Five Green and Speckled Frogs

A couple of nights ago, DS1 wanted to sing some songs after we had turned the light off at bedtime. I sang one to him, but then he asked for another one that I didn't know. So I asked him to sing it for us, to teach us. And he did! It was Five Green and Speckled Frogs, and it has 5 verses, counting down from 5 to 1. DS1 repeated a little bit because sometimes he didn't remember which number verse he had just finished, so I think he actually sang about 7 verses. We were so impressed that he remembered such complex verses. Here are the lyrics:

Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs (yum yum), one jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there were four green and speckled frogs (ribbit ribbit).

Repeat, counting down to "no" (for zero).

Best Friend & other things

• Sunday DS1 told me "You're my best friend in the world." I practically melted with happiness.


• Yesterday I drove home a different way, to see a house that is for sale. This morning I drove the same way, in reverse. He said, "Mommy's driving silly. This is how we came home yesterday."


• He knows that he daycare class is going to see Goldilocks and the Three Bears later this week. They have been talking about it since last week. On Friday he asked me to tell him the story on our way home. Today, while doing puzzles at the library, he said "I'm going to go see that," and pointed to the Goldilocks puzzle that another child was doing.


• One day early last week he wanted to drive home from daycare, so I told him that he had to be 16 to drive. He has mentioned it at least 3 times while getting in or out of the car, and also told Daddy at dinner, that "when I am older than 16 I can drive my car".


• Tonight he wanted to be a "pretend baby" and lay in his brother's crib and play with the toy piano that is in the crib. So I let him for a while, as long as he stayed laying down.


• He can type his full name on the computer, but does still have to ask how his middle name is spelled.