It Upsets me that I Don't Post More

But what are you gonna do? Plus, I have many many notes...

Ivo and his schoolmates sang the O Canada at the Civic Center on Friday, opening the Slammers v Timberwolves game. It took me while to stop calling them the "Wolverines" -I just think "Wolverines" sounds cool...

Ivo has been practicing the national anthem for a week or two. (I'm working on video.) His favorite part is "O Canada, we stand on guard for thee..." He sings it in capital letters. Sometimes it sounds like "...on guard wall-e..." His interpretation is interesting in light of the fact that he doesn't know what it literally means. Oh, but he feels it!

These pics are from yesterday at Library Story Hour. It was extra special cuz Ryan go to come since his class was canceled due to storm.

A little Ivo Overheard:

• "But, I wanna be first all day!" - starting to think this super cute angry-sincere-desperate "all day" stands for "all the time." Ivo likes to be first, he's quite open about it!


• "I know! I can DRAW a stop-sign! How do I draw an octagon?" Solving the problem of no stop-signs amongst the blocks, emergency vehicles, Superheroes and Villains. He was planning out what the conflict would be - the trigger was the Villains wreaking havoc on the city, disrespecting traffic signs was only the minutest of crime.


• "hullabaloo." "It's a hullabaloo." "But I'm making a hullabaloo." "I just wanna make a hullabaloo." "Hullabaloo is this, 'WHAAAAA!"


• "I made myself up a peek-boo game for Burly... with the front of my hands!" The game consists of Ivo holding the backs of his hands over his eyes, fingers splayed, repeatedly folding them open at the knuckles, staccato, "PEEKABOO! PEEKABOO! PEAKABOO!" Cute. Burl does love that game:)


• "...all the firemen and firegirls..." while talking about the characters in the very popular Superheroes and Villains Game Ivo spins all day.


• Ivo's into phonics. He remarked, "I have a feeling Burl doesn't say 'el' like 'el' in 'elephant.' That's my feeling."


• "Not a HORSE "hey" - a HUMAN "HAY!!!" - Ivo's response to the taunt that "Hey is for horses."