M has committed to practicing piano half an hour every day. Usually she has a little extra time after she gets done with her actual piano homework, so sometimes goes back and works on tunes she's played before, or just sits and fiddles around. Sometimes she's actually improvising new tunes, but other times she seems to be making up little exercises ( Read more... )

M has been practicing a piano piece called "The Tempest", and I told her it sounded like she was learning it well. She said, "Well, of course! The Tempest is about Prospero, and Prospero's daughter is named Miranda, so of course I would play it well."
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On encountering a small Pac-Man-shaped pretzel, Miranda intones
ominously: "I'm eating Pac-Man, and now he's turning into his own
worst enemy: a ghost!"
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"I think synesthesia could be a good thing sometimes, because it means
the senses are communicating more than they would normally, but it
could sometimes be a bad thing because people who have it could get
confused."
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On trying celery root for the first time: "I *love* celery root. And
no offense, but I think I like it better than celery. (I didn't
remember if mommy had made celery before and I didn't want to hurt her
feelings.)"
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Q: What do you call it when a beaver says a bad word? A: A beaver damn.

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After seeing a sign in a doctor's office that said kids shouldn't have more than two hours of "screen time" (TV, computers, iPhone, etc.) per day, M has decided to take it to heart, and is following it rigorously. If she has more than two hours in one day, she insists on not having any screen time the next day. Which is nice, because her parents ( Read more... )

Girls play with Bakugan a little different from the way boys do. M currently has a scenario going where most of the Bakugan are asleep (rolled up). If one of them accidentally awakes (pops open), it has to be given hydrangeas. While it's distracted by smelling the hydrangeas, it's apparently easier to get it back to sleep.
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Q: What do you call it when you feel bad about doing something wrong on a Jewish holiday? A: Hanukkah guilt.

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Mom: I'm a total train wreck.
M: You look good for a train wreck.

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