Overheard
"That's ghastly!" 11 yo C., whose vocabulary always makes us chuckle.
"I love my vocabulary!" I guess we've told him that one too many times.
Mom: "S, how many algebra problems have you done?" after 20 min.+ down at his desk.
S (13): "One."
Mom: "What exactly have you been doing?"
S: "Reading Dad's thesaurus."
Mom: "What words did you look up?"
S: "Damage, death, ..." oh, great! uplifting stuff!
Mom: (trying to decide whether to laugh or scold) "Well, what synonyms did you come up with?"
S: "mutilated, expired, wounded..." well... glad to see you have a love of learning, but why not get back to math? Man! Is this what homeschooling w/ teens is going to be like? I guess that's why Dorothy Sayers called this the "pert stage."
"Oh, M! You look like Helen of the Fair Cheeks!" C, again, commenting on how cute M (8) looked in her Greek chiton and with her hair braided.
"Mama! Get [me] Out!" 22 mo. old K, finally putting words together in short sentences. Her way of making sure we don't forget to get her up in the morning.
"I need a Lip Helmet!" 3yo A, glad that his sore lip was healing, and wishing he could prevent further owies to his mouth. Lip Helmet sounds like a good idea, as well as nose helmet, ankle helmet, finger helmet ... how about just a roll of bubble wrap?!
That's what the tiny (and not so tiny) ones around here are saying this week. Head over to Not Before 7 for more Tiny Talk.
"I love my vocabulary!" I guess we've told him that one too many times.
Mom: "S, how many algebra problems have you done?" after 20 min.+ down at his desk.
S (13): "One."
Mom: "What exactly have you been doing?"
S: "Reading Dad's thesaurus."
Mom: "What words did you look up?"
S: "Damage, death, ..." oh, great! uplifting stuff!
Mom: (trying to decide whether to laugh or scold) "Well, what synonyms did you come up with?"
S: "mutilated, expired, wounded..." well... glad to see you have a love of learning, but why not get back to math? Man! Is this what homeschooling w/ teens is going to be like? I guess that's why Dorothy Sayers called this the "pert stage."
"Oh, M! You look like Helen of the Fair Cheeks!" C, again, commenting on how cute M (8) looked in her Greek chiton and with her hair braided.
"Mama! Get [me] Out!" 22 mo. old K, finally putting words together in short sentences. Her way of making sure we don't forget to get her up in the morning.
"I need a Lip Helmet!" 3yo A, glad that his sore lip was healing, and wishing he could prevent further owies to his mouth. Lip Helmet sounds like a good idea, as well as nose helmet, ankle helmet, finger helmet ... how about just a roll of bubble wrap?!
That's what the tiny (and not so tiny) ones around here are saying this week. Head over to Not Before 7 for more Tiny Talk.
Comments
Andrea
Oh...homeschooling a teen...ha ha ha!