin
photo
sitting
happy
puppy
jumping

Random Quotes From My Kids

Sometimes I write down the funny things my kids say.  Here are a few quotes I found in a note on my phone from May 2014.  (Athena was 3 and Dimitri 2)

*mumble mumble* "I'm talking to the consonants!" -Dimitri

Me: "Let's get outta here!"

Simultaneously:

Athena: "Outta??  Outta??"

Dimitri: "It's OUT OF."

"Ducks can hatch. But I can't hatch." -Dimitri

Me: "Dimitri do you want some chocolate banana shake?"

Dimitri: "No! I'm reading!"

"Mom, are you willing to share your figs with me?" -Athena (This was a favorite phrase for awhile. "Are you willing to..." It was hard to say no to because it was so cute and sweet and made me sound like a monster if I refused.)

From Spring 2015 (ages 4 and 3 now)

*singing*

"I'm so beautiful

No one's as beautiful as me

Cuz I'm so beautiful

And oh so pretty!" -Athena 

"If we go on a half a mile walk it would actually be a mile because it would be half mile out and half mile back." -Athena

Let's Play HOA

Yesterday little Athena suggested that we play a game where she goes to our HOA board and tries to convince them to let us get solar panels.  She had watched me leave in a flurry to go to our HOA meeting on Monday to relieve their fears about allowing solar panels in our community.  So we played!

I sat at the head of our coffee table and played "Mr. Nelson," Athena was me, and Dimitri was the representative from our solar company.

"Why do you want to get solar panels, Ellie?" - Me
"Because they're good for the earth and then we don't have to use nasty coal plants." -Athena
"What do coal plants have to do with it?"
"Coal plants make electricity for our houses and put nasty crap into the air."
"So, how do solar panels make electricity?"
"They use the energy from the sun"
"Ok, well, that sounds really good but what if people think they're ugly?" - Me
"Well," Athena responded as she pulled out my petition, "these people said they don't think it would be ugly."

I laughed.  I hadn't realize how attentively she had been listening to our solar power discussions.