Ee, I, Ee, I, Ooh

Singing during bath time has always been part of our routine since Emily was a baby.  If we aren't singing we are going over new vocabulary that has popped up with everyday words learned from teachers, friends, and family.  Lately, Emily's favorite song to sing has been "Old McDonald Had A Farm" with her picking the animals for which we make sounds for during the song.  Every night she requests this song and now has Avery singing along and dancing, although Avery only sings ee, i, ee, i ooh.  All the animals on the farm are familiar except for the one requested last night, MONSTER.  Yes, apparently on Emily's farm there is a monster that says, rawr!  She surprises me everyday.

More often I see that Emily is now repeating everything people say as soon as they say it.  She sounds like a parrot when you are trying to have a conversation, but later she recalls new words and will use them for her own expressions.  Being the older sister, Emily has a tendency to be bossy and new words and phrases come in handy when bossing a younger sister around.  Of course Avery doesn't seem to be a good follower which frustrates Emily to no end.  I really need to put up a video of Emily and her conversations with her sister during playtime.  They are hilarious and Emily's pronunciations make her sound like a foreigner.

At preschool Emily is doing great in her learning of numbers and can count to ten all by herself as well as say her ABC's.  She is also learning some Spanish and can now recognize her colors correctly.  Emily has learned the rules in her classroom and we try and apply those rules at home as well.  The other day as I was picking her up she was in time out.  Later on that night I asked her what the reasons for being placed in time out were and she responded, "For pushing, for hitting, for biting, for pull hair, and for not listening,"  Of course knowing these rules does not mean that she follows them all the time.  We are working on the not listening part because  that is the reason she is in time out most of the time, although I'm sure as all parents are I will be working on this rule for rest of my life.