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Warriors

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Rachel recently pulled out a checkers and chess set and we’ve been playing 4-year-old variants of both games. The rules are very dynamic, so you have to stay on your toes. For example, this evening we were in the middle of playing “chess” when Milo suddenly announced that he could go forwards and backwards but I wasn’t allowed to move my pieces anymore…

I still managed to pull off a victory, but that story is for another post.

At one point Milo asked me about the horse pieces and I explained that they were called knights. Predictably he asked me what knights were and I said that they were “warriors” who traveled around on horseback looking for other knights to battle with swords and lances.

He thought about this for a second and asked if they were called “worriers” because they were worried about killing other people.

Dad, do you know what smells like dog poo?

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Milo: Dad, do you know what smells like dog poo?
Me: Huh?
Milo: Daaad, do you know what smells like doggggg poooo?
Me: I don’t know.
Milo: Come on, guess!
Me: Ummm, dog poo?
Milo: That’s good daddy – good guess!

I need some cleaners dad!

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I’ve been working on building a bed frame for Rachel and I (yes for the first time in about 5 years we’re going to have a real bed!) and Milo has been helping out. We’ve been having a lot of discussions about “hardware” – bolts, nuts, washers – and tools. The other day I cut up some pieces of wood for him, drilled some holes, and provided a handful of hardware for him to play and build with.

Except I omitted some key components to his pile of materials.

Milo came rushing back after I gave him everything and said:

I need some cleaners dad!!!

I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about and for a couple of minutes he tried to describe what he needed. I finally realized he wanted washers.

Washers -> cleaners
Cleaners -> washers

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Video Response: Caya’s Song

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Catherine writes:

So I showed Caya the roller skate song and she loved it and wanted me to send a video of her singing for Milo…note the improvised guitar. At the end she also talks about wanting to send something in the mail to milo …

I think this means that we’re officially taking submissions – so send in your videos of future rock stars people! (btw, did you know that Milo is a Future Stuntman?)