We finished our first homeschooling year on Friday! Thus the reason for dropping out of the blogging world unintentionally. It really took a lot of time out of my life (and still will) but there are some wonderful things that have made it all worth it, some of which are the funniest things I've heard in a long time. (You will understand the rest better if you know that we studied Ancient History, including a long section on Egypt, and the Human Body this year.)
First Funny Thing
Several weeks ago, in the car, been a very long day, all tired, kids picking on each other. I say in my stern voice to the back seat "Bekah! Stop getting on JJ's nerves!"
Within two seconds, JJ quipped back to Bekah, "Yeah, and stay off my bones too!"
Needless to say I laughed til almost crying. I would never have thought of putting that together!
Second Funny Thing
Last week, JJ at the breakfast table with dad. Still early in the morn. (None of us are thrilled with JJ's lack of sleeping lately and constant climbing in bed with others, so it's hard for us to be happy with him in the morning.)
JJ starts eating. Says, "Dad, my food is going down to my sarcophagus!"
(Did you get he was trying to say esophagus?)
Third Funny Thing
Bekah decided to make books this week. One book was on Cleopatra and trying to be a spy for her father when she was young. Back of the book she wrote (I used her spelling): "read this book! cleaptra finds two guys trying to poinz (poison) her fater! will she get her fater in time or will he die? read this book to find out."
Inside the book says:
"Table of Contents
capter 1
Then the end."
"nine year old cleaapachra looked down of the bakarey. she spyed on the two peploe she had been wathing then for howrs. They wroe planing to pozin the King her Father. Suddly the two men left and Cleapachra ran for her father's throe room she quickly told the story. He called for his gurads he told them to aresstd the
(and here there is a page break)
two men. Since Cleaapachra kewe (knew) six lageges (languages) she could spy good. Sudnely the gurads came back with the men iteruping cleaapachra thothgs (thoughts). The King aste them questins. Then the King throg them in jial. Then he turned to cleaapachra. "You have saved me" he said.
The end."
I love the way she wrote her story. But hang on for the best part.
Bekah says, "Did you notice how on one of the pages I wrote 'the' and then 'two men' on the next page? I did that on purpose so the reader would just HAVE to turn the page to find out what was coming next."
Nothing goes past that girl...watch out advertisers, she already knows your tricks!
