There have been several changes in our daily routine this past year, most notably the therapists who come into our home several days each week to see the little guys and Connor's two days each week at preschool. With all of these new adults coming and going, we've tried to introduce a bit of manners, as in calling the teachers "Miss" before their name (usually the first one, as we're all a pretty casual bunch around here).
As the only one speaking, Connor has latched on and done really well with this change from every day life. He knows and frequently asks about all the "Misses" in his life these days. There are Miss April, Miss Lisa and Miss Kelly who come to see the little guys. And my big boy knows when he's been left out, asking about them on the appropriate days that they've started coming while he's in school. He also likes Miss Julie and Miss Crystal who teach his class, but he always wants to know about the others too. In a perfect world, he would get to see them all (because he LOVES to be around people and have them pay attention to him).
For a long time, I thought he was telling me about some other teachers he was getting to know at school. He talked a lot about a Miss Kyler and a Miss Ashton, and I just naturally assumed they were other preschool teachers that he saw during group music lessons or perhaps during play time on the playground, where multiple classes usually played together.
Well, it turns out he's taking his manners lesson a bit too far. "Miss Kyler" and "Miss Ashton" are actually two little boys in his class named Kyler and Ashton, who he has started grouping himself with during play time. Somehow I don't think that's what he calls them at school, but can you imagine their faces (and what they must be thinking about their new little friend) if they knew what he called them at home?
