Today I told Biscuit the story of the boy who cried wolf. It seems we have a very dramatic six year old on our hands and the "oh my gosh I need you right now, hurry!" exclamations followed by "just kidding" are wearing a bit thin. We'll see if the fable sticks with her. I couldn't actually recall the details but I told her that, in the end, the wolf ate someone. She wanted to know who. I wasn't sure but she thought it was probably the little boy. I guess that taught him!
Anyway, that's the down side of drama. The upside is math homework with a certain flair:
And very heartfelt thank you notes for very modest gifts from Great Aunts. (Note, she hasn't done any thank you notes for friends who attended her party but she was very excited to get mail)
And while we're on the topic of Biscuit and drama, a little public service announcement from my cautious daughter. Let me paraphrase the story she told me tonight:
"Mom, even if there are bad guys you shouldn't sleep with a gun under your pillow to shoot the bad guys. You know why? Because if you are sleeping and your hand is around the gun under your pillow and it's wrapped around the trigger while you are sleeping you might accidentally squeeze the gun and shoot your head and you would die."
So there you go, one reason to not sleep with loaded guns. The more you know....
I was already grinning from "thank you for asking" and then I got to "of course darling."
Posted by: Swistle | October 21, 2011 at 03:30 AM
Oh my stinkin' GOODNESS! I cannot get enough of this humor. LOVED the math paper. :)
Posted by: becca banana | October 21, 2011 at 06:14 AM
Funniest post ever!
That sort of math paper is one of the few things I really miss about teaching. :)
Posted by: Sonja | October 21, 2011 at 07:05 AM
Oh Biscuit! That is too funny.
Posted by: Laura | October 21, 2011 at 08:48 AM
Swistle, I KNOW. I was cracking up. Hopefully her teacher appreciates the humor along with the correctly done addition :)
Posted by: Melissa Haworth | October 21, 2011 at 09:01 AM
Sonja,
Glad to remind you of your teaching days ;) In no time Noah will be doing math homework!
M
Posted by: Melissa Haworth | October 21, 2011 at 09:03 AM
Becca Banana,
the math was hilarious but how did you know I was dieing for 5 sticks of gum and a note? Really, kid, thats all it takes? Noted! Im going to keep gum on hand :)
Melissa
Posted by: Melissa Haworth | October 21, 2011 at 09:13 AM
Way too funny! Thanks for the good laughs this morning. Her teaching is going to be laughing when she grades Biscuit's homework. :)
Posted by: Lisa | October 22, 2011 at 08:57 AM
Oh my goodness, these notes are so wonderful! Thanks for the smile.
Posted by: Mandy | October 26, 2011 at 11:43 AM