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Creative homework

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Owen had a homework sheet this week that had four sets of three words, each with a letter missing. There was a box with four letters to choose from, and each set of words would have the same letter missing. His letter choices were P, O, T, M.

So you just knew that one of the sets would look something like this:

FAR ___

___Y

JU __ P

You gotta give him props for inevitably sounding out the word “fart,” and for bringing himself back from his hysterical round of giggles to realize that he could also make the word “farm.”

Soon after that, he deemed homework as not fun and refused to do the rest. Is it because he wasn’t allowed to write down the word “fart”? We’ll never know.

Sharp-dressed man

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Last night, when Owen and I were laying out his clothes for school today, he came across an old black sweater vest from last Christmas and wanted to wear it with a long-sleeved black shirt underneath it. Not one to discourage individuality, I said nothing negative about his choice of garments and continued to get them ready.

Owen then started telling me about his friend who said that fancy clothes aren’t cool, but that he didn’t agree. I told him that I didn’t agree either. And since Owen had been listening to ZZ Topp’s “Sharp-Dressed Man” all day long, I explained to him that “every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man.” He dug that!

This morning, he decided to wear something different, because he “didn’t want the girls to be all over me at school.” He’s just not ready to be adored for more than his dimples, I guess!

Riddle me this

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Owen and I were reading a riddle book tonight (Riddle Me This). We’ve read riddles from this book several times before and I’m always impressed with how well Owen does with the guessing. The we got to this riddle:

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

The answer, of course, is your name (but I’d argue that it could also be your phone number), but Owen was a bit stumped. So I started to repeat the riddle using his name a lot, and when Keith came into the room, I was sure to add in a loud, “Daddy,” after I read him the riddle.

It didn’t take Owen long before he came up with the perfect answer: “Your Bed.”

Now it probably won’t take you long to guess that Owen is having trouble sleeping (what else is new?) and he’s been sleeping in bed with me while Keith has taken over sleeping in Owen’s bed. A queen-sized bed just doesn’t work with a 6-year-old.

Will the cleverness never cease? I hope not.

Millis Wonderland … not just for the rich

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

After a dinner playdate with a friend who lives in Millis, Owen and I went to enjoy the lights at Millis Wonderland. It’s amazing, by the way. Owen must have heard my friend telling me about the wealthy family who lives in the house there, and all the buildings on the property, etc.

As we were driving through, admiring all of the elaborate displays of lights and scenes, Owen exclaimed, “I don’t think this guy is rich anymore!”

The “f” word

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Owen got off the school bus the other day and was very excited to tell me what he learned in kindergarten that day … the “f” word. In his teacher’s defense, he learned it on the bus, but still. Is this really what I send him to school for:

“Mommy, I know what the “f” word is: fart.”

Not what you were expecting? He is only six!