Big people numbers

Abigail: Are there any numbers before 0 that only big people learn?

Abigail - A new authority in math

Henry has recently started taking an Algebra II class through Utah's Electronic High School. Last week he was puzzling over a problem...

Henry: A number x, is 3 more than another. If the other number is 2 less than twice x, find y. I don't think I can solve this problem. It doesn't work.

Abigail: All you have to do to solve that problem is find what x equals and why y equals. Read the instructions!

:)

New Koolaid Flavor

Abigail to Henry about a new Koolaid flavor:
"Henry, you taste it first, 'cause you're the only person who eats things that aren't food!"

Abigail to Jared

Uncle Jared, stop jumping off the furniture!

Learning to tell jokes

Driving carpool to preschool is very entertaining. Abigail and her friend, Maren, have the most hilarious conversations! I find that they're very observant about what is going on in their families.

One day, Abigail wanted to tell Maren a joke, but she didn't have it quite planned out. The conversation went like this:

Abigail: Knock, knock!
Maren: Who's there?
Abigail: Moo.
Maren: Moo who?
Abigail: (thinking) Oh, I guess that would be a cow and an owl!

Good adjectives for my children

When talking to one of my boys' teachers this month, they described "some students" (read here "your kid") as EXUBERANTLY NONCOMPLIANT.

What a nice way to say it.

Henry's haircut

So, we have a lot of hair at our house - especially Henry and me. It is thick and coarse and grows fast. Thus, Henry needs a haircut about every four weeks, though we usually wait six weeks. He likes his hair longish, so when we get it cut, we trim it all around, then thin out a ton of hair. Last week he had his hair cut. The stylist did a nice job, and cut it the same way as she had the previous time. He still had more hair than any four kids his age put together. Obviously Henry wasn't happy with it, though, because when we came out of the store he exclaimed, "What was that? - a scalping!?!?"