Ryanne crossed some sort of mental barrier in the last week or so. She's finally at that (probably soon to be rather annoying, but currently incredibly cool) state where she can't stop herself from sounding words out and trying to read. She's grasped the longer vowel sounds and is starting to pick up on some of the oddities of written English. She was playing with "know" the other day.
R: Kuh-now. Mommy, what is kuh-now.
M: The "k" is silent on that one.
R: Why?
M: I have no idea. It's just how it is. English is weird that way.
R: So it's "now".
M: Well, actually, the "ow" on that one says "o" so it's just no.
R: It says "no".
M: Well, it says know, like something that you understand. Like, now you know how to spell know.
I giggled at myself. I *think* she might have actually rolled her eyes. Figures.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Kinder Round-up
Today, we registered RC for kindergarten. I made it through without crying...until I got to see Janna (my hair stylist) and she got me going. I cannot believe that's she's going to be in Kinder in the fall. It's crazy.
After that, I took her back to "church" (her MDO is at a church) and we stopped to see the animals for farm day. They had these two week old baby goats that were so.freaking.adorable. One of them kept standing up on the cage trying to get RC's attention. She would lean down and gently pet it and then move to another area. It followed her. She says she drew a picture of the goat that liked her very much, but I haven't seen it yet.
This afternoon, we took her for a hair cut. Her fine hair gets so tangly and she's been wanting it shorter. She elected to have it 'on her shoulders' so that's where it is. It looks really cute, as always. :)
After that, I took her back to "church" (her MDO is at a church) and we stopped to see the animals for farm day. They had these two week old baby goats that were so.freaking.adorable. One of them kept standing up on the cage trying to get RC's attention. She would lean down and gently pet it and then move to another area. It followed her. She says she drew a picture of the goat that liked her very much, but I haven't seen it yet.
This afternoon, we took her for a hair cut. Her fine hair gets so tangly and she's been wanting it shorter. She elected to have it 'on her shoulders' so that's where it is. It looks really cute, as always. :)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
You must at least this obnoxious...
Most nights, after the kids are in bed, Chrys and I put away the laundry that was washed that day. Usually we end up getting to putting away the kids' stuff long after they are asleep. Tonight, Ryanne wasn't. I went into her room to steal hangers.
R: Mommy, what are you doing?
M: Getting hangers so we can put away your clothes. This is the kind of exciting stuff that mommy and daddy do after you go to bed. Put away the laundry.
R: Oh.
We said I love you's and I left. Chrys took clothes in.
R: Daddy, mommy already got the hangers.
D: I know, I'm putting away clothes that are already on the hangers.
R: Oh.
I took the next load in.
R: Mommy, NOW what are you doing?
M: I'm putting away the rest of your clothes.
R: Oh, have "fun" with that.
M: ...
I must confess to laughing when I relayed the conversation to Chrys. A lot.
R: Mommy, what are you doing?
M: Getting hangers so we can put away your clothes. This is the kind of exciting stuff that mommy and daddy do after you go to bed. Put away the laundry.
R: Oh.
We said I love you's and I left. Chrys took clothes in.
R: Daddy, mommy already got the hangers.
D: I know, I'm putting away clothes that are already on the hangers.
R: Oh.
I took the next load in.
R: Mommy, NOW what are you doing?
M: I'm putting away the rest of your clothes.
R: Oh, have "fun" with that.
M: ...
I must confess to laughing when I relayed the conversation to Chrys. A lot.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Can't wait til we get to discuss vinyl...
R: Mommy, what's a video "tape"?
M: Uh, well... before we had DVDs, they used to put videos on magnetic tape and you would play them on a video tape player.
R: "Before"? we had DVDs?
Right...that's a totally foreign time frame to her. Oy.
M: Uh, well... before we had DVDs, they used to put videos on magnetic tape and you would play them on a video tape player.
R: "Before"? we had DVDs?
Right...that's a totally foreign time frame to her. Oy.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Weather is confusing
Today we had hail... LOTS of hail. Big hail.
First, Ryanne was scared. Then, she wanted to go play in the snowballs. Then we let her hold one and she decided it was cold and hard and would hurt. No more wanting to play.
After the rain was over, the sun actually came out (damn Texas weather). She came to me totally freaked out. "MOM, the sun is coming out. We didn't go to sleep. It's morning. We stayed up all.night.long!" This was actually very concerning to her. We were going to be so tired, etc.
I explained that just because the sun was coming out didn't mean it was night; it merely meant that the clouds were going away. Chrys took her outside and explained how the sun comes up on one side of the house and goes down on the other. She seems ok with this now.
First, Ryanne was scared. Then, she wanted to go play in the snowballs. Then we let her hold one and she decided it was cold and hard and would hurt. No more wanting to play.
After the rain was over, the sun actually came out (damn Texas weather). She came to me totally freaked out. "MOM, the sun is coming out. We didn't go to sleep. It's morning. We stayed up all.night.long!" This was actually very concerning to her. We were going to be so tired, etc.
I explained that just because the sun was coming out didn't mean it was night; it merely meant that the clouds were going away. Chrys took her outside and explained how the sun comes up on one side of the house and goes down on the other. She seems ok with this now.
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