Today I got a little extra Tommy time, which is so precious to me.
We ran some errands and visited the library. He loves Junie B Jones books. He reads one a day, at least, so we get 10 or 12 at a time. We also got a Mysterious Benedict Society book, but that's one that I'll read out loud to the kids before bedtime. I actually think Tommy can read the MBS series, but he's a bit of a literacy underachiever. Thankfully, he's a math genius. Oh, it's so funny, because Junie B Jones is a first grader, and I thought one of the reasons Tommy might like her so much is because she talks like Scotty...."I got sended to my room" kind of stuff. Today, on our way to pick up Scoot and Tommy's best friend for a play date, he told me that he "actually likes it because it's a little bit exciting, and it makes me curious". He went on to explain, in detail, what he meant by curiosity as I am, apparently, too dense to understand that while enjoying a story, one may be led to
wonder what might happen next. When he was reading in the car, every once in awhile he would chuckle and report that "She's in big trouble now!" Then he added, "Honestly, though, her grammar is horrible!"
haha!
We made homemade pizza for dinner. Here's the paradox of being me: I'll go to great lengths to perfect a homemade pizza that sets us back only a few dollars and doesn't require any drop off or pick up hassles...the right dough, bulk cheese, tomato sauce from the garden.
And then? Then I'll spend fifteen bucks on this piranha pizza cutter. Ummm...
frugal. But...
cute! My supervisor is on to me, however, and I'm afraid he does not approve.
We ran some errands and visited the library. He loves Junie B Jones books. He reads one a day, at least, so we get 10 or 12 at a time. We also got a Mysterious Benedict Society book, but that's one that I'll read out loud to the kids before bedtime. I actually think Tommy can read the MBS series, but he's a bit of a literacy underachiever. Thankfully, he's a math genius. Oh, it's so funny, because Junie B Jones is a first grader, and I thought one of the reasons Tommy might like her so much is because she talks like Scotty...."I got sended to my room" kind of stuff. Today, on our way to pick up Scoot and Tommy's best friend for a play date, he told me that he "actually likes it because it's a little bit exciting, and it makes me curious". He went on to explain, in detail, what he meant by curiosity as I am, apparently, too dense to understand that while enjoying a story, one may be led to wonder what might happen next. When he was reading in the car, every once in awhile he would chuckle and report that "She's in big trouble now!" Then he added, "Honestly, though, her grammar is horrible!" haha!
We made homemade pizza for dinner. Here's the paradox of being me: I'll go to great lengths to perfect a homemade pizza that sets us back only a few dollars and doesn't require any drop off or pick up hassles...the right dough, bulk cheese, tomato sauce from the garden.
And then? Then I'll spend fifteen bucks on this piranha pizza cutter. Ummm...frugal. But...cute! My supervisor is on to me, however, and I'm afraid he does not approve.
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I love it! I was just reading a blog about frugal living and they had an entry about homemade pizza. At first I got very excited about making my own pizza, and my second thought was that I should treat myself to a pizza stone!
ReplyDeleteHave you or Tommy read the Time Warp Trio books? If not, you NEED TO! So funny I was an embarrassment to myself and your cousin on an airplane. I was bringing one for my niece and reading it on the way. By the author of the Stinky Cheese Man. 'nuff said...
ReplyDeleteHeh. Maia, when I harvested my pumpkins this year, I was all excited to make PUMPKIN MUFFINS and PUMPKIN BREAD and oh, look, I made this with pumpkins from MY YARD. And I bought a bright red 50 dollar hand immersion blender in order to puree the pumpkins. It reminds me of my grandma telling grandpa, "I bought it on sale! I saved so much money!" and grandpa grumping back, "Woman, you're going to 'save us' right into the poor house!"
ReplyDeleteKelly ~ thanks for the tip! I just went online and put a couple on hold. I'm always on the look out for good 'boy books'! Thankfully, I'm not easily embarrassed. ;)
Oh yes, Juls...it's the financial equivalent of drinking diet soda so you can eat cinnamon roll with it! LOL
ReplyDeleteThat pizza cutter is huge! I hope I never look in the rear view and see that thing barreling down on me.
ReplyDeleteI read that book I didn't realize it was a series..hmmm.
ReplyDeleteBrit ~ the MBS has at least two other books...one about the "journey" and one about the "prisoner" (I can't remember the exact names.) They are all so great! I also have a request in for the audio version of the one we're currently reading because...uh....I'm lazy? PS Tell Scott that my pizza cutter loves road trips!
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