Cute Gremlin #2 is learning about Roman Numerals in school. I was never very good at math when I was in school. I fought to pass Algebra II (hey look, a Roman Numeral!) in high school with a 76 or something, and I was proud of that C, because it was hard. You ask me to play a clarinet concerto, fine. Write a 10 page paper on any part of British Literature? Sure. Give a US History presentation with visuals and references? No problem. But Algebra, Geometry and beyond? Not so much.
So I'm very proud of my Cute Gremlin for having an aptitude for something that I never mastered. She's a math whiz. Her reading fluency and comprehension irk me sometimes, but this is when I am reminded that she is not me. (Heck, she doesn't even have my genes.) We help each other learn. She loves math, and I love that she does. :)
Here are two great songs about math. One is "New Math" by Tom Lehrer, and the other is a great song (that contains Roman Numerals!) called "18 Wheels on a Big Rig" by Haywood Banks that we heard on the Bob and Tom radio show a long time ago. Also, here is an Abbott and Costello clip about math that we love.
Enjoy!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Frank goes to the Fall Festival
Mostly just pictures in this post, as they tell the story best. Enjoy.
Ephesus Baptist Church Fall Festival: Monday, Oct 31, 2011
Ephesus Baptist Church Fall Festival: Monday, Oct 31, 2011
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| Cute Gremlin #1 goes as some other teenager named "Bob", Cute Gremlin #2 is a vampiress of sorts, Cute Gremlin #3 is Batman's Sidekick, Robin, and Cute Gremlin #4 is a mermaid. Frank got dressed a bit later. |
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| Frank helps us pick a pumpkin |
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| Frank goes as a mummy |
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| Hanging out with Cute Gremlin #3 Boy Wonder as he eats his hotdog |
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| Cute Gremlin #3 takes Frank on the cake walk. They didn't win this time, but Cute Gremlin #2 did it as well, and won some brownies. |
Thursday, November 3, 2011
52 Weeks of Mail: Week 4
First the incoming:
Look what's arrived in my mailbox!
On Tues, Nov 2, I got a letter from a penpal in Nashville TN (who, incidentally, could be my twin in interests and personality), and a letter from a penpal in OH.
Along with her super cute letter, my Nashville friend sent me 2 seasonal teas to try!
And the letter from my Ohio friend had wonderful characters drawn on it!
On Wednesday the 3rd, I got this wonderful postcard of the Little Black Sambo story from Bev Sykes over at The Penpal Project. The postcards came from a restaurant in Santa Barbara, CA as a set of 8 with one telling the story and the other 7 illustrating.
When I was little, I had this version of the book:
I loved the part about how the tigers chased each other faster and faster until they all melted into butter. I think it's a shame that the book was given such a negative stigma with/involving racial slandering. I thought it was wonderfully told and illustrated and, as I was a child, I never understood any of the controversy of it. I have that copy still, packed up in my storage somewhere from our last move.
And now here is the outgoing:
Today I sent out Misty at Confessions of a Pen Thief's giveaway winnings, a letter to my OH penpal, a letter to a penpal in MO, and a postcard to help a student project.
I copied this about the postcard project from Bev Sykes' blog (see link above with Sambo postcard):
"His school is collecting postcards from around the country and around the world for their diversity/international day in the early spring. It doesn’t matter if they get multiples from each state, they're just trying to rock the class's world with the amount that Hunter can bring in!
So, if you wouldn’t mind sending a postcard to him, that would be great, I know we have people EVERYWHERE! Before taking them in to the school Kelly plans to put them all out together and take a picture, she says she’ll be sure to share the picture when they’re done. There is no set deadline, but she's thinking if you can do it between now and the end of November that would be best.
Hunter Johnson
8443 Sand Point Drive West
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Feel free to share his address with any friends and family you may have in other parts of the world as well, the more the merrier!"
That was all for Week 4. Write more letters, and I will see you at the mailbox!
Look what's arrived in my mailbox!
On Tues, Nov 2, I got a letter from a penpal in Nashville TN (who, incidentally, could be my twin in interests and personality), and a letter from a penpal in OH.
Along with her super cute letter, my Nashville friend sent me 2 seasonal teas to try!
And the letter from my Ohio friend had wonderful characters drawn on it!
