Vera Wang move over!

I never know what we're going to get when Lucy gets dressed. I've taken the philosophy that she can dress herself (mainly cuz she wont have it any other way) if we dont have to be in public. Wait, I take that back...she did wear her tinkerbell dress to the grocery store today. Well anyway...she takes great pride in her outfits.This particular one is her swim suit with a t-shirt, a pair of cotton tights with her flip flops. She was so excited about this one! She usually goes through about 5 of these types of outfits a day. SO much laundry, but I get a kick out of seeing what she comes up with.When I was getting Lucy ready for bed, she was distraught because she said she had left some stuff at the park. It was already dark so I took Kai with me for protection...I looked around in the dark and could see scattered peices of clothing. I found EVERY peice of this outfit at the park except the swim suit. She was so relieved to get her clothes back. We had a nice little talk about not taking clothes off except at home...I cant tell you how many peices of her clothes I find in my car, the yard, the park. It is awesome....it is what makes Lucy. She dances to the beat of her own drum without a doubt. I LOVE Lucy!

Kai the Great Brain

Kai is getting ready to do his Great Brain project. He chose to do it on SHARKS! We made 2 lists...one of things that he already knows and one of things that he wants to learn about.

The list was GIANT about the things that he already knows and equally long of things that he wants to learn. One of the things that he already knows is that sharks are hatched out of eggs! I didnt know that! . He also already knew why when sharks come out of water, thier eyes turn a color. It is a protection. We then decided to learn more about them by watching videos on youtube. We watched BBC and Discovery segments on Great Whites. It was nerve racking for me. I hate those things! My stomach was so nervous the whole time I was watching. Kai kept laughing at me because I am SUCH a wimp.

It ended up that we started watching Shark Attacks. It was CRAZY!!!! Mostly it was on seals and then there was a Killer Whale and Great White fight. Kai and I were betting who would win. He won when we saw Shamu swimming away with a big chunk of Great White in his mouth. Kai was in heaven through this whole thing. By the end of it all, I had the most nervous stomach ever. I seriously hate sharks more than ANYTHING. So much for making peace with the Ocean. Oh my gosh...scary stuff.

Back to his report...I had Kai look up the questions in google...he did a pretty good job of reading through stuff to find the answers. I was so proud of him. It's his first research paper and it will be a fine one at that!

He called Kerry and asked him to help him with some of it, there are still lots of questions that Kai wants answered about Sharks. He and Kerry should have a good time looking up those answers. He presents it to his class on 05/16 at 1:30. He is getting so excited and nervous about it. He asks and worrys about it all the time...since he has no concept of time or days, he wakes up everyday nervous that today is the day for his project and it isnt done. I tell him...Dude, if you would learn what 2 weeks meant then you wouldnt have to worry. Then he says, "Is that the same as 2 days, 2 years, 2 minutes? How long is 2 weeks!!" Oh boy. I'll keep you posted on his progress!

Learning at school? According to Kai...

I picked Kai up from school today and as usual asked him if he had a good day. He said, "Yes".
I said, "What did you learn today?"
He said, "How many times do I have to tell you, we dont even ever learn things at school!"
I almost started busting up laughing, but just smiled and said, "Really? Thats weird"
He said, "We only learn things if we go to science, but only the older grades go to science so I dont learn anything ever"
I said, "Thats a bummer"
I just decided to not remind him that he LEARNED TO READ this year...that may have just shocked him a little too much to realize that he actually is learning at school.
Love that boy!