Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Is this the coolest thing ever? It's the Oxford English Dictionary in Limerick Form. So far they're up to words that start with AR.
http://www-b.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php
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http://www-b.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Sadie is on the floor in the living room playing and Benny is eating a Halloween cookie and I'm cleaning up the sink. He says to me, "Ooooh look! I gave her a bite! She likes it!" Okay, whatever, second child syndrome, if the child eats a bite of sugar it's not going to kill her. Then I look up and see Benny hovering another bite over her open mouth and singing, "Sugar! Sugar! Come on for sugar! Sugar!" HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! Corruption.
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Maybe Benny should learn to write the Korean numbers he can say. What do you think?
http://www.learnkorean.com/lesson/lesson12.asp
I think he would love it.
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http://www.learnkorean.com/lesson/lesson12.asp
I think he would love it.
I asked Benny what he wanted for breakfast and he said, "Nothing" which is his standard response and I said, "Well you have to eat breakfast so you have some energy to go to preschool" (which is of course MY standard response) and he said, "Well, maybe just a plate."
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
He's a waif model in training. And he ended up eating an entire bowl of oatmeal thanks to my firm belief that an entire bowl of oatmeal will get him through most anything.
I forgot to blog that he moved up from a Ray to a Starfish in swimming class. The classes go Pike, Eel, Ray, Starfish which seems entirely backwards to us, but whatever. Starfish is as far up as he can go. After he learns the strokes in Starfish, including the breaststroke I think, he is fully taught. I think it'll take about a year for him to get really strong on his strokes, so he can stay in Starfish as long as it takes. That is perfect because next fall I want him to move over from swimming lessons to swimming team. You have to be five. This is the team I want him on in about a year:
http://www.norfolksilverdolphins.com
His new teacher, Raelyn, is doing a fantastic job. I still meiss Deanah but what can I do?
Off to preschool.
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
He's a waif model in training. And he ended up eating an entire bowl of oatmeal thanks to my firm belief that an entire bowl of oatmeal will get him through most anything.
I forgot to blog that he moved up from a Ray to a Starfish in swimming class. The classes go Pike, Eel, Ray, Starfish which seems entirely backwards to us, but whatever. Starfish is as far up as he can go. After he learns the strokes in Starfish, including the breaststroke I think, he is fully taught. I think it'll take about a year for him to get really strong on his strokes, so he can stay in Starfish as long as it takes. That is perfect because next fall I want him to move over from swimming lessons to swimming team. You have to be five. This is the team I want him on in about a year:
http://www.norfolksilverdolphins.com
His new teacher, Raelyn, is doing a fantastic job. I still meiss Deanah but what can I do?
Off to preschool.
Monday, October 25, 2004
Benny and Gabe had co-op today and had a fabulous time. Misti and Scott had prepped a really cool craft where the kids decorated mini-pumpkins with cut out sparkle paper for eyes, and pretend hair, and arms and noses and everything -- it was very elaborate! And charming. They both loved it. They also read Halloween books and learned about spiders. They made a huge spider web all over the room with skeins of yarn. I think on Wednesday we will take flashlights and go on a spider hunt through the building.
Then he had violin class and was just naughty enough not to earn his ice cream back for this week. He had a bit of trouble doing what he was told and listening and spent a fair amount of time lying on the ground in a rather recalcitrant manner, so another week without ice cream will hopefull not kill him, especially since it's Halloween and I'm sure he'll find another way to pack in the sugar, eh? I am waiting for him to put in a really excellent lesson where he is actively trying to be good, not just being forced to be borderline civil.
He came home and found a cricket which he identified as an insect with six legs and three body sections. He's been playing with it ever since. It started out alive. He said to me with wonderment, "Oh, MOM, do you know that this is a TALKING insect?!" Hehehe. Caaaarazy. I took lots of pictures. Benny dressed up like a tiger today in his black and orange striped PJs with tiger ears and a mascara-d on nose and whiskers. He also had a foam tiger to walk along with him, that Grammy got him at the zoo last spring. He looked RATHER CHARMING. On Wednesday he'll be a pirate, and on Friday for the parade he'll be a blue wizard. On actual Halloween night, I'm going to let him pick whichever is his absolute favorite to wear.
He wants to make jello. He doesn't eat it, just plays with it, but who cares. :) :) Off I go.
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Then he had violin class and was just naughty enough not to earn his ice cream back for this week. He had a bit of trouble doing what he was told and listening and spent a fair amount of time lying on the ground in a rather recalcitrant manner, so another week without ice cream will hopefull not kill him, especially since it's Halloween and I'm sure he'll find another way to pack in the sugar, eh? I am waiting for him to put in a really excellent lesson where he is actively trying to be good, not just being forced to be borderline civil.
He came home and found a cricket which he identified as an insect with six legs and three body sections. He's been playing with it ever since. It started out alive. He said to me with wonderment, "Oh, MOM, do you know that this is a TALKING insect?!" Hehehe. Caaaarazy. I took lots of pictures. Benny dressed up like a tiger today in his black and orange striped PJs with tiger ears and a mascara-d on nose and whiskers. He also had a foam tiger to walk along with him, that Grammy got him at the zoo last spring. He looked RATHER CHARMING. On Wednesday he'll be a pirate, and on Friday for the parade he'll be a blue wizard. On actual Halloween night, I'm going to let him pick whichever is his absolute favorite to wear.
He wants to make jello. He doesn't eat it, just plays with it, but who cares. :) :) Off I go.
Sunday, October 24, 2004
I'm blogging from Dan's computer. Wow, I feel so cosmopolitan. I installed a Windows update that is preventing any transfer from any outside source to my computer. So, no email, no internet, nothing. It's a GREAT update and I recommend that we ALL try it right away! No doubt the problem has to do with this firewall thingy that is overcharged or something but... for now it means I have to come over to the other side of the office for my internet purposes.
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