Tonight was the "Winter Wonderland" show at the daycare. Edward has been singing his class's song for more than a month because this was originally scheduled for December, but had to be rescheduled due to an actual winter wonderland--six inches of snow that day. When it was his class's turn, guess who would not get out of his chair? Oh well.

Daniel actually did get up with his class, but only wore this costume for about 4.2 seconds. However, he managed to steal the show anyway by grooving to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He was swaying and bouncing as the teachers sang and attempted to get the kids (mostly older...closer to 2) to do some simple hand gestures. As they approached the final "How I wonder what you are?" Daniel started clapping wildly, anticipating the audience reaction.It was definitely an ambitious project given the "talent" available. They hadn't done anything like this before, and the teachers put a lot of effort into making it fun and festive.

In other news, I've neglected to share some recent favorites from the Edward lexicon. A favorite snack of late has been "yo-grit," which we keep in the "fridgalater." Also, he's been very interested in spelling out words wherever he sees them--books, cereal boxes, the morning paper, the poster in his room, etc. After some confusion over punctuation, John seems to have succeeded in explaining that an 'i' has the dot on top and an exclamation point has the dot on the bottom. Still, pronunciation is a challenge: "ex-ta-ma-tion pont." (Not sure I'm getting that quite right...John may have to adjust later.)

We're actually quite amazed at all the spelling. He's known letters for quite a while, but is now seeming to understand that they combine into all sorts of words, not just his own name. It's so interesting to watch their little minds expand and develop.