Michael's Update

I hope these work. I have been having trouble viewing videos on Blogger, but hopefully you can see it. Michael has started taking piano lessons this last month. Yep, you heard right. I didn't start the others until 2nd grade, but Michael is sooo interested in music and he's definitely got some talent, so I borrowed some Pre-Reading music books from my friend to see if he would be interested in it. So far he has loved it!! We have to go at his pace, and he doesn't like to play a song more than once at a time so our "lessons" last 5-10 minutes depending on his mood. But we're making progress and he really likes it.



Some funny things he's said lately:
-One of the dads around here rides his bike to the bus stop to get his little girl on the bus in the morning. While Michael was watching for the bus one day he saw his bike and said, "Mom, that bike is pretty much awesome and fast!" I said, "Really?" Snigger, snigger. "Yeah", he said in awe, "it's cool." Pretty much awesome??? Where do they come up with these things?

-He was very upset the other day, actually had the nerve to try and throw a tantrum when I wouldn't let him give me a haircut with the electric razor. Seriously!!

-He just hollered at his brothers, "I don't like you guys yelling at me!! So, it's your choice!"

I need to do better at writing things down. We are constantly laughing about things he's said, but do you think I can remember them when I want to record them? No.

He has started writing his name in the last week! I was really impressed. I just write his name at the top of the page and talk him through the letters, but he can write them just by looking at it. He still doesn't know the names of all the letters, though. He calls "M" "bump, bump" (referring to the way you write it--you know--bump, bump!)

He fell asleep with a backpack on--stuffed with heavy toys! I had him take it off earlier in the night and apparently he put it back on after I left. In the morning he said, "See Mom? I told you I could."