Authors

My kids love reading. Last night we were reading and we spoke about how the person who wrote the book was called the Author, a fact that Isaac told me he already knew.

Despite his vast amount of knowledge on what an author is, he was a little confused about our author for the night. Her name was Barbara someone and he wanted to know if she cut hair as well as wrote books. I had to explain that a Barber was someone who cut hair while Barbara was a girls name.

Reasons

It's Isaac's teacher's birthday next week. As a present, one of the mothers is putting together a poster board about what the students like about their teacher. Each child has been given a card on which they have to write something.

This is Isaac's card...

I like everything about Ms McCathern. I like her because she gives me twice as much work as in Kindergarten.

I couldn't help but smile and appreciate his love for learning.

Made in China

Ben is going to China in a few weeks time. As a result Lizzy has been taking interest in anything about China.

The other day she suddenly yells out to us "This is made in China!". Ben & I smile at each other - what a little smarty we have, being able to read the label. However, we both laughed when a few minutes later she exclaims "Everything is made in China!" How true. Isn't it ironic when a 4 year old makes such a profound statement about our buying habits. Maybe we need to start looking harder for presents that are made in the USA.