I was helping Bria with her homework tonight. It's funny how new vocabulary can really not make sense to a kindergartner. First, she was telling me that their big test is tomorrow (I think it's the IRI). We've been practicing for months, so she should be fine. She said that the teacher has a treat for them if they give their best "effort". "Mom, the problem is, I don't know what an 'effort' is!" Too funny.

Then, later, as we were doing her reading, she had to match one of three words to a picture. The picture was an old style fountain pen that you dip in ink. The three word choices were: pan, pen, pin.  She said. "I know the right answer is pen, but why did they put a paint brush in the picture?" I told her that it wasn't a paint brush, but an old-fashioned kind of pen that they used to dip in ink. In reply, she said, "But, I just don't understand why it's so fashionable."

Bria has been a HUGE help lately. She really likes to clean and I often have to tell her what NOT to clean (like the highly chemical or dangerous things). Today as she was sweeping the kitchen, she was trying to talk Max into cleaning with her:

BRIA: "Max, come in here, let's help mom clean"
MAX: "Not right now."
BRIA:  "Come on, Max. It will be fun. We could pretend like we're playing Snow White"
(because Snow White cleans the dwarf's house, you know)
MAX: (obviously not falling for her make-cleaning-sound-fun trickery) "No! I'm busy right now!" (busy playing, that is).

I think that if Bria is already using clever decoys to talk her brother into cleaning, her future children probably don't have much of a chance!

Bria fell asleep in school today.

Bria told me she can't wait until she grows up. I asked her why. She said that she really wants to be a mom. I was very flattered. Again, I asked her why. Because, she said, she can't wait until she has kids to boss around.