Hook

How looking at a clothes hanger can lead you to dress up like a pirate and watch "Peter Pan?" That should be fairly obvious, and certainly if you're a five-year old. Madison saw Mommy hanging up some clothing, and pointed to the hook on the clothes hanger. She said dramatically, "Hook!" She even got the "k" part right (speech therapy is working out great!). And suddenly, a thought occurred to her.

And the seed was planted. She wanted to go put on her pirate outfit, and then she wanted to watch "Peter Pan" and "Return to Neverland." It's funny how the mind works.

Mom bucks have been a huge success lately. Madison wanted to play "Batman" with Daddy for a bit, but we told her she had to earn some Mom bucks first - and that's how she wound up doing some more speech therapy exercises, and practicing on the piano for a long, long time. She enjoys playing the piano, as limited as it is right now. Daddy was so very happy when I heard her perform today: she did the "Singing Sounds" song exactly right. She got the notes right, she got the half notes and whole notes right, and she even got the rests right. I was very proud of her!

Yes, we played "Lego Batman" later. She earned it!

"Long live the Hook!" - Tinkles the Pirate