Sunday, April 4

What's my line?

For those of you who don't know, Lydia, my firstborn, started preschool in February. Of course she just loves it--I knew she would. I had planned on waiting until she was in kindergarten to send her to school, but after having Virginia we thought we might all benefit from her getting out a couple days a week. So she now attends a little church preschool 3 days a week for 4 hours a day Last week they held a "vocabulary parade", which is Lydia's first public speaking experience. Each kid dressed up in a costume inspired by a vocabulary word, then stood on stage and said their word and the definition. We decided to do the word recycle. We made a costume out of a paper bag and taped cans and bottles and cardboard to it. I drew the recycle symbol on the front. We practiced and practiced. Lydia, whats your word? "Recycle". And what does it mean? "to re-use instead of throw away!". She had it DOWN. She did perfect in practice. So the day arrives and I show up, all proud and excited for my little girl. She looks awesome in her costume. On her turn, she gets on stage. The director asks her her word, she looks out with a smile on her face, and proudly says...."garbage!". "things we throw away". Um... huh? Where did that come from? It was hilarious, and embarrassing in a not-so-serious way. I could just hear the other parents thinking they teach their kids to throw away that stuff? We recycle, I swear! But truly, it was mostly just amusing. When I asked her about it afterward, she seemed to have no idea what I was talking about. If you ask her she'll tell you she said "recycle". The kid is easily distracted.