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TBD is five years and seven months old.

Achievements unlocked in the past two months: changing paper orientation to make coloring to boundaries easier, drawing extra details on a coloring page (such as adding spots to a blank animal), drawing stars, shooting hoops at the park’s lowest basket, leapfrogging the bollards in front of Target, overhand knots, snapping

Achievements leveled up: addition by succession of any one-digit number to an arbitrary higher number (with decreasing accuracy for larger one-digit numbers), sounding out word spellings, LEGO assembly, yo-yoing, frequency of complaints about travel times (“When are we there yet?”)

I have far fewer notes than I thought I had -- or I wasn’t jotting them down. The one concrete developmental observation (aside from the short takes above) was from the start of last month: TBD glanced at 7 objects and count them in under a second because could see groups of 3+3+1 and knew that was 7. Subitizing is expanding!

I’ve lost count of the number of Christmas wish-lists that have been written out over the last five (!) months.

I also have only a few talking, talking bits, none as excellent as the woman who married a cheese:

Me: (reading) “... he joined the Space Canine Patrol.”
TBD: “dum da-da DUM!”

(4-page book written and illustrated on a trimmed manila folder, with grown-up spelling assistance; all pictures have two smiling humans the same size)
“The Camping Book | $realname //
They set up a tent. They find a trail. //
A tree was cut down on the trail. //
While walking on the trail for a long time they find a bear and a cat eating berries together.”

(singing)
“Twinkle, twinkle, little smash
How I wonder what you mash”

“I read scary stories, but just when it’s day or I get scary dreams.”
(breathtaking level of self-awareness, offered unprompted)

“I don’t know how to wash myself. I just came to this town.”

To which last -- Uh huh. Nice try, kid. We’re still doing bathtime.

---L.

Subject quote from I Would Die 4 U, Prince.

Date: 30 November 2018 04:32 pm (UTC)
cmcmck: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cmcmck
The cheese wasn't Horace the Lancre Blue was it? :o)

Date: 30 November 2018 05:37 pm (UTC)
oracne: turtle (Default)
From: [personal profile] oracne
I wonder what the smash mashes as well....

Date: 30 November 2018 06:51 pm (UTC)
sovay: (Cho Hakkai: intelligence)
From: [personal profile] sovay
“I don’t know how to wash myself. I just came to this town.”

That's a great try.

Date: 30 November 2018 11:23 pm (UTC)
sartorias: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sartorias
LOL! on the last one. Welcome to the "I hate baths!" age!

TBD sounds adorable as always.

Date: 3 December 2018 03:16 pm (UTC)
sartorias: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sartorias
Ah! For some kids, it's a hatred of having hair washed.

Date: 3 December 2018 04:24 pm (UTC)
sartorias: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sartorias
Yup, same with super blond kids with very little hair until five or six or so.

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