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Monday Movies: Little Miss Muffet

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Once there was an anaconda

 

Change

Eight years ago, I was in Washington DC, angrily not celebrating the inauguration that took place then.  What a difference eight years makes.  Back then, I never could have imagined being where I am today in my life.  And just as much, I never could have imagined what would take place in the landscape of this country.

It's strange to think that for Tae, today is the first day in her life that George Bush has not been president.  That all her life, she has taken her shoes off at the airport.  That to her, the twin towers are ghost towers.  And that in her memory, her first memory of a president will be Barack Obama.

It gives me hope.

Uh.

This is the cover of a book that Tae wrote at school.  She told me the name of the book was "CIRCUS."

More science

Celery is really cool.  Check it out:

7pm

 

And then at 10pm

Morning conversations

This morning in the car, Tae and I were having a conversation about Santa.  She was asking about chimneys (we don't have one), and we were talking about how he's magic.  She told me that actually Santa could just walk in to our house, like he does in the North Pole.  Right.

We talked about how he probably has a big belly because he eats a lot and gets a lot of cookies.

Then she asked, "Does Santa sleep?"

me:  "That's a good question.  What do you think?"

Tae:  "Yeah, I think he sleeps.... and then he gives himself presents while he sleeps!!"

[cue crazy infectious laughter from the backseat of my car.]

The High End

Yesterday was my second parent-teacher conference at Tae's school.  This morning, Tae's teacher told me how sad she was that we didn't have long er to chat and tell stories.  The parent-teacher conference went over all different development areas, and the teacher gave examples and photos and naratives to illustrate each of the areas.

This morning, she said to me, "I wish we had more time but the point to take away is that she's at the high end," and then she gestured waaaay off to the left.

Tae brought home this picture today.  It seems like every day she grows and changes - the hands she draws now are like real hands (not a 3 lines for fingers).  She has mastered drawing stars - both the way with 5 lines that cross, and just by drawing the outline.  On the mouth, in the picture above, those aren't weird dollar signs or anything.  They are G clefs.  (This is what you get when grandma is a piano teacher.)  I mean, seriously?  G clefs?  I'm sure that there are LOTS of adults out there that can't draw G clefs.  Tae has also mastered dollar signs (with the S backwards though).

I have to admit that sometimes I feel a little intimidated and overwhelmed.  I feel like I'm working pretty hard right now to challenge my four year old.  What happens when she's 10?  Is she way too over-stimulated?  Am I depriving her of other experiences that she should have?  Tae is very much like my younger sister.  I worry that maybe the thoughts in Tae's head are out-pacing what she can express.  I feel like she's pretty expressive with me, and that I can generally gauge her moods pretty well.  But will I be able to keep up with her?

There are little things that I'm not quite sure how to broach.  We're still a no tv household (she's barely even interested in watching tv at our house).  I don't know if she's actually watched an episode of Sesame Street.  She is too overwhelmed by going to the movies.

And then today in the car, "Mommy, I've never been to Old MacDonald's.  I like Old MacDonald's.  Can we go there someday?"

I almost died trying to take this picture

I'm not really coordinated enough to skate and take pictures... but it was definitely easier than trying to skate and hold ALL of Tae's weight while she pretended to skate.

At least I've accomplished one thing that I hoped to do in 2009. 

Science is cool

Science Experiments!
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So.  Here, at long last are the results of our science experiment.

The egg was all rubbery and bouncy on the outside - the shell was gone, and the egg membrane thingy was holding it all togther.  Science is so cool.

I cut the egg in half, and the inside spilled out.  The inside was totally normal, and not stinky at all.  Crazy.  Science is cool.

Huh.

Tae:  I'm SCARED!!

Me:  What are you scared of?

Tae:  Me screaming.  AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!