is presentations. each kid has to give a short talk on a given topic each time we meet (except, well, divided up by first letter of last name, 1/3 of the students get each week off. we we're on 2 weeks, off one ( Read more... )

it started out something about babies drinking... "you know!" that was Germaine. I think she didn't know what to say. Linus did, though. "mom's milk!" but then they went into what the baby is eating now. "pretty much whatever mom is eating." I said it's not so much eating as getting nutrients from the cord. Dietrich asked WHAT CORD? like he couldn ( Read more... )

If I give Germaine a piece of paper and crayons, I can pretty safely guarantee she will draw a princess. if not a princess, then a fairy, which is basically the same but with wings and a shorter dress ( Read more... )

me: *offers Ingrid some chocolate*

Ingrid: NO! I WANT SUCKER!

me: I don't have a sucker.

Ingrid: I'M GONNA THROW OUT THE WINDOW!

me: you're gonna throw my chocolate out the window?

Ingrid: NO!

me: what are you throwing out the window?

Ingrid: YOU!

stuck play doh in the kids stockings. which they dug into this morning from St Nick.

they proceeded to mix everything together into a nice rainbow, then mixed more and more until it was a nice (kind of icky, actually) beige color.

rule no. 574824856 in parenting: don't get too attached to play doh. it's replaceable.

we came in early yesterday, partly due to the cold, partly due to not having eaten lunch and being starving for dinner. so the kids got a hand at passing out candy while I cooked ( Read more... )

...because while Germaine was trying to say her bedtime prayers, Dietrich kept yelling BUTT practically at the top of his lungs ( Read more... )

I had a dream last night that walgreens photo counter was giving out little bits of ice cream, about the size of a piece of candy, individually wrapped like candy. they were called Ice Cream Bits ( Read more... )

Germaine - "Maine"
Linus - "Isus"
Dietrich - "Deekis"
Ingrid - "Ingid"

Linus and Dietrich have found two empty pizza boxes, and turned them into laptops, drawing buttons for the keyboard, etc.

then Linus said, "I'm pretending my girlfriend is on here." I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE GOT AN IDEA LIKE THAT.