Venice update

Before we left her school, she showed me a parent consent paper for her to participate in an after school program, and initially she was excited about starting - I read the info on the paper, and it was to start yesterday at 1:30, and run thru March some time - she wanted to start right then, and wanted me to call her Mom to get permission - I said we had an activity already set for the day, and she should talk with her parents about the program first - she fussed for a bit, then said she needed to go tell the teacher that she wouldn't be starting "today" - and ran off....in a few minutes she returned, and looking dejected said she didn't want to participate in the program - I asked why, and she said because it looked "boring" and she didn't know anyone in the program, and would feel funny - she crammed the paper into the pocket of her backpack, and we went on our way...

On the way home from Michael's Venice told me about some math she was doing, something about "extended functions" (I think), and gave me an example = you take a number, like 79 - you write it on paper with 79 and an equal sign to the right - you put 70 with a plus sign to the right and a 9 at the end...

I said you could also write it this way = 79 = 35 + 35 + 9....She said no, that isn't right - I said that was the way I learned it - and she said without missing a step, "you learned it in the olden times...!" - Again in the face of such wisdom pearls coming out of the mouths of babes, I nearly had an accident...! - Funny...!


Jiichan...

Xander Speaks the Truth

Was explaining next biz trip (planning next features, etc) to my 4 yr old, & he said, "Daaaad, you just want to make more money" - true dat

- Chris