Amarillo

We really get a kick out of both boys and when they share what they have learned in their respective schools. Nickolas is always teaching Christopher and I something new. His recent contribution to our knowledge base is that black holes are created by stars that die! Lately, he's been learning about the human body in school (who knew they talked about the reproductive system in the 5th grade?) so we are sure that he will have some tidbits to share with us next month.

Today, we were watching Ironman as a special treat for Donovan since he did so well at his orthotic appt. (we usually just do dvds on weekends or a few minutes in the car from school to home). There's a part where the characters on the screen are saying something in a different language. Donovan looks over at Christopher and asks if that's Spanish. Christopher says no, but then Donovan announces that he knows Spanish. This was news to us! We asked him to tell us what he knew in Spanish and he said "Amarillo" very clearly. Now some of you may not be that impressed by this, but for a kid who has struggled with his speech for going on 3 years now, we were pretty excited. We spent the next few minutes asking him what else he knew in Spanish. In addition to yellow, he knows that green is "verde" and red is "rojo". He also can do some counting. Now that we know that our child is bilingual :) we'll be sure to have him order for us next time we get Mexican food! Ha Ha!

Okay, one more story for you. I know the grandparents will enjoy this. While we were watching the movie, Donovan kept asking who Ironman's girlfriend was. So I asked him why he was so concerned about girlfriends. I then asked him if he had a girlfriend. His answer (a direct quote) was "Parker and Haley. But Haley gone so I just have Parker now." Both girls were in his pre-K class, but Haley recently left the school so he's down from 2 to 1. Poor kid! :) 3/20/09 Update: D is back up to two girlfriends I think, because he's been picking flowers for Kendall lately.

Love, Tamiko

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