Riley and Avery

So here's the huge cage I made Mya and Rosie. Cost a total of $35 in materials. Not too shabby. They're getting along fine, no blood or flying hair. I totally thought that Rosie would put Mya in her place, but it hasn't really been that way. Rosie pretty much delegated herself to the upper level, until Mya constantly came up to bother her. Mya is finally able to run around a cage (her last one was way too small) and she has been knocking over her food dish in the process. So she appropriated Rosie's dish on the upper level. Today Rosie has decide to go downstairs and join Mya (and steal her house). They were engaging in what looked like play today, to that's good.

I've been making Montessori materials like mad lately. I made the third color box for Avery. Not that I expect her to differentiate between the gradations (I can't differentiate between a lot of them), but I hope to get her to separate the colors and such. I made Riley sandpaper numerals, nine sets of bead stairs, and the snake game. I am so on the hunt for very small plastic pitchers so that Avery can do pouring work. No luck. They're nearly all glass and too big. I was figuring to have her pour beans and then work her way to water. And who would have thunk that finding white or cream place mats would be so hard? I'm sure they're impractical for their intended purpose, but they sell white carpet for heaven's sake, how impractical is that? I needed white ones for the birdie table when Riley is doing her bead work and Avery her color cards. The table is too busy to really see the materials. Anyway, I finally found some at Bed Bath and Beyond for 99 cents. Woohoo.

Oh, Riley said something funny yesterday. Rudi was watching an entirely inappropriate show while I was at school, which prompted Riley to ask what zombies were. Rudi said that they are dead people that come back to life. He told me about he conversation today to illustrate how Riley asks so many questions. Rudi then asked Riley if she even knew what a dead person is. Riley said "Yes I do! It's like that boy that had his penis cut off and died!" Rudi looks at me and says "What have you been teaching her?" and Riley says "Mommy was talking about it with you Dad! He didn't have his whole penis cut off, just a part!" And I realize that she was talking about the newborn who died from an infection after a circumcision. That was like a year ago. This kid has an amazing memory.