Alphabet Realizations

Today at lunch the light came on in Josh's head regarding the alphabet. Here's our conversation:

Josh: "Mom, how come "minnow" is in the alphabet?

Mom: "What do you mean?"

Josh: "You know, 'H, I, J, K, L, MINNOW, P"

Mom: "Well, Josh, it just sounds like 'minnow'. It's really saying the letters M, N, O, and P really fast."

Josh (nodding): "Ohhhh."

Learning is so much fun!

Emilyisms

Emily says some really cute things and I had to write them down.
It's been raining a lot here lately & she is very cautious about stepping in the "MUDDLES", or puddles to the rest of us.
This morning she informed that she's going to high school after breakfast.
She tells EVERYTHING, from our dog Baxter to her big toy horse, that "You have to obey."
Yesterday she came up to me, rubbed my face so sweetly & softly said, "Mommy, you have to use your imagination."
She also got firm with Shawn & told him, "Don't leave mommy. You understand me!". (let's just say she understood clearly that she can't say that to daddy).
She's really turning into a prescooler & not a baby. Where has the time gone?