Comments on: Unpredictable http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:24:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nolita http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-252724 Nolita Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:15:16 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-252724 My daughter (now 6 and in 1st grade) was like that about her days in preschool/K...so much so that I was worried she wasn't being challenged and would not be prepared for Kindgergarten. We took an Advanced Reading program at the university and I found out she was Just Fine, actually doing very well. In Kindergarten things were different because the teacher would e-mail us parents with their day outlined and questions to ask our little kidros. From that point on my daughter has though that I have magical powers of Knowing All and we will keep that going for as long as possible. She talks more knowing I am actually interested in her day and am probing for specifics. Thank GOD for e-mail! My daughter (now 6 and in 1st grade) was like that about her days in preschool/K…so much so that I was worried she wasn’t being challenged and would not be prepared for Kindgergarten. We took an Advanced Reading program at the university and I found out she was Just Fine, actually doing very well. In Kindergarten things were different because the teacher would e-mail us parents with their day outlined and questions to ask our little kidros. From that point on my daughter has though that I have magical powers of Knowing All and we will keep that going for as long as possible. She talks more knowing I am actually interested in her day and am probing for specifics. Thank GOD for e-mail!

]]> By: Patty http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-252091 Patty Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:18:47 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-252091 My son, who is 17 and a senior in high school, when asked what he did at school today always replies "nothin". The thing is, he has always done that. So he is either eager to answer my inane questions and retreat to his room to play xbox or he really has spent the last 12 years sitting around school staring at the walls. If that is the case, then all those parent teacher conferences have been full of lies! My son, who is 17 and a senior in high school, when asked what he did at school today always replies “nothin”. The thing is, he has always done that. So he is either eager to answer my inane questions and retreat to his room to play xbox or he really has spent the last 12 years sitting around school staring at the walls. If that is the case, then all those parent teacher conferences have been full of lies!

]]> By: Amber http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251958 Amber Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:39:06 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251958 I get the same answer from the 5 year old "what did you do at school today?" I say. "Nussing" she says. If I press her with things I know she's learning, I'll get some answers. Maybe. Come to think of it, the nine year answers the same thing, although hers is attributed more to the pre-teen-ness of it all. Sigh. I get the same answer from the 5 year old “what did you do at school today?” I say. “Nussing” she says. If I press her with things I know she’s learning, I’ll get some answers. Maybe. Come to think of it, the nine year answers the same thing, although hers is attributed more to the pre-teen-ness of it all. Sigh.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251881 Stephanie Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:45:21 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251881 My son says the same things...and at first, we thought it was brilliant that he would tell us so much about his day, and then we realized he was just saying "yeah" to whatever we asked. So, asking if he played with shards of broken glass at school? YEAH! My son says the same things…and at first, we thought it was brilliant that he would tell us so much about his day, and then we realized he was just saying “yeah” to whatever we asked. So, asking if he played with shards of broken glass at school? YEAH!

]]> By: Maria http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251834 Maria Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:24:08 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251834 We thought we had an uncanny ability to guess what Chipmunk had done at school until we started the same thing. "Did aliens land on your playground and start melting the equipment?" "Yeah!" I wish we got a little progress report! We thought we had an uncanny ability to guess what Chipmunk had done at school until we started the same thing.

“Did aliens land on your playground and start melting the equipment?”

“Yeah!”

I wish we got a little progress report!

]]> By: emily http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251777 emily Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251777 I get the same answers from my almost three year old. Apparently she eats mac and cheese everyday and takes a nap - yeah RIGHT. I thought about you this weekend when she and I made Insanely Good Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins with a shitload of choc. chips (for the second time in a week, ahem). When I went to pour the batter into the muffin cups I said, "I am now going to poor the batter into the muffin cups, please don't ask WHY". I get the same answers from my almost three year old. Apparently she eats mac and cheese everyday and takes a nap – yeah RIGHT. I thought about you this weekend when she and I made Insanely Good Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins with a shitload of choc. chips (for the second time in a week, ahem). When I went to pour the batter into the muffin cups I said, “I am now going to poor the batter into the muffin cups, please don’t ask WHY”.

]]> By: Jules http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251759 Jules Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:40:26 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251759 When I came home from the first day of kindergarten, my mom was so excited to hear about what I did. So, of course, she accosted me as soon as I got through the door with, "What did you do today?" And (as she loves to recall), I looked her straight in the eye and said, "Mama, school is school and home is home." So, uh, yeah, she didn't get a lot of information from me when I was a kid, either. When I came home from the first day of kindergarten, my mom was so excited to hear about what I did. So, of course, she accosted me as soon as I got through the door with, “What did you do today?” And (as she loves to recall), I looked her straight in the eye and said, “Mama, school is school and home is home.” So, uh, yeah, she didn’t get a lot of information from me when I was a kid, either.

]]> By: warcrygirl http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251200 warcrygirl Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:36:26 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251200 Jr is like that. It's almost like parents aren't allowed to know what happens in 4th grade because he never volunteers information or else I have to pry it out of him with a crowbar. Captain Destructo, on the other hand, tells me not only what he did in class that day but what everyone else did, including the one kid who said the "A" word in class because he ALWAYS gets in trouble. So I go from 'TMI' to 'I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you'. Mmmmm, circus peanuts... Jr is like that. It’s almost like parents aren’t allowed to know what happens in 4th grade because he never volunteers information or else I have to pry it out of him with a crowbar. Captain Destructo, on the other hand, tells me not only what he did in class that day but what everyone else did, including the one kid who said the “A” word in class because he ALWAYS gets in trouble. So I go from ‘TMI’ to ‘I’d tell you but then I’d have to kill you’.

Mmmmm, circus peanuts…

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-251131 Caitlin Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:06:34 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-251131 Totally unrelated to this post, but I just saw this and knew you (and JB, ha) would love it: www.myzombiepinup.com Their tagline is "where beauty meets braaaaiins!" Totally unrelated to this post, but I just saw this and knew you (and JB, ha) would love it:

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Their tagline is “where beauty meets braaaaiins!”

]]> By: JennB http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/comment-page-1/#comment-250924 JennB Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:35:50 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2008/10/10/unpredictable/#comment-250924 Parker always acts like she's being interrogated by the FBI if I try to get her to tell me about her day at school. She will not tell me one single thing. Whatever. Orson doesn't talk yet, but I'm sure that if he did he'd tell me every detail of what they did at school. Parker always acts like she’s being interrogated by the FBI if I try to get her to tell me about her day at school. She will not tell me one single thing. Whatever. Orson doesn’t talk yet, but I’m sure that if he did he’d tell me every detail of what they did at school.

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