Friday, April 30, 2010

labelled

Tsia has been home from school for much of this week with a cold and a fever. Todd stayed home with her for two days while I had some meetings and urgent business to attend to, but on Wednesday it was my turn. We spent some time in the morning learning to braid, and after lunch I set up my sewing machine because she's has been begging to learn. She did really well and then lost interest after approximately five minutes, as expected. (We had a similar experience when she asked me to teach her to knit last weekend--these things will take time, so I'll let her set the agenda. It's not like I'm in a hurry for her to start sewing samples for me or anything.)

In the afternoon I needed make a couple of phone calls and reply to some emails, so I set her up with paper, scissors, and glue and asked her to stay busy for a little while. She did very well, and it wasn't until I finished and looked down at the paper she had taped to the front of my shirt that I realized she had still found a way to voice her displeasure:



Fortunately, the fever is gone and she can return to school. And I can continue to do what I regularly do. Which is being BORING, I guess.

8 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness. What a cute one!

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  2. that is pretty funny. my 4 yo writes his name like this
    MATT
    HEW

    always finishing on the second line

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  3. Hahahaha, too funny!

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  4. haha! love it, boring mama!!

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  5. Oh that cracks me up. I love it. What a clever little one.

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  6. so glad to know that i am not alone in 'setting my kids up' with something while i either take care of business or, uh, try to sew. :)

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  7. Teresa9:20 AM

    That is most certainly a label my Ella would pin on me too!

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  8. They're so subtle, aren't they? Priceless.

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