Dahlia (very angry):”I’m LEAVING THIS FAMILY……. (pauses)…… and I’m NOT coming back until my birthday” (which is this Saturday)
Monti: “Dahlia WAFFLES are READY!”
Dahlia:” Fine… I’m coming”
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It’s official
Before, it was just a dream, a glimmer in Elsa’s eye. Well no more. You are NOT looking at a Photoshop mockup this time! Thank you Ford for great naming of your vehicle.
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Overheard recently
Dahlia: “You know why I like Joe Jonas? Because he rocks and he very handsome.”
Me: …….
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Overheard before school today
Joe (giving Dahlia kisses this morning)
Dahlia: (thinking about these kisses….) “Your kiss your mom and dad – don’t worry about that – you’re not marrying them.”
(translation: If you kiss your mom and dad – don’t worry – you’re not marrying them)
Joe:Asking her to repeat herself
Dahlia: “Nothing else!”
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Dahlia at Gymnastics
She’s getting really good at the balance beam.
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Dahlia’s Science Experiment
Dahlia is doing a science fair board this year on Cold Fusion – Reality or Myth? That or she’s doing it on the effects of salt and sugar in water on flowers.
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I think that Dahlia did these
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Overheard today
Look what I write, “you”!
Dad, Ok, Is this is a star?
Is that a star?
(points to a star)
Yes (spells “YOU” above it – don’t know why)
Now I have to tell you about Eric Karrle. Eric Karlle do books. I tell you about these books. This books is really cool. He do like different artists. Mom, you want to hear about this?
Elsa: I don’t know – you can tell me – i’m listening (she’s not)
you want to hear it?
and then, Eric Karlle – he made magic in this magic book. You can look – at the count – at the count – look at the the three from the other dot. Something up here. And that’s a really big fox in our classroom. Then we flipped the page. The fox is like this (yells). He like run in the book. I like this (stares). Then we flipped the page. THen one froggy come out. Then jump from one page to another>
Elsa: how does this have to do with EC? (she was listening I guess)
Dahlia: I gonna open this (she has some tape in her hands). 1-2-3- go! what is this? Mom can i just have one of this? One of these?
Elsa (not looking) I don’t know what that is dahlia
dahlia: please? Can I just have one of this?
E: It’s dads
Me: Go ahead D
D : yay! I gonna make it in two, and I gonna give you it. (tears off a piece of tape).
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Overheard today
Joe:” how was school today”
D:” good. know what? This what i did at recess. I show you what a thing Ella did. Who that girl? Remember? Knicole? You meet her at the park. ready? This is how I do it. (does a dance here with cat toy, singing a song).”
D:” At school, we forgot our eager readers (had a hard time saying this). Mom would say “ugggggh we missed it again”.
Elsa went skiing today in big powder. Lost her ski once. Said it was beautiful. See her blog for a pic or two.
Joe:” Monti how was school today”
M:”Good. um. Everything was going my way, sort of. Joe: Why? M: Everything was sort of going fine.”
(she goes off singing.. I guess it was a good day).
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Overheard today
Dahlia home sick:” Mom, what do i have to do to be a dult” (an adult)
“Do I have to get one of those things with my picture on it?”
Elsa:”It just takes time”.
D:” You know who gonna be not my age? Ruth and Lucy, because they’re six. Even Sophia, she’s the biggest in the world. At least in our class.”
“You know what? You can’t believe how tall she is.”
“You know what? Ruth’s baby sister just fall in the toilet. She just so small. She fall in the toilet. She peed in the bathroom, without going to the toilet. Her saying she a grownup because she peed in the big toilet. Then she peed on the ground. She pee on the ground. Ruth’s little sister. Then her mom got mad at Ruth’s little sister.”
“I hate this school day. I’m so sick.”