tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874437130043953272024-03-05T21:51:58.433-05:00given so muchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387443713004395327.post-82733927755243542552016-12-24T20:32:00.000-05:002016-12-24T20:32:12.100-05:00Merry & Bright<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lucy loves school.<br />
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She's a teacher all evening, and one of her beloved front office ladies on the weekends. She is quick to make you clip down, so be forewarned to be on your best behavior.<br />
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Everything is "we". "We had three absent today!" "We were late to specials today." "We had three kids spill their drinks at lunch. And one of them was me!"<br />
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She is learning to read, and thinks about those letters all the time. The other day just before she drifted off, she asked, "Why isn't T a vowel?" I'm not sure, bu the vowels are... "a,e,i,o,and u. What's so SPE-cial about being a VOW-el?" She often sounds things out and chats about which things are spelled alike and which words rhyme.<br />
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I ate lunch with her and a little girl walked out and plopped her foot out in front of Lucy. Lucy barely glanced at the untied laces and told her (no-nonsense) that she's not supposed to be up at lunch and that she'd tie it for her after lunch. I asked her if she ties shoes often. "Yes," she said, "And Mrs. King only ties shoes until Christmas, so I'll have even more work to do after that!"<br />
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Numbers are fun, too. She was huddled under my coat in the back seat. Usually this means she's got my phone and is sneaking extra time. I asked what she was doing under there, and her face popped out and she cheerily cried out, "Math-ing!" She said, "It's time for math! Now, if I have 5 gingerbread cookies and two friends come over and eat one, how many do I have?" She solves it in her little notebook. Then she says, "Time for another equation!"<br />
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She told me about two kids who shared a long look on the playground. And then they said, "Hiiii." And then they ran (from each other) aaaaand... "It was a love-match."<br />
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There are numerous hugs with her friends when I pick her up every day. Life is good in Kindergarten.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387443713004395327.post-47956453591960596872016-11-24T21:41:00.000-05:002016-12-04T21:41:48.099-05:00thankful<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We went to a park and took a break in the grass. I started looking at the clovers and told her that some people think 4 leaf clovers are lucky, but I've never found one.<br />
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In about 2 minutes flat she'd found 3 of 'em!</div>
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Lucy heard quite a bit of election talk.<br />
She showed me this.<br />
(She's marked out d (Donald) and h (Hillary) and has voted for McMullin).<br />
(And Donald Trump has a big head and a frowny face!)<br />
I like how she thinks.</div>
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Lucy has been so excited about her camp fire. She packed a little knapsack a few days ago with "things we might need." In it were: a box of tissues, a box of princess band-aids, and 2 books. She proudly whipped the books out, and told us that she'd chosen "nature books", one about fall and one about baby animals. She's so fun!</div>
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Tonight instead of playing Dora in Dora's House, she said, "Hey Mom, how bout we play Chip and Joanna and design Dora's house for her?"<br />
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I thought it sounded great, so we cleared out all the furniture and then she ran over for some paper. She stood back and sketched out her ideas for a minute.<br />
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She came over, face serious, eyes on the house, "Chip, I think the kids rooms should be upstairs... and I'll just need you to take out this wall. And this one. And this one." [Gestures to 3 of 3 walls upstairs]<br />
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She'd tilt her head, scrunch her nose, waffle her hands like "so-so", very busy and creative, channeling her inner Joanna.<br />
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Then she had Dora's mom knock on the front door, come in, and exlcaim, "I loooove the desiiiiign!"<br />
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(She corrected my "a" in Tesfanish, above. She thought that "a" didn't look very good.)</div>
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And I found this on the easel the next day. </div>
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I love this sweet girl so much!</div>
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You started the fun at Aunt Ann and Uncle Ron's.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a big pile of presents to open. AND a big<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three birthday buddies--Ron, Lucy, and Bonnie all share a birthday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My birthday beauty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling a bit sassy :)</td></tr>
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I love you with all my heart and I'm so proud of who you are!</div>
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Lucy lost a front tooth! Number 3, and boy is her smile cute.</div>
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You recall that Lucy was asking Google EVERYTHING?<br />
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She had rare use of the phone in the car on a long trip. I heard her in the back seat, saying, "Okay, Google, show me Lucy Ricardo Balls." No problem, funny slip on the name.<br />
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Then... "Okay, Google, show me Ricky Ricardo BALLS." Yikes! I grappled with her for the phone, horrified, but it just showed Ricky Ricardo. (And not his balls, thank you Jesus.)</div>
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I took down a picture that I loved and put up some maps and spaces for Lucy's work and our calendar. Now, I love this, too! It's good to have a place to put her bag/coat when she comes home and it's made mornings easier.</div>
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I like how she can flip through them and pick what she wants.</div>
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I've been putting little notes on napkins in Lucy's lunch. Love notes.</div>
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She came around the corner and told me she had a little surprise for me. </div>
