VOCABULARY (6 YRS OLD)

S is trying out new vocabulary words. On Wednesday, she said, "I'm just furious." Mama asked, "What are you furious about?" S didn't reply. Mama asked again. Then, mama asked, "Do you know what the word furious means?" S replies with, "no."

The next day S says, "I'm jealous" and continues with asking mama to iron her melty beads. Mama responds intelligently with, "huh?" and then asked (since she wasn't sure what S said), "What are you jealous about?" S repeated, "I'm jealous." Mama cuts to the point and asks, "Do you know what jealous means?" S says, "no." Well, according to mama, "it's a feeling you have when you want something someone else has." S responds with, "Well, I meant the melty beads are jealous." Mama thought to try to explain it another way. "Do you remember how you feel when Talia plays with someone else, other than you? That's jealousy."

On the other hand, playing in the Texas heat today, S drank several glasses of water. Later, her stomach hurt her and she said, "I think I over-hydrated myself." Mama asks if S knew what over-hydrated was. S responded with, "Yes, it means I drank too much water."

END OF SUMMER (6 YRS OLD)

Summer vacation has ended. Despite trying to cut back on activities this summer, mama thought it was full of activities. June was full of swim team and girl scout camp. July was full of trips -- Great Wolf Lodge and Florida, not to mention Bowie's cheer camp. August was full of family fun and a visit to cousin Matthew, Lillian and Timothy in Houston. Home schooling suffered with all the activities -- some of it due to S's reluctance to do her math and the other was due to a full plate.

Mama knew it was time for school to start again when S started to complain about going to the grocery store with her. S starts AHB again tomorrow. She will be in the beta class.

AUDIO BOOKS (6 yrs old)

Mama listens to audio books doing work around the house and riding in the car. She started to introduce audio books to S this summer, starting with book with CDs from the library. The first (long) audio book that she really loved was -- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. That's when mama knew S was hooked. Since then she listened to the A-Z mysteries, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the Humphrey the Hamster series. She also listen to many short books/stories, downloaded from the Austin library.

HIVES!

FLORIDA (6 yrs old)

Daddy, mama and S did their longest road trip -- starting in Austin and going to West Palm Beach with three stops: Houston, New Orleans and Destin.

Spent the next four days on the beach.