The bad news is our dishwasher died. The GOOD news is that we acquired a new dishwasher - and perhaps even better, a big old box. Leah and I made a list of all the things we could make our box into: a grocery store, a house, a rocket ship, a cave... But we settled on a puppet show playhouse, or as Leah calls it: The Muppet Clubhouse. This box filled our entire day. We cut a door a window, painted the puppet show stage, made paper bag puppets, and then I was treated to many, many puppet shows while Wyatt sat on my lap and drooled. Then Ryan was also the privlidged audience of many, many puppet shows when he got home.
My sixth grade class has been working on persuasive essays this quarter, and one of their first assignments was to write a persuasive piece on what Mr. and Mrs. Dainty should name their baby! They worked in partners, and they got to choose either a girl's name or a boy's name. Their responses were quite interesting and they have certainly given us some chuckles. Here are some of the highlights. (Spelling and grammar errors have been left in for comedic purposes.) Most Unique Supporting Details "Isabella is a perfect name because Queen Isabella helped supply Colombus for his trip across the sea. When we were younger we wished that there were famous people with our names. Many people may think Isabella is a weird name, but we think it is very beautiful." "I picked the name Tera because it is easy to spll , and Tera sownds like she will be smart like her mother. Her mother is so smarte . And she will want to be a techer like her." (This child obviously ...
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