OK, so forgive me for going two weeks with not a word and then posting three times in one day...but this blog material is primarily based on the cute and sometimes frustrating things that are my children. And they hadn't given me much to work with up until recently. I digress.
So a commercial for that kids movie G-Force just came on and as I was picking up the living room...Not REALLY paying attention to the TV mind you, my daughter asks:
Ayris: Mom, what are those animals on there?
Mommy: (Again, not even looking at the TV, just going from my memory of seeing the preview before I reply...) "I think they are rats."
Ayris: Um, I think they are guinea pigs because rats have really long tails and those didn't have long tails.
OK, first off, why ask the question if you apparently already know the answer? Second, if this is any indication of how much of a deductive thinker she'll be when she starts school...then I thank my lucky stars because hopefully I won't be having to help out too much in the homework department...and while we're on the subject of teaching, I just want to point out to Chris (in his many attempts to get me to teach the children while at home) that our children are obviously better off learning things on their own and without my help. It's probably BEST that I don't even TRY to educate them...because if I do, I'll be sending them off to school thinking that Guinea pigs are rats and that Geese are ducks...personally, I think these comparisons are at least in the same family so no biggee...right? I can't help that my children are completely anal and particular. The other day, my mother said something about the "cheese" on my sandwich, and Asher said "It's pepperjack grandma!"...and Ayris has also been known to point out that something was not just a "bird" but rather an egret. I know...I birthed some smarties =) Trust me...I too used to be smart but these children are intelligence suckers...come to think of it...that must be reason they are so smart...because they've drained me of my intelligence and taken it for themselves. We'll just call them The Greedy Ones and we'll call me The Sacrificial Mom...I like it...that title totally makes my intellectual limitations alright by me! =)
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