Little Miss Muffet!

I was working on my iPad with C beside me when my phone rang. As I answered it, I looked toward C to let her know I’d be on the phone. There was something glinting in the light just above her head. As I squinted, I realized that it was a spider descending from the ceiling!

That caller got a whole lot more than he bargained for! I’ve also never been as thankful for an interrupting phone call!

Lists

Homeschooled kid at the end of August, reading a book about a school kid: Wow! That sounds like fun!

Mom: What?

HSKATEOARABAASK: A summer reading list! Can you make me one?

Mom: Well, what have you read this summer?

HSKATEOARABAASK: Oh, there have been so many that I’ve forgotten.

Mom: ...

HSKATEOARABAASK turns back to her book and forgets completely about the question.

Talking With Hands In Your Mouth

 Today we learned that ASL is very useful in the dentist’s office.

Studying The Classics

We were sitting in the sand at the beach when C made a parenting suggestion.

C: So, Momma, I’ve been reading about reverse phisycology.

Me: You mean reverse psychology?

C: Yes! Reverse psychology! I had a thought.

Me: What is it?

C: Well, you really should use reverse psychology on ME!

To my credit, I am now certain that I’ve thoroughly mastered the straight face!

Shhhhhhh!

Difficulties of learning American Sign Language with your daughter:

Me: Please put away your stuff.
C: Okay.
Me: Oh - and can you take these to your sister’s room?
C: Sure.
Me: We’re leaving soon! Find some socks. And don’t forget to brush your hair!
C (in ASL): Mom, didn’t you say that we’d have a Voices-Off day today?

Nap Regrets

Bedtime conversation:

C: Mom, I wish I would have taken more naps when I was younger.

Me: Yeah?

C: Yeah. Because then I would have more built-in energy and stuff now, you know?

Me (thanking God for the first time ever that she skipped all those naps): Well, go to sleep now.

A Matter Of Expression

C: You know that saying, “that’s what they all say?”
Me: Yes.
C: Why does everyone use it? I mean, they don’t ALL say anything.
Me: I hadn’t thought of that.
C: Well, is it okay for a kid to say it?
Me: I don’t know. Sometimes it can sound snarky.
C: What’s that mean?
Me: Well, sometimes people say that just to let the person they’re talking to know that they’re annoyed.
C: That’s what they all say.

She Misses Me!

That time when you find a nice, quiet place outside of the home to work, so your nine year old obligingly sends you 57 audio files she's personally recorded for you.

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...and now she's sending me pics of all the things she's not supposed to be doing!  (Don’t worry, folks - they’re silly things like eating her toy food.)