Christmas Lights

Amelia: I saw a few blank houses. (No Christmas lights)
John: Not everyone puts up Christmas lights. When I was growing up, we did not put up Christmas lights outside our house.
Amelia: Why not?? ... ... Ohhhh! That was a long time ago! Were there no Christmas lights back then?
John: No, there were Christmas lights when I was growing up.
William: Were there no trees??
John: There were trees.
William: Maybe they didn't have Christmas decorations back then?
Amelia: Maybe they didn't have Christmas yet??

Conversations v.3453

We have had a number of funny comments and questions lately.  Here are the two I remember:

1.  We were unpacking some Christmas decorations yesterday.  It was December 1st and I was anxious to pull out the advent calendar.  I was kind of building it up to get the kids excited.

Mama: Oh!  I love decorations for Christmas!
Kids: OOOOooooo!
Mama: Here is the one I was looking for!
Kids: Yes! Yes! Yes! YES!
Mama: (Lifts up the advent calendar, holding it so they can't see the front) Do you know what this is??
Amelia: It is a Jesus curtain!!



2.  I was brushing William's teeth tonight in the bathroom.  He was very quiet, which is unusual for him.  Finally, I asked him what he was thinking about.

William: Why is there only a girl tooth fairy?
Mama: What?
William: Why is the tooth fairy a girl?  Why isn't there a tooth fairy for boys?  You know, one who isn't a fairy.  Maybe like the tooth elf.
Mama: Huh.  Good question.  How do you know the tooth fairy is a girl though?
William:  I just know because all fairies are girls. (big sigh)

Macaroni penguin

Amelia was reading a book with grandma that included a macaroni penguin. Amelia found this title to be hilarious. After they were done reading the book, grandma and Amelia talked more about the macaroni penguin.

Grandma: do you know why they call it a macaroni penguin? Is it because its feathers on top look like macaroni?

Amelia: laughs

Grandma: are you like a macaroni penguin? Does your hair look like macaroni?

Amelia: no!!!! (Laughing hysterically). My hair looks like French fries!

Hairstyles for girls

Amelia is so patient and loves trying out new things in her hair. She is way more confident about my abilities to execute her ideas. Frequently we have to scrap her intricate ideas because of time constraints, crashes in the other room and her hair type just doesn't work for everything.

This was our compromise today. A partial crown braid that held back her pesky long bangs from her face. She loved it because it was like a headband made from her own hair. I loved it because you can see her face. We'll be doing this one again.

Thankful for my turkey

William has been singing this Thanksgiving song over and over again. I finally got permission to videotape him singing....

Thankfulness

This year's turkey of thankfulness courtesy of William.

He is thankful for:
Dinosaur fossils
Me
Teachers
Friends
Everything else

When I pointed out to him that perhaps he was missing a particularly important person he paused for a moment. He paused and then said : "of course I am thankful for you mom! But, you are a teacher, so I didn't have to make you your own feather."

The kid thinks fast on his feet.

On snow

William: mom! Mom! Come see! There is snow on the deck!

Mom: just a minute, I'm combing Amelia's hair.

William: mom! It's so exciting! But why is there only a little bit?

Mom: I don't know William. I'm almost done helping your sister.

William: oh. Nevermind. I think it just a bunch of white bird poop.

Mom: oh. Well....

This snow stuff is so confusing to these Missouri kids that only see snow 1-2 times a year. They can't tell the difference between snow and bird poop.

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