On Tuesdays and Firzdays, Matthew and I take Cat to school through carpool (which ends at 8:25. Promptly.) and assuming we make that cut off, we head to the church, which is less than a mile away, to wait for Mother’s Morning Out to start at 9:00. (If we do NOT make that cut off, I have to acquire a late pass from the office, then take Cat to class. I’m not saying this happens often, but one day this winter when I dropped her off and started driving away, Matthew screamed as we passed the office: “You a’most forggotta get Cat’s PAAAASth!”

Anyway, MMO teachers usually arrive about 8:50 or so, but luckily I stole have a building key so we just go in and wait in the Nursery Rhyme and Matthew shows me the toys, introduces me to his friends as they arrive, and plays with the CD player.

Today, we were SUPER early, so I learned a lot of new facts.

1. Rex is a dinosaur who is TOO noi-see if you push his but-ten. In fact, supposing you were to push his but-ten over and over to hear the growl and snarling, you would be told rather sternly to stop pushing the but-ten. And if you did it again, you might be asked “What did I say, Mommy? Dat’s too. Noisee. Pweeze do not push it again. I asking nicely.”

2. Rex likes to build car washes for the bus that lives in his toy box, using the blocks that are also in his toy box. It is entirely unclear why he likes either shiny clean buses (which he will not fit inside) or why he likes construction, but these are both very high on Rex’s list of to-dos.

3. Rex has verry sharpt teef.

4. Apparently, Matthew carries at all times an emergency toof-brushing in his back pocket, which is also noi-see, and which is ONLY for dinosaurs and big kids (like matthew) but not for mommies. In his front pocket, there is a pink toofbrushing that is not noi-see.

5. It is helpful to have Mommy “hold down” Rex so that he can have his teef brushing really good, otherwise he apparently is squir-emy.

Here, you can see the busss (fresh from the washing), the Rex, and the car washing made from blocks. Below, you will see Rex being comforted after his very sharpt teef were brushed “so your mouf won’t smell bad no more.”