Tales from the Tveits

Saturday, February 28, 2009

NASA.....here she comes :)

We always tease that Anna is going to grow up to do something brilliant. That kid learned to color at age 8 months- I have pictures to prove it! She also learned to talk in sentences quite early and knew her numbers, colors, and the alphabet in record time. However, sometimes the common sense is just seriously lacking. Case in point- Alex has been bringing home books from school daily. These are for his readers workshop and they get progressively harder each day. Today, Chris and I were helping him read his latest book he brought home. Anna was watching intently (as she always does) and whenever Alex was struggling with a word, she would tell him what it was. She then started reading the sentences. Now, I'm not sure if this is from memorization or actual reading, but either way, we were impressed. Then reality hit- not even 5 minutes later, I was showing Sarah some pictures in Anna's Highlights magazine. There was a story about dogs that herd sheep that had a bunch of pictures of, you guessed it, dogs and sheep. So, I said to Sarah, "Look at the puppy". Anna came bounding over, looked at the picture and said..."That dog looks just like a sheep". Yep, call em up, we've got their next rocket scientist tucked neatly in bed :)

Friday, February 27, 2009

You can't make this stuff up.....

As the kids get smarter, the phrases that come out of their mouths just make us laugh even more. If someone were to just hear parts of the conversations that occur with a nearly 5 year old and 6 year old, this is what they may hear:

"I think I must have left my kidneys in the snowbank today"

"Anna, you and your striped throat need to stay away from me and Sarah"

"That pretty pink basket looks just like the one I had for Thanksgiving"

"I will not wear those stupid mittens, my hands need to do important things with my friends and I can't find my fingers in those things"

"Can I have corn with my pancakes?"

And my favorite of the day:

"My gym teacher got hit really hard in the crotch while snow tubing and now his arm is broken. Oh yeah, and he farted in class today"

And yes.....these were all just from today. I should just start a blog that outlines every insane statement that leaves their lips. I won't tell you who said what, I would guess most of you could figure it out!