The Verbally Gifted

I just have to say how proud I am that the girls are both so verbally gifted. 

Let's begin with Lacey.  She has adopted several new phrases in the past week.  She can now say, "You're not the boss of me!"  "So what!!" and "What the hell?!"

Then, the girls are both becoming quite the little polyglots.  They can say that they have a runny nose in Spanish.  They can exclaim that they just passed gas in German.  And, believe it or not, they can ask someone to kiss their behinds in Mandarin!  We are quite thankful that they choose to utter these expressions in languages other than English.  And, sharing secrets in other languages is really helping them bond!

Finally, Cassie is studying similes and metaphors in school.  She and her friends all tend to overuse the word "like."  So, I'm like really happy that she's like learning other ways to like use the word like!  Here are some of the similes and metaphors that she wrote for today's homework:

My Dad is like a towering bear.

My sister is like a whining mosquito.

My Mom is as nice as a cup of hot cocoa on a cold day.

The clouds are smudges on my palette.

My Aunt Susan is a wildflower in a field.