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What a sweetie in such socks!

Okay, so on long tube journeys, of which we have a fair amount, me and kidlet play games. Kidlet's current favourite is hangman, which since his spelling is still at the, ah, idiosyncratic stage, is eventful when it's my turn to guess. We occasionally vary it with maths puzzles. I didn't realise that he hadn't started multiplication in school yet (kidlet is six), so on Friday's tube journey I put a few of them in there. He got 9 x 9 instantly, but struggled, really struggled, with 1 x 3. Which confuzzled me completely.


wha...? that's just weird.
(although I always had trouble with the 3s. dunno why.)


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um. Devlin just asked me "Where does your pee come out, since you don't have a penis?"

*boggles*





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*snortle*


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um. Devlin just asked me "Where does your pee come out, since you don't have a penis?"

*boggles*



dude, I was so confued about that till I was about 11!



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You didn't know where your pee came from?


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well, it's not like you can see it.


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True. Hadn't really thought about that aspect of it.


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MY BABY GIRLS STARTS SCHOOL TOMORROW!

*get all teary eyed*


Graeme starts kindergarten in a week and a half. The rest of the school starts on Wednesday and the kindergarteners begin a week later.


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Devlin starts next Tuesday! *does a happy dance*


Actually, he hasn't been so bad this summer. He's read a lot of books and watched far too much telly - well, in my opinion, he probably watches tv less than half the time a normal kid does and he doesn't play video games, except online a bit.





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I was drying Rowan off after a bath, and she was on our bed as I was trying to get her into her pajamas. Jen finished with her shower, and Rowan likes to be helpful and carry the towel over, so I said, "Let's swoop over and get Mommy her towel! And, we swoop!"

Or something similar.

Rowan was helpful, and handed Jen her towel, then proceeded to repeatedly run between the bathtub and our bed with her hands above her head, saying "Super-MAN!!" on each leg of the journey. We didn't teach her this, but she just spent the weekend with Jen's parents up the hill, so we called to see if they had taught her this, or at least witnessed it. Nope, apparently it is something she learned at daycare.

I managed to sneak out and grab the camera at the tail end of her marathon, and captured a bit of the action HERE. Enjoy!

P.S. Sorry if my voice sounds funny, but I was struggling to keep from laughing hysterically while filming. Big Grin


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adorable!

and good taste (batman next Wink)

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hee! she's so cute!





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Another Rowan story, this time involving our own Amy-mod! Smile


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She's very sweet. I'm feeling nostalgic because my youngest daughter starts secondary school (high school?) in 2 days. It goes so fast. Frown


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Rowan has good taste in people-spotting, I'll tell ya that.


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She's very sweet. I'm feeling nostalgic because my youngest daughter starts secondary school (high school?) in 2 days. It goes so fast.


I think it's more like middle school - doesn't high school start at 14 or something?



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There's eight grades in primary school, then four years in secondary school. Typically primary school is broken up into two parts - the first five years (elementary school), and the last three, called "junior high" or middle school. The exact terminology varies from state to state and even town to town.

In larger cities, you'll find most kids go to an elementary school, then a separate facility for middle school than a third for secondary or "high" school. I'm guessing the elementary level was at some point referred to as "low" school but is no longer.


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aha . . . i've always wondered exactly how "primary" and "secondary" school relates to the elementary/middle/high school pattern i'm familiar with . . . .




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and that's the lesson for today. I don't expect to be forced to learn anything else, mind.


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