Flag Day
Flag day was lovely. Bright, beautiful and sunny. Our flag was waving proudly in the breeze. The boys had the flags that they were given on Memorial Day and played with them all day.
Of Late
Kevin has learned several new words. Millipede, centipede, accident. No connection between these words so don't let your imaginations run wild. Both boys are quite chatty and say very funny things. One or both will tell me or Joe stories that are made up of things we've done and things that Oswald has done. So, it's not unusual for Kevin to tell me that he went on a picnic (true) and that he then went to the beach and built a sandcastle (a fiction and an Oswald episode). Or Jason will tell me about waving his flag at the parade (true) and that Steve Tree brought his radio (Oswald episode). That story in of itself is also a fiction but I'm trying to illustrate a point.
Favorites
I haven't done a list of favorites in a long time so here goes:
Kevin loves:
Fred (Dirty Fred, Clean Fred doesn't matter. But he knows we have more than 1 Fred so that cat (or dog as it were) is out of the bag)
Oswald the octopus (in books or on tv)
Kipper the dog (on tv)
Thomas the Tank Engine (the toys and in books, tv not so much...tooooo scary. Darn that crabby Gordon)
James the Tank Engine (the toys and in books)
Bob the Bus driver (who is really the Little People bus driver Carlos) little plastic 2" tall fellow who can drive a bus, fly a helicopter, fly a plane, and has several other talents and is a close personal friend of Handy Manny, 3" tall fellow who wears gloves and a hat
Woody the Little People train driver little plastic 2" tall fellow, excellent train conductor
Nemo (stuffed and in books, never seen the movie)
Lightening McQueen (in books, never seen the movie)
Trucks, Diggers, Dozers, Cranes, any construction trucks (toys or real ones)
Trains (toys or real ones)
Rides in the car
Pasta especially wagon wheels Rotini, mostly Rotini in fact
Popsicles
Ice cream - vanilla mostly
the color Orange
second favorite color, Red
Flags
Running
Walking and holding hands
Motorcycles (real ones) (there is a motorcycle class conducted at the school behind our house, we walk over and watch)
Reading
Sweets, anything sweet
Jason loves:
Chewy his bear (and he also knows that we have more than 1)
Singing (he does daily performances of his own compositions and some mashups of his favorites)
Music all types, genres
Oswald
Kipper
Bear, his other bear that is not Chewy
Construction trucks
Meat - ham, chicken, beef, you name it
Happy crackers (Kashi crackers)
Chocolate ice cream
Flags most kinds but mostly American flags
Playing guitar, drums, horn, kazoo, harmonica, piano
Wagon rides
Reading, reading, reading, books books books
Watching our neighbors mow and wack weeds
Golf (he has an amazing swing and terrific follow through, even goes up on his toe)
Baseball - great right pitching arm and can switch hit
rocking in our flowered rocking chair
climbing
