It seems like Noah has become a "real" five-year old in the last month or so. He's picked up some little catch phrases, like "Oh boy" (that one works in many situations ... when he's surprised by something, when something doesn't go his way, when he's really excited about something that's about to happen), and "tell you what," which he uses when he wants to repeat something he's been told to do so it sounds like it was his idea in the first place. He's started telling knock-knock jokes, and even though most of the time the punchline makes no sense, it's pretty funny to watch him crack himself up. He's also decided to take some things very seriously, like oral hygiene. Tonight I took him and Ava for ice cream and he told me on the way back home that we shouldn't eat ice cream because it contains sugar and can cause our teeth to get cavities. He also wanted me to show him how to use dental floss.
And then there is Ava, girl genius. Tonight she put the forks out for dinner and told me she was going to make a pattern. She took out two regular dinner forks and two white plastic forks and alternated their placement on the table. She is also the queen of adverbs, a skill which I have come to recognize is lacking in most three-year olds, not to mention the majority of the adult population. Some of her more quotable - "My leg is hurting badly," "Noah isn't playing nicely," and "You have to sit correctly". Really!
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