Yeah, they were missing mother England

Annie loves Schoolhouse Rock - especially the History ones.

She was sitting her by the kitchen computer, watching them on youtube the other day, while I was busy in the kitchen.

She turned to me & said, “Mom, you know how they say they were missing mother England, but then they decided later that they wanted to be their own country? That’s kind of how I felt about school at the end of last year, when I was missing kindergarten & my teacher, but now I’m looking forward to first grade starting, too.”

Interesting parallel for such a young kid to draw :D

Posted: August 15, 2008 Comments (0)

At the zoo…

Today, at the zoo, we walked past a family of about 4 adults & a bunch of kids, sitting on and standing around a bench. They were all involved in a variety of conversations.

Then, I hear them calling a child’s name & one of the adults ran across the path to the bear habitat, where a toddler was climbing up by the fence. When she got to him, she spanked him and then walked him back to the group.

So, a bunch of adults who are responsible for this child, who clearly doesn’t know that it’s dangerous to wander off or climb into a bear habitat, were so busy in their conversations that they didn’t notice him walk away, through the other people walking past & up onto the bear fence…

And, it was the child being punished?

Wish I could spank the people who really deserve it some times.

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