Who Loves Mateus?

Well, Mia and Lennon both do. Lennon is officially obsessed with Mateus. He constantly wants to see Mateus, play in Mateus' room, sit near him, etc. He must think Mateus is his older brother as much as we see him. Unfortunately, Mateus doesn't really want much to do with Lennon. He is very sweet, but Lennon is just not Mia, so he's not what Mateus is interested in.

Lennon thinks it's hilarious to tell us that he has a penis. He thinks it's even funnier to tell us that he has a "peegina." A word he heard from Bianca. The conversation went something like this.

As I'm changing Lennon's diaper...

Bianca: Lellon? You have penis?

Lennon: Ahh. OO have penis Bonkaboo?

Bianca: Nooooo! I have a peegina!

Lennon: I have peegina Bonkaboo! I have peegina!

Me: No, Lennon, you have a penis.

Lennon: (now dancing around the room laughing maniacally) I have peegina! I have peegina!

Lovely. Now he will randomly ask Bianca and other children if they have a penis or a peegina. It's not at all completely embarrassing.

Also, Lennon seems to think that all colors are either green or pink. He says pink is his favorite color, but pink can be anything from actual pink to black or white or fuscia. How the heck do you spell that color anyway?

I met with my co-room parent, Linda, this morning to discuss the year ahead of us. We had coffee at a cute little shop down the road from our house. After talking a few minutes we discovered that she was friends with Claire because her son takes karate with Mateus. Small world. She's totally cool and I'm looking forward to being really involved in Mia's class this year. In talking to her, I learned that she pays $800 a month for her son's montessori! Craziness! I'm sure it's amazing, as it should be for that price, but my goodness! $800 a month. That's a lot of money. I would love for Lennon to go to a montessori of some type in a year or two, but that money could be so much more useful for us. Geez. Not that we could even consider that amount, but I am just finding it difficult to understand how anyone can justify spending that kind of money on kindergarten.

Mia's Boring Recess Today:

After lunch at school today, Mia and her classmates were running down the hall toward the door to the recess field. The sky was bright and sunny. Some fluffy, white clouds were floating overhead. Suddenly, as they pushed on the release bars, the sky darkened and one of the most torrential down pours she'd ever witnessed began. Bummer. No outdoor recess. So, what do they do? Some wonderful enrichment activity? No, they watch some movie. Mia referred to it as an "ABC Fire Safety" video. She was sitting in between two friends, Amily and Nora.

Amily: (in a whisper, leans over to Mia.) This video is boring.

Mia: (returns the whisper) I agree.

Nora: (whispering and leaning into Mia's ear.) This video is boring.

Mia: (not hesitating to respond again) I agree!

Mia was hysterical relaying this story to me, so I just had to put it on here to remember that moment we shared walking home from school. She's so awesome. She dressed Lennon in a sparkly, blue leotard tonight and had him come down to me to announce, "Look at me, Mommy! Dat's my ballet costume!" He loves dancing with Mia.