Snippets

It turns out that having 6, 3, and 1 and getting back from a trip and homeschooling makes things pretty busy. Hence the lack of content here lately! Sorry about that. Here are some highlights of late:

Hannah: I finished Chippewa Trail [a book I'd given her to read], Mama! Now I'm going to start it again.

[The next day...] Hannah: I finished Chippewa Trail again Mama! You should read it... I know! You can read it twice and then I'll read it twice again. And then you can read it twice again!

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Sim: Dada? [Signs "Dada"]
Me: Dada's at work, sorry Sim.
Sim: [looks at me significantly, tries the "Dada" sign again] Dada?
Me: Sorry, Sim, but Dada's at work today.
Sim: [obviously believing that I don't understand him, signs "Dada" again -- more slowly and deliberately -- and says, slightly louder] DADA?

...I had no idea that the "just say it slower and louder" reaction started so young!

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Naomi: I want to wear a dress today.
Me: How about this one?
Naomi: [scornfully] Not a jumper, a dress!

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Naomi, at Mass, began to fidget and pick at others around the time for the Gospel. Our friend Fr. Jerome was in town and saying the Mass, so I said, "Naomi, look, Fr. Jerome is going to read the Gospel! Ask Dada to pick you up so you can see!"

And it worked! She watched him through the Gospel and through most of the rest of Mass...how shall I convince him to return this week?

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Hannah: Why do they call all this stuff with shapes and parallel lines MATH? Math is about NUMBERS!

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Me: Sim, what do you have?
Sim: [Tries to flee as fast as possible, which is difficult, since he's indoors and can only combat crawl. Plus, he seems to have a hard time deciding which direction to pursue flight, but he is fast once he gets going. Of course, this tips me off that he has something he probably shouldn't, so I continue the chase. If I ask him what he has -- or what he's doing -- and he smiles and doesn't move, he's probably fine.]