Skipper is reading in the living room. I'm washing dishes in the kitchen.
Skipper: Mom! I have a predicament!
Me: Yeah?
Skipper: What's a predicament?
Me: Um... a problematic situation that you need to solve.
Skipper: My predicament was that I didn't know what predicament meant.
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Monday, February 6, 2017
My second-grader knows more history than the president.
We've been playing "Timeline." And she's reading this book right now with surprising avidity.* So I think she's way ahead of the game.
*Skipper really dives into some surprising books, and then offhandedly rejects all sorts of books I expected her to enjoy. .
*Skipper really dives into some surprising books, and then offhandedly rejects all sorts of books I expected her to enjoy. .
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
months go by
We are alive! Not much to report. Cook has a new job, still in government, but doing a different kind of work. I have the same job. Duchess ...
-
A few months ago, I went to the doctor because I'd been having chest pains and shortness of breath. I was pretty sure it was anxiety, be...
-
We are alive! Not much to report. Cook has a new job, still in government, but doing a different kind of work. I have the same job. Duchess ...