On Wednesday the 3rd, I got this wonderful postcard of the Little Black Sambo story from Bev Sykes over at The Penpal Project. The postcards came from a restaurant in Santa Barbara, CA as a set of 8 with one telling the story and the other 7 illustrating.
When I was little, I had this version of the book:
I loved the part about how the tigers chased each other faster and faster until they all melted into butter. I think it's a shame that the book was given such a negative stigma with/involving racial slandering. I thought it was wonderfully told and illustrated and, as I was a child, I never understood any of the controversy of it. I have that copy still, packed up in my storage somewhere from our last move.
And now here is the outgoing:
Today I sent out Misty at Confessions of a Pen Thief's giveaway winnings, a letter to my OH penpal, a letter to a penpal in MO, and a postcard to help a student project.
I copied this about the postcard project from Bev Sykes' blog (see link above with Sambo postcard):
"His school is collecting postcards from around the country and around the world for their diversity/international day in the early spring. It doesn’t matter if they get multiples from each state, they're just trying to rock the class's world with the amount that Hunter can bring in!
So, if you wouldn’t mind sending a postcard to him, that would be great, I know we have people EVERYWHERE! Before taking them in to the school Kelly plans to put them all out together and take a picture, she says she’ll be sure to share the picture when they’re done. There is no set deadline, but she's thinking if you can do it between now and the end of November that would be best.
Hunter Johnson
8443 Sand Point Drive West
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Feel free to share his address with any friends and family you may have in other parts of the world as well, the more the merrier!"
That was all for Week 4. Write more letters, and I will see you at the mailbox!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Sniffle, Hack, Ah-CHOO!
Eldest Cute Gremlins do not believe me when I tell them that running around at night, in 40 degree weather, barefoot and with no coat on will make them ill. They insisted on doing this at the Fall Festival on Monday. As a result, all three of us now have dazzling examples of the common cold, each with our own variations. Gremlin #1 sported the sore throat variety, while Gremlin #2 is sobbing that she has an earache (this is a perpetual issue with Gremlin #2). As for myself, I picked up the Raging Sinus Infection accompanied by a splitting headache.
No sewing got done. No fairies got crafted. No photos were edited. No letters were written. No Avon books went out. No library books were returned or checked out. No real food was cooked. (I just threw 2 cans of ravioli in a pot, heated it and called it dinner.)
I used plenty of these:
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
October Gratitudes
ALREADY!?!?!
I know I say that every month, but Golly Molly, October didn't stick around for very long!!!
Here's just some of what I was grateful for:
- 10.31- Fall Festival and Taco Bell date with husband afterward
- 10.30- Baking cakes with husband after church
- 10.29- Going to the pumpkin farm with my family
- 10.28- Husband is home
- 10.27- My friends at the USPS Winston. Love going in to mail off my letters!
- 10.26- Chocolates from England!!! :D
- 10.25- Letters from Germany! And Tea with friends!
- 10.24- The technology that allows me to simultaneously cook dinner and chat with a deaf friend who lives 4 states away.
- 10.23- Evening church service
- 10.22- Unexpected photo ops!
- 10.21- Unexpected gifts of the world's best walnuts in the post!!! :D NOM!
- 10.20- Great Bible study (again!) and week 2 of 52WOM :)
- 10.19- Getting Cute Gremlins to bed early
- 10.18- Teatime
- 10.17- Getting to sleep in!
- 10.16- My Lifegroup
- 10.15- Wonderful "Celebrate Marriage" event at church
- 10.14- A break from the Cute Gremlins
- 10.13- Week 1 of "52 Weeks of Mail"
- 10.12- Hot tea
- 10.11- Random sweet and encouraging posts on my FB wall from friends to let me know they love and care about me. :)
- 10.10- Seeing the floor in my closet. If only for a short time...
- 10.9- Sleep, soup and tea
- 10.8- Beautiful day for running errands and being a tourist in my own town. :)
- 10.7- Grace from other people as we had a "Monday" kind of Friday
- 10.6- Bible study was awesome
- 10.5- Time at church
- 10.4- Job Interview!
- 10.3- Carpet spray and paper towels :P
- 10.2- Courageous Movie date... and Kleenex
- 10.1- New friends and blogging inspiration
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