Quips of the week

Left: This was a lucky shot. I got it just as the croc made a lightning fast strike from the pool towards Isaac. Click on the picture to see the fire in the croc's eyes! (Don't worry, there's a thick layer of glass between them.)

Right: Visiting the zoo on Martin Luther King day. We went with one of my students from Korea. We took a picture of him with us, too, but I don't know if he'd want us to put it up. It was fun. The kids had fun giving him the tour.

While attempting to brush through Xander's formidable mane after his shower, I asked him if he thought he should get a trim soon.

"No...I want my hair to grow so long that it surrounds me."

When I replied that it would be hard to do a lot of things, he responded,

"If my hair were that long, then I could hide in a wig shop!"

After playing boffer swords outside, Xander approached Kelly and asked her to watch him.

"Do what?" she asked.

"Defeat these laughably easy opponents!"

While driving, Isaac suddenly blurted, "Mamma, watch out for collisions that might send us back in time!"

Gwen had a blast on a hike with Michelle this week. She was impressed by the fact that they saw deer tracks, and equally fascinated by the bear spray they carried.

It has been exciting to see Laurelin's literacy blooming. Not only has she been reading more, she is also writing. During sacrament meeting last week, Laurelin was listening to the talks, and she came up with the following. She did everything herself. We have provided a translation at right, in case her orthography befuddles you:

God sied feed my seep. (God said feed my sheep.)

We are his seep he love us. (We are his sheep, he loves us.)

Seprds have a cane decks. (Sheperds have a cane because)

Tha have to get the seep. (They have to get the sheep.)

Thr is a stoy adot 100. (There is a story about 100)

Seep dut one is lost. (Sheep, but one is lost.)

Jess gos and finds it. (Jesus goes and finds it.)

And that is what Jeses. (And that is what Jesus)

Wrod do if you wr. (Would do if you were)

Lost and that is (lost and that is)

how mach he loves you. (how much he loves you.)

She had written several others since then. Today, while they were waiting for her teacher, she decided to read one that she had written previously in sacrament meeting, so she did so for her classmates. That reminds me...this week, when her teacher had to leave the classroom for a moment, she left Laurelin in charge. Laurelin was also student of the month this week, so it's been an eventful time for her.