Posted on October 13th, 2007 by Writer
Today, my first grader (oldest child) told me that during PE, he and his friends were playing “chop chop.” This is a game when the kids give each other karate chops. My son explained that one of the playground supervisors told him to stop doing it, or he would have to walk laps around the […]
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Posted on October 13th, 2007 by Writer
Yesterday I fixed fish, macaroni, and green beans for dinner. As usual, it was a challenge getting Rowdy Rebel to eat his food. I said, “My little man, you at least need to eat some macaroni.” He got really mad and wrinkled up his eyebrows and said really loudly, “MOMMY!!!! I don’t WIKE WACKY WONY!!!!” […]
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Posted on October 7th, 2007 by Writer
My first grader (nickname Deep Thinker) always pays very close attention to the rules and almost never breaks them. Here is an example that illustrates his enthusiasm for rules gone overboard. He told me that he didn’t play with his friends at school last week because they played tag, but tag isn’t allowed. So I […]
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