May Dialogue and Milestones
Daycare Sheet, May 4th
Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a good day today. For art she used paint dabbers to color coffee filters. She did great She got a little pushy before lunch.”
Dialogue, May 5th
Ian asks while dancing: “Is anybody ready to see my magic show?”
Daddy: “Will there be dancing?”
Ian: “Yes, that’s the first of it!”
Dialogue, May 8th
Ian wakes up from nap:
“I love you, Daddy.”
Dialogue, May 8th
Mommy and Daddy propose a new way of doing videos and books at night: Namely rather than starting out with three and LOSING them for bad behavior. Starting out with zero and EARNING as many as good behavior allows. Ian met this idea with tears and rebellion: “That’s the most not nice idea EVER!”
Dialogue, May 13th
Nina: “N-I-N-A Neeena!”
Dialogue, May 13th
Nina remembering an earlier trip: “Saw Mars at zeeum!”
Dialogue, May 13th
Nina sees deer in the back yard: “Reindeer!”
Dialogue, May 15th
Nina, who had gone to the doctor the day before: “Wend to doctor sterday.” (Of note, she got bigger, stronger, smarter and more agile in the last week, not kidding.)
Milestone, May 16th
Ian gets dear old dad a new box of tissues. Closes door and window for Daddy.
Dialogue, May 16th
Nina makes a deal with Daddy, who just suggested bedtime: “I play for two minutes in sunwoom.”
Daycare Sheet, May 17th
Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a good day today! For art she glued feathers on to a toucan! She did a great job! She kept getting mad because they kept sticking to her hands! After art we went out on the playground.”
Dialogue, May 19th
Nina helps Daddy put together a game about falling through some ice. The game has 24 blocks of ice and a bear that stands on top of them. Nina hands Daddy a block, asks: “Need another one?”
Daddy says: “Yes.”
Nina asks: “Need another one?”
Daddy says: “Yes.”
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Daddy says: “Yes.”
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Daddy says: “Yes.”
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Daddy says: “Yes.”
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Daddy says: “Yes.”
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Dialogue, May 19th
Nina imitating a musician (who said “I can play a guitar like this!”) she saw on TV by putting a guitar behind her back and saying: “Like dis!”
Dialogue, May 21
Nina, after witnessing Daddy accidentally using a butter knife for his own meal: “”Daddy, I need butter too.”
Daycare Sheet, May 24th
Ian’s Caregiver: “Ian really enjoyed his PJ Day! He ate lots of popcorn and cheered Balto on in the end. Fun day!”
Daycare Sheet, May 24th
Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a lot of fun not he playground this morning with all her friends. When we came inside we got out our ball and rolled it around between all the kids – Nina ha slots of turns catching the ball. She was a very popular choice when her friends were picking someone to roll to. She ate a great lunch and fell asleep FAST at nap time. We must have worn her out.”
Daycare Sheet, May 25th
Nina’s Caregiver: “She played in the sandbox and then picked some ‘flowers’ or weeds. Nina said ‘My flowers are so pretty.'”
Dialogue, May 28th
Daddy’s ad lib from a goodnight book: “Are daddy’s cookies yummy or yucky?”
Nina’s response: “Yummy! I had one wif dinner!”
Daycare Sheet, May 30th
Ian’s Caregiver, Accident Report:“Ian was trying to crouch down while playing hide and seek. When he scraped his right knee on the wood chips.”
Daycare Sheet, May 31st
Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a great day today. I sat her on the potty once, and she cried til I took her off. She didn’t want to sit after that…” (I love that they sometimes start off with “Nina had a great day” and then proceed to tell us about her pretty crappy sounding day.)
