Seven Red

The last couple of days, Ellie’s been coming home from daycare with actual writing that she’s done. Well, writing out individual words, but still. I’m impressed. Her latest effort seems to be focused on the letter U, as the assembled words make clear: bud, nut, cut, mud. I would have started with A, but maybe they covered that and I missed it. We also noticed that one of the words seems to be RUM, and that the theme itself seems to have to do with rum as well, or at least drinking in general. You have your cup, your mug, and even your jug. Come to think of it, the other words could fit into a drinking theme, too: you’re at the hub, some nut’s around, at least two people get cut (one of whom’s your bud), you end up in the mud, and then you have to take the bus. Sounds like a fun Friday night. Ah, I’m proud of her.

Ellie and I also just got through the 8th volume (out of 8 ) in the Judy Moody series. Let me tell you, Judy Moody is a world class pain in the ass. As a character, I mean. The books are really meant for second and third graders to read, I think, but Ellie digs ‘em as bedtime stories one or two chapters at a time, so I oblige her, and now I know more about Judy, Stink, Rocky, Frank Pearl, Jessica Finch, and even Amy Namey than, to be quite honest, I ever really cared to. It’s a lot of friggin’ pages of this stuff!

In other news, Rafe goes straight for the Bergson. I’d stick with Judy Moody.

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