I've been teaching/tutoring my cousin's son Joshua two days a week. He is three and already knows all of the letters of the alphabet and some of his numbers. We've been working on what the letters say and some counting. He is quite the mimic, often quoting lines from Thomas the Tank and repeating big words that he hears adults say. Tuesday, when we were assembling our "number snake" he said, "Simply splendid!" It's not very funny in writing, but when you hear a little three year old pipe up with those words in a cute sing-songy voice, it's hilarious!
I've also been busy painting our living room in preparation for the arrival of Someone. There's nothing like the knowledge of company to kick me into gear when I have projects to do! I will post some before and after pictures soon. Brace yourselves.
If our neighbors happened to look toward our house this morning, they would have seen a crazy lady brandishing a floor lamp (the kind with the shade pointing to the ceiling) and waving it outside furiously. The reason for this insanity is that when I walked into the living room this morning to survey the paint progress and evaluate what still needs to be done, I saw a HUUUGE cockroach on the CEILING!!! Nate's at work, so I called Brad and told him in as pitiful a voice as I could muster of my plight and he LAUGHED. He said that maybe if he had time he would stop by and help. Thanks for nothing, pal. So, I hung up and told Grandpa about the creature and we stood there contemplating the best way to get it down when I thought of the lamp. After a brief struggle, I caught the hideous thing and yelled to Grandpa to open the front door and, as the neighbors probably saw, furiously shook the lamp outside until the bug plopped out into the ivy. Eww. I still shudder thinking about it.
And here is a picture I took when we went to Savannah and Tybee Island for our anniversary.
5 comments:
Now that would have made a great video to share with the rest of us!
So funny!!!
And PEOPLE! The LIVING ROOM is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
Who's the "Someone"??
And Happy Very Belated Anniversary!! I can't believe it's been five years already.
Kristi, just click on the "Someone" and you'll see!
Yes, five years. It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but in some ways it seems like forever. (In a good way!)
Your living room is GORGEOUS! You're so creative. Where do you get your ideas?!
Pretty funny story about the bug!
Hey, what are you using to teach Joshua? I'm always on the lookout for good materials to teach Chloe the alphabet and numbers. I'd love to know what you're using!
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