ok, i lied...

i lied - i just realized that there were pics & videos on my camera! they're from last week - a few from when mom & i went to the school to have lunch with the girls, and a few videos of Jaden amidst our move...

Corinn & Gabby have lunch at school at about the same time - and since mom & i work together, it works out well for us to ride to the school together & split up to have lunch with the girls....this time, Nana went with Gab, and i went with Corinn

here's Nana & Gabby headed to lunch - with hands behind their backs & bubbles in their mouths (teacher's trick to get them to walk quietly & keep their hands to themselves).....wait Nana, where's ur bubble? ~teehee~



Corinn's class was working on their letter for the week (f) when i arrived....i discovered that Mrs. Hinkle preK class has a cool new toy.....it's a touch board on the wall - there's a computer program that projects the picture onto the board & the kids can come up and touch the screen - it's interactive! too cool!

then they sang a song together - look at my girl really getting into it!

after lunch, it was share time - and it just so happened that it was Corinn's share day (they only do a few kids each day)....she had brought in a book to share & got to "read" it to the class ;0)

then one day, in the middle of our move....Jaden was keeping occupied with his LeapPad....i caught these videos to demonstrate his fascination with different sounds & music....he will repeat things over & over - committing them to memory.....sometimes i'm amazed at how well he retains certain sounds & tunes.....just last evening, he asked our neighbor if he could hear the "jungle music" on his cell phone - chris said "wow, i haven't had the phone with that ringer for months!" then jaden started singing it for him! :0) a lot of times, this repetitive play drives me crazy! but i'm getting better at tuning it out, or asking jaden to take it somewhere where we can't hear it as well.....he also does this with movies - he'll pause a certain part & replay it over & over, sometimes in slow motion, so that he can learn the words/sounds/music/facial expressions......he'll detect high/faint sounds in certain songs that we don't normally notice - these will usually be his fav songs.....and he loves anything with a good beat! i have a feeling that he'd do well at playing an instrument if he would have the patience for it.....i might have to look into this.....both Curtis & i are music freaks, so it doesn't surprise me that Jaden has a love for it too :0)