He's a smart kid...

Andrew's teachers have mentioned more than once that he's the "enrichment" child in their class. I laughed. Yep, he knows the usual stuff; shapes, colors, letters, numbers, counting. Aparently, it's not normal to know Octagon or that it's a stop sign or that you spell stop S-T-O-P. Cute kid. I can only guess that he's taking in stuff when we're teaching Audrey. Yes, Audrey, who LAST summer (when she turned 4) made Phil and I cry because she still didn't know the letters of the alphabet. We'd show her a letter and she'd shrug her shoulders because she had no idea what it was. Audrey who this summer made me eat more chocolate and pull my hair out when trying to teach her to read... not difficult reading... easy words like "I", "and", and "the". I will admit, a book may have flew across the kitchen before I threw in the towel. At that point, I was still thinking about sending her to a school that is 1/2 time homeschool and 1/2 time in-school. The day the book went flying I knew homeschooling was "out the window" :)

But, Andrew... sweet, sweet boy that never stops talking. He actually has 3 years of preschool ahead of him. Arkansas is changing the cut off date for kindergarten to August 1st. Andrew's August 4th birthdate means he can't attend that year. I know, I should be fine with that and I am (for the most part)... I just may have to work a little harder to keep him interested in learning. To challenge him.

Now, I just need to teach the simple things like keeping fingers out of noses and talking with a more appropriate volume level when we're in public.

Oh, the reason for this post!!! (silly me) Today, there was a cake for the teachers at school... a hall coordinator's last day was today (and I got her job, cool!). Another hall coordinator peaked her head into Andrew's class and asked his teachers if they wanted any C-A-K-E. Andrew replied back: I want Cake!

Does that mean I can't spell "naughty" words around my kids anymore? Wait until his picks up on D-U-M-B... or other choice words ;)

Sweet, sweet child.