Language Lessons
Recently the girls were lamenting the fact that they could not stay and watch a movie at a swim club party. “Mom, why can’t we stay and watch?” “Well, there’s just some language in the…
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A new type of hero
The kids are all very proud of their uncle who is currently serving our country in the US Air Force. He was recently deployed, so we took the kids to the airport to see him…
Well the weather outside might be frightful (depending on where you live)
Spencer: Mom, I thought it was supposed to rain today. Mom: Well, it said “scattered” thunderstorms so maybe we just didn’t get any. Spencer: What does scattered mean? Mom: It means it rained somewhere else…
Drug Week – it’s not just for kindergarteners anymore . . .
Thanks to “Drug Awareness Week” at our school, we’ve had ALL kinds of conversations with our elementary aged kids over the past 7 days driving me to re-evaluate my stance on the age at which…
Questions, questions
5 minutes. 3 kids. Infinite question possibilities. Take for example the following questions, asked by the redhead. The format was: 1.) Ask question. 2.) Pause ever so briefly for the answer. When the answer is…
Career Day just doesn’t get any better than this. . .
“Dad, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?” the red-headed girl asked me during the pool-side chat. “What’s that dear?” “A vulcanologist!” she replied. “You want to study volcanoes?” I…
What the Pilgrims learned, revisionist version.
“That’s right buddy, the pilgrims learned to grow corn from the Indians.” “They did!?! What else did they grow?” “All sorts of things! They grew corn, wheat, beans and tabasco.” “They did!?! Wow!” “Yeah, except…
Did Pele start this way?
“How was your first day at soccer practice?” Mom asked. “Great. We jiggled through the noses.” the boy replied. “I think he means he dribbled through the cones” I clarified as the boy ran down…
Bambi VS Shamu
Today our budding 4th grader returned home from what according to all accounts was a banner start to the year. (Naturally the bar is set high considering that on her first day of 2nd grade…
Do you know…
Wow… it’s been a while. Latest update: The boy, singing: “Do you know the muffin man? The muffin man, the muffin man. Do you know the muffin man? He lives on Drury Land.” Emma: “It’s…