Mar. 23, 2006 - Funny things
Just some funny stuff to share. I've been reading The Wizard of Oz to the kids - we just finished it tonight. Well, I usually try to ask them lots of questions while we're reading to improve their comprehension and memory skills - what do you think will happen next? Why did so and so do that? Do you remember what happened last time? Things like that. So tonight I asked Savannah to repeat back to me what each character wanted the wizard to give him or her. She did great until we got to the lion...
Mommy: "What did the scarecrow ask the wizard for?"
Savannah: "a brain"
Mommy: "What did the tin woodsman want?"
Savannah: "a heart"
Mommy: "And what did the cowardly lion want from the wizard?"
Savannah: "Um, he wanted some porridge."
I guess porridge sounds a lot like courage to a 3 year old, or maybe she's a little confused because Noah read us Goldilocks and the 3 bears the other day!
I am always amazed at what a thinker Savannah is. She watches me breastfeed the baby and sometimes she will ask if she can do it. I try to explain to her that someday, if she marries and decides to have a baby, her body will make milk for her baby, but first she has to grow big and healthy, so she will be ready to do this. Up until today, this explanation has been okay for her, but today she had a meltdown over it. She said she did not want to feed any other baby, she wanted to feed Elijah, and then she started crying. I felt so bad. I told her she could give him his juice in a bottle, and then she was fine. But I still can't believe how strongly she felt about it. I know it is impossible for her to understand now that someday she will have a little baby of her own that she will love even more than her baby brother...
Anyway, "school" is going well. I've found myself focusing a lot more on teaching the kids different tasks around the house. I bring them downstairs when I do laundry so I can show them how it's done, let them help me out with housework, and things like that.
Darn, Elijah's waking up. He has a cold and keeps coughing and gagging and then throwing up from it. So I have to go! Good night.
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Mar. 24, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by chickadee
that is funny!
when i was breastfeeding my daughters were really curious too and sometimes held their dolls to their breasts to feed them.
