Well, I thought Peyton wasn’t imaginative like Brandon. She proved me wrong! While we were walking to piano, she named me some of her animals. I took note when we got home. She even lined them up, and introduced me to them all. When I asked, she provided me the spellings. She was very specific, so I had to provide my own phonics to be able to sound it out appropriately.
Cow = Mookie
Gecko = Lili (Lee-lee)
Seahorse = Fifi
Bear = Effie
Snowman = Chilly (Okay, so NOT original)
Unicorn = Mina
Big Dog = Katie
Bear = Nico
White bunny = Fle (flea)
Baby boy bear lovie, which she took to FA when she was 0-2 = Ryan
Rabbit = McKamly (mick – CAM – lee)
Turtle = Michael
Lobster = Jordan
JP Morgan bear = Michael Jordan (longstanding name)
Baby doll = Caile (Cal-ee)
Orange bear = Len
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Mermaid = Merina (my favorite name! at first, I thought it was Marina, which would be suitable because she’s a mermaid, but when she spelled her name, MER-ina, that made sense, too!)
Dave wants to quiz her and see if she is consistent.
Here is the pano of her line up:
with the individual pictures:
Brandon went first for his piano lesson last week, so I walked with Peyton first today. She ate dinner quickly (food I’d brought home from lunch). I was still so full from lunch, I didn’t eat when I got home. We walked the half-mile, half-running, since we left a bit later than usual. Peyton is gaining more endurance, as she jogged along with me, even keeping a conversation, talking about her animals. The key to her running is to keep her distracted. We made it with a few minutes to spare. I was telling her about the possibility of a piano recital, and she didn’t say no. She did well practicing her songs with the teacher, and she was learning some new songs, even transposing. She was playing in F major, and she “found” the B flat. The teacher was amazed! She asked her how she knew it was B flat that she needed to play! She asked her if she’d played the song before (she shook her head). She just kept kicking her feet under the bench, like a dog wagging it’s tail when it’s done a trick correctly. She also surprised the teacher by sight reading the second half of “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, asking her if she’d played it at home. She shook her head again. She breezed through one of the songs that Brandon had been assigned and played last week. She was reading it the first time, but knew the melody. I used to learn by ear training, and was to have listened to tapes (tapes! hah) endlessly but I never thought it would help. Apparently it does! I told the teacher that Peyton must know the song well, even though she’s never “seen” it because she’s heard it. The teacher agreed that the second ones probably pick things up more quickly. With 5 minutes left, Brandon and Dave came in. The dog greeted Brandon, which he was thrilled to see! Dave figured out the dog’s name is Harry. The dog always stretches out, and plops down in front of Brandon when he comes to say “hi”. Dave had brought Brandon’s glove to play catch, so he wanted me to walk home with Peyton so she wouldn’t distract him. She didn’t want to go, but I convinced her that she could play in the park for 5 minutes. So, we walked through the park to get to our house. Here, she got up on the structure. Here she is training for American Ninja Warrior. I think she has a legit shot 😉
When Dave came home, he said that Brandon also picked out B flat when he was transposing his song, while playing in the key of F major. The piano teacher was amazed that both kids came up with the correct note. She wondered how they knew! I hope we can keep up what they’ve been doing once school starts! It will be a challenge for sure.
Peyton told me that Tyler was in Hawaii this week. I wasn’t sure if I believed her, but his mom works in my office, and I hadn’t seen her all week. I asked one of her coworkers in her department, and she confirmed that Tyler and his family were in Hawaii! Bingo! Then, I got an email from Misha’s mom saying that they moved into our area, and that Misha would be enrolled in CC. It wasn’t a guarantee, since she was registering late, but definitely, they would be there next year as first graders. Peyton was telling me all week how she and Misha would be in kinder together. I’d picked up Brandon first today, and I was so excited about the news, I told him first. The first thing he told me was, “So Peyton WAS right, Mommy!” like he believed in her the whole time. I told him, “Yes, she was.” Hopefully she gets to stay. I won’t worry at all if Peyton has at least one good friend at school to start out with. In addition to the other kids she’s met already from t-ball and the other little brothers and sisters (mostly sisters) from Brandon’s friends and CDC. She has made her own friends at the Club, as she saw another in the parking lot yesterday and waved at her! Her mom and I just said hi, and we figured the kids had met in the kids’ club. That’s at least 2 girls she knows, in addition to the counselor/teacher.
After all the junk eaten today, I went to the gym to run it off. I was highly caffeinated, and I ran 3 miles, walked 1.7 miles, in addition to the 1.3 miles I did with Peyton, after walking through and around the school while she did her “workouts”. This 100 mile challenge is definitely living up to its name!