Spelling Words

The kids are great at recognizing letters now, and so their interest is growing trying to spell words, etc. They are starting to spell out words around town as they see them everywhere. Funny how they try to say what words mean, without knowing what word they spell:

Connor at the Wild Animal Park reading the sign at the food stand: O-P-E-N, that say Hot Dog!

Connor going into the women's bathroom with Mommy: L-A-D-I-E-S, that say Girls!

Avery spells a ton of words too. When we pull up to park somewhere, she demands that there's a sign of some sort on her side. She ends up spelling all the words on the sign.

Driving

They now know their directions, but only as they relate to being in the car.
Left is "Connor's side"
Right is "Avery's side"
Straight is "Mommy's way"

Many requests for various ways into our neighborhood:

• Connor: "longest way" -- come in on Mariposa and go through the tract, likes looking at houses and stuff along the way
  
• Avery: "plane way" -- the standard entrance
  
• A/C: "apple way" -- come in from down at Lion park. The wall with bird of paradise logo looks like apple