Could not get outta bed for my run today. Was tired so I slept. Tomorrow is a holiday so I can run a bit longer and do my intervals again.
Here are a couple of conversations I have had with my 6 year old today:
Number One:
Matthew: "Mom, how do you spell "W"?"
Me: "Well, you don't spell it, it's letter. Just one letter so you spell it with the letter."
Matthew: "But Mom, it sounds like a whole word, so you must spell it. How do you spell it?"
Me: "Honey, it is a letter." I make the motion of a W in the air with my finger.
Matthew: "But Mom, it is a WORD!! I just know it. Please tell me how to spell it."
Me: "You can't spell a W!! It is a letter!! You just write the letter and that is how you spell it." Now making the W with the tips of my two thumbs put together.
Matthew: Not one to ever give up..."Mom!! I am getting frustrated!! You must be able to spell W!! It starts with a D and NOT a W!!"
Good point. I could not argue out of that one.
Number Two:
It is 8:15am this morning...we are trying to get out the door and get Luke dropped off at daycare and Matthew to school.
Matthew: "Can we take chocolate chip cookies to school today?"
Me: "What? It's a quarter after 8...we are leaving...I did not make any cookies to take."
Matthew: "Please Mom! Can we take some? We can just stop at the store and buy them."
Me: "Buddy, we just don't have time today to do that. How about after Easter Break we take the class some treats."
Matthew: "Mom, Peyton's Mom brings cookies every week for the class and you have never taken any."
Thanks sweetie. That really makes me feel good!!
5 comments:
According to Wikipedia:
"W is the twenty-third letter in the English alphabet. Its name in English is spelled double-u"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W
Sounds like your week is going like mine last week... I bailed on a bike ride, and on swimming, then had a really crappy run. Probably all related to the stomach flu that hit me. So take care of yourself.
Kelly.
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How can you pass up such a soft pitch as that? These little chuckers have been messing with your brain all their lives, and it's only going to get worse for the next 20 years.
So get some of your own back when you can.
My response? "You're right Matt, it is a word. But you know how English sometimes doesn't make a lot of sense? This is one of those times. Here, I'll write it down for you. P S C H K N Q U U. You know how some words have a silent letter at the beginning? W has 8 silent letters at the beginning. It's the only word in the English language quite like it."
The most important part is to say this with a totally straight face.
Start baking beotch!!
is it weird that I envy your life?? lol
i was on side with the six year old. This is the letter double-u and it looks like this....W.
Questions get way better later.... Mom, what is oral sex? Where did you HEAR THAT? ACK!!
MOM, you have two kids so you had sex with dad twice. That is disgusting!! Gross!
Mom will I look like you when I grow up? No, not exactly honey... Thank GAWD mom!
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