Frances Sings

I've written a few posts in a row about Johann and I don't want Frances to be left out. She is still doing interesting things but since she is older now, her interesting things are more like thing adults do, like putting on her own shoes. So I never feel like writing about it. Sorry Frances of the future.

One thing Frances has started doing which I am fond of is making up songs. Like today, she told me that she knew a song about pirates and proceeded to sing a song about getting a boat and getting in the car (which we were doing at the time). She just makes up the words on the fly. In fact they sound a lot like the stories that she tells sometimes. They don't rhyme but she is getting better a setting the meter.

We've also started learning German. I took German in college and have a general fondness of the language (I find it a comforting language just like everyone else). So we are listening to a phrase a day podcast and learning bits and pieces. Today we learned danke and bitte.

mwz

ABCD

A couple weeks ago (you'll notice it takes me awhile to write these) Johann brought me the They Might Be Giants album "Here Come the ABCs". As he handed it to me, he said "ABCD". I was pleased that he had recognized the CD cover.

Later though, when he found some other CDs he said "ABCD". This made us realize that he really meant CD.

When you say "Not 'ABCD', it's 'A CD'", you begin to understand why he thinks that's the correct word.

Now whenever we go to the game store or he sees DVDs or CDs, he says "ABCD".

It's really cute, so we don't press him to stop.

mwz