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Dear Lord, thank you for my sweet child. Thank you that she's growing taller and stronger and learning so much. Thank you that we live in the US, where she can go to school, for free. Where her opportunities spread out in front of her like twinkling stars in the sky--starting with this one: a good education. In a clean, air-conditioned school, where she'll be treated well. While children labor away in India and beg on the streets in Ethiopia and stay home while brothers go to school in Pakistan, she'll be at her desk, pencil in hand, learning in a bright classroom with a kind and creative teacher. Wow, Jesus, thank you for this. This is not a given for so many. Help me to see the good and be thankful, as I send her to school in the morning. You are so good to us! Can I ask just a few more things? <br />
--Give her a clear, true perception of herself as a dearly loved child and an awesome human. <br />
--Give her a friend. <br />
--Give her the courage to be kind. <br />
Thank you, Jesus. Amen.<br />
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Lucy discovered and taught me a whole new thing: Google searching by saying, 'Okay, Google" and then asking what you want to know. She thinks this is "awesome" and "exciting" and was really keen to try out her new discovery.<br />
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If you've ever wondered what a 5 year old wonders about, I can share a few minutes of what burning questions were in Lucy's heart today."<br />
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<i>In the space of about 5 minutes, the first round:</i><br />
"Okay, Google, how long is an ostrich?" <br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a whale?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a giraffe?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a Deddy-Long-Legs?" (no answer)<br />
"A DEDDY-LONG-LEGS? A. DEDDY. LONG. LEGS!!!?" (gives up)<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a human?"<br />
"This is a good one! Okay, Google, how long is 2 humans plus 6 lions?" (under her breath, "They don't know.)<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is the earth?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is the outer space?" (no answer--doesn't wait, moves on immediately)<br />
"Okay, Google, how strong is a lion?" "Google! Google? Maybe I should let Google rest."<br />
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<i>The next round, in the space of about 12 minutes.</i> (I was writing frantically and completely dissolving into laughter. Shoulders shaking, like when you see those goofy family vacation pictures and the first few are kind of funny, but the collective group just leaves you utterly undone with laughter. That's where I was by the end of this. I don't know if it will strike anyone else as that funny, but it sure did me.)<br />
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"Okay, Google, when was the Earth built?" (Insert mini-lesson on creationism v/s evolutionism)<br />
"Okay, Google, how do you make a world?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how do you make a phone?"<br />
"Okay, Google, what would you do if a lion was eating you?" Eye roll. "They don't know?"<br />
"Okay, Google, what does a turtle's teeth look like?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how big are sharks' teeth?"<br />
"Okay, Google, Show me what a snake looks like." Silence. Whispers, "That's amazing."<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a snake?" <br />
Rapid-fire, doesn't wait for answer: "Okay, Google, how long is the ocean? <br />
--"Okay, Google, what is the strongest animal under the water?" <br />
--"Okay, Google, how long is 2 people, 3 turtles and 1 shark?" <br />
"Okay, Google, how many days does it take to make a little, tiny tree? (Google starts to answer, she cuts in with "OR a mushroom?")<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a car?"<br />
"Okay, Google, what does constellations look like?" Silence. "Oh. my. word."<br />
"Okay, Google, when was the first baby built?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how many days would it take to write a book?<br />
"Okay, Google, who was the first president of the whole en-tyler WORLD?" Google goes into an alternative theory. Lucy dismisses it with, "Google doesn't KNOW! It's GEORGE WASHINGTON, Google!"<br />
"Okay, Google, when was the first tower built in the whole en-tyler world?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how do you make a TV?<br />
Rapid fire, doesn't wait for answers: "Okay, Google, when was the first tree?"<br />
--"Okay, Google, who... is a ghost?"<br />
--"Okay, Google, I wanna' know, who is the strongest animal in the ocean?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is a car?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is the grass?" "They don't know."<br />
"Okay, Google, when was Sherman School built?"<br />
"Okay, Google, when was the tower of Ohio built?"<br />
"Okay, Google, when was the first car in the whole en-tyler world built?"<br />
"Okay, Google, when was the first school ever built, in the whole en-tyler world built?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how many days would it take to build the aquarium?" "They don't know. I bet 100."<br />
"Okay, Google, how long is an ostrich with 2 humans?"<br />
"Okay, Google, how many days would it take to make a car? From three giraffes?<br />
"Okay, Google, how would you make a building?"<br />
"Okay, Google, what was the first song ever made, ever?" <br />
"Okay, Google, how many days would it take to build a car?"<br />
"Okay, Google, who came up with this thing of 'I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. [says whole pledge] ?" (Google answers, "Here is a selection of local events." She sighs. "Really, Google?"<br />
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Lucy, you did so many brave things that you couldn't do before! <br />
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A serious documentary about the perils of language learning at an more... ahem... mature age,<br />
by objective filmmaker, Lucy Joy Tesfanish.<br />
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I present: Nana reads "Un Tipo Grande Se Llevo Mi Pelota"<br />
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What a great summer!</div>
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Things I heard:</div>
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"He's older than me. I think he's in his mid-twelves."</div>
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"I'm going to throw you a Dora Party, with low-carb cake."</div>
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We started watching I Love Lucy. You belly-laugh at her antics, and I laugh because you laugh.</div>
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You taught lots of VBS lessons and songs to your babies.</div>
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