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We try to ask her about her day at dinner- generally based on the comments her teacher writes each day on a sheet for us.
Usually every yes/no question is answered with “Yes”, so it’s not reliable or informative. If we ask an open ended question, once in a while we get a story. The preview of last night’s story is that we had heavy flurries yesterday.

Allison: Amelia, did you see the snow today?

Amelia: Yes. And I got my socks wet because I walked in it and I took my shoes off and Miss Lauren gave me new socks.

We looked, and indeed she wasn’t wearing the same socks she left the house with in the morning.

Allison: Why did you have your shoes off?

Amelia: Because I wanted bare feet.

Allison: Did you walk in your socks in snow outside or inside?

Amelia: I walked out on the inside and I walked around and my socks got wet.

We were a little dubious, and figured she just stepped in some water on the floor or something.
I asked her teacher about it today, and yes, she was in her socks outside in the snow! She took her shoes off after she woke up from her nap. They noticed the snow and scurried the kids outside to see it, but didn’t notice her socks.

Something new-ish for her is the use of events-in-sequence in her stories, usually connected by the phrase “and then….and then…”. She also uses “yesterday” and “tomorrow” type words randomly (incorrectly, but when it would be appropriate to use a time reference).