Today we were reading Ramona the Brave and got to the part where Ramona becomes a kindergarten dropout. The boys didn't know what the word 'dropout' meant so I gave them a quick definition 'it is someone who use to go to school and doesn't anymore'.
At this moment, Theo quickly piped up and said, 'Jack is a dropout. He use to go to my pre-school and he doesn't anymore.' Before I get cross-examined by the Department of Family Services or the Homeschooling authorities, I should point out that Jack still goes to school it just isn't at the church pre-school anymore - it looks like my brief definition of dropout was a bit too basic to capture the true meaning for Theo!
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Theo, potatoes, and pain
We had a student and his son over to dinner tonight as his wife is out of town. I cooked some sausages and roasted some potatoes. The potatoes were incredibly hot and Theo didn't plan for this when he bit into his. He quickly spit it out and started crying.
We were all very sympathetic and tried to comfort him. Charles asked him, 'Oh Theo are you in pain? That must have really hurt.' To which Theo replied, 'yes my nipples hurt.'
WHAT? We all looked around, including our friend and Jack (who mind you is six) and burst out laughing. I am just glad that our dinner guest was a good friend and not someone we were trying to impress! Never a dull moment at the Anderson dinner table!
We were all very sympathetic and tried to comfort him. Charles asked him, 'Oh Theo are you in pain? That must have really hurt.' To which Theo replied, 'yes my nipples hurt.'
WHAT? We all looked around, including our friend and Jack (who mind you is six) and burst out laughing. I am just glad that our dinner guest was a good friend and not someone we were trying to impress! Never a dull moment at the Anderson dinner table!
Monday, 12 March 2012
Jinx
For a few months now the boys have been calling our baby Jinx. This is largely due to two reasons.
First, they love to play the jinx game where you yell jinx after you say the exact same thing as someone else and can then only be unfreezed (and allowed to talk again) when someone says your full name.
And second and slightly more important - Charles often reads the Freddy books to them (a series of like 20 books he remembers reading as a young boy). The boys have been amused because two of the main characters in these books are Jack (a dog) and Charles (a rooster). Then out of the blue a character name Theodore (a frog) has arrived which has gotten everyone in our family very excited. [Ed note: We are still waiting for an Adelaide - we may be waiting a while!] So at dinner a couple months back we decided that the baby should have a name of one of the characters from these books as well. We contemplated Freddy (a big pig), Henrietta (Charles's wife, a hen), Simon (a rat - but he is kind of rotten). But none of these compared to Jinx (a cat). The boys were then set that the baby should definitely be called Jinx. We have indulged them to this point. I hope they aren't disappointed on the actual day when the real name is revealed!
It is not unusual for Theo especially to say things about our baby, but he always says 'Jinx', not 'our baby'. For example, 'this will be Jinx's room' or 'this will be where Jinx sits'. Today he even told me that Jinx means 'gift from God'. I think he got this confused with Theodore!
It has just dawned on me that this has taken off so much that this baby may have a nickname the day he is born! I guess that is one of the privileges of being a fourth child. There are worst things . . .
First, they love to play the jinx game where you yell jinx after you say the exact same thing as someone else and can then only be unfreezed (and allowed to talk again) when someone says your full name.
And second and slightly more important - Charles often reads the Freddy books to them (a series of like 20 books he remembers reading as a young boy). The boys have been amused because two of the main characters in these books are Jack (a dog) and Charles (a rooster). Then out of the blue a character name Theodore (a frog) has arrived which has gotten everyone in our family very excited. [Ed note: We are still waiting for an Adelaide - we may be waiting a while!] So at dinner a couple months back we decided that the baby should have a name of one of the characters from these books as well. We contemplated Freddy (a big pig), Henrietta (Charles's wife, a hen), Simon (a rat - but he is kind of rotten). But none of these compared to Jinx (a cat). The boys were then set that the baby should definitely be called Jinx. We have indulged them to this point. I hope they aren't disappointed on the actual day when the real name is revealed!
It is not unusual for Theo especially to say things about our baby, but he always says 'Jinx', not 'our baby'. For example, 'this will be Jinx's room' or 'this will be where Jinx sits'. Today he even told me that Jinx means 'gift from God'. I think he got this confused with Theodore!
It has just dawned on me that this has taken off so much that this baby may have a nickname the day he is born! I guess that is one of the privileges of being a fourth child. There are worst things . . .
Sunday, 11 March 2012
More Theo Quotables
Often on Sunday morning we let the kids have a 'fun treat' for breakfast. Today they asked if they could have cinnamon toast. I told them yes they could have cinnamon and sugar on their second piece of toast but their first piece of toast would be a normal piece. Very optimistically, Theo then said 'okay can I have my second piece of toast first?'
Oh the logic of a three year old! Love it.
Oh the logic of a three year old! Love it.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
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