Check out this quote from our son. I'm not sure if I should be offended or not:
"Mommy isn't a lady -- she's a woman."
I can't remember the context of the conversation, but there was a lot of giggling going on, for sure.
Our daughter has been asking me about how to type. I asked her teacher at what age they start learning keyboarding in school, and she said she thinks it is introduced in 3rd grade (next year) and covered a lot in 4th grade. She gave me a link to a BBC website that teaches kids how to type, though, and our daughter is loving it and doing great! Also, after swim practice today she decided to entertain herself by "thinking of really hard words and trying to spell them correctly." For fun. There is no question that this girl has my DNA.
Words she spelled correctly:
-hurricane
-membership
-realize
-district
-security
-educational
Words she spelled cutely:
-superuoir (superior - she's learning about the Great Lakes)
-librayin (librarian - heroes to a couple of bookworms like us)
She also climbed up onto the chair I was sitting in earlier this evening and positioned her head right near mine as I was snuggling with her brother and petting the dog. She said she wanted to see what it looked like from my point of view. Smarty pants!
Do you like my rambling posts this week? If not, you can blame the Mr. for a 3 night business trip, leaving me with no one else to ramble at but my trusty Mac and its blinking cursor.
Comments (4)
I love your rambling posts! I don't want the Mr to travel more, but do love the ramblings as your kids say some of the greatest things ever, woman.
My son made an exercise schedule last night. :-0 He is a BIG list maker. It's scary and awesome at the same time. Scary because he is just like me, and awesome because I know it's totally genetic and I can't help myself.
@ordinarybutloud - Will he stick to it?? You better get ready for his New Year's Resolutions in January - I hear it's in his blood.
I wish I had blogged when my kids were that age. I would love to go back and see what was happening at the time. Hope you keep a copy of these for when they are all grown up! There is some really good typing software on the market at cheap prices. We have TypingTutor. I can actually type at ~30 wpm now. And I can find most of the keys without looking! This is huge - since I was the only girl in my class that didn't take typing (It wouldn't fit since I was taking LatinIII, Adv. Biology and Chemistry). I went from 2 fingers to 6-8 fingers. I have small hands and the pinky just doesn't reach all the way...