9 year-old query
I’ve spent alot of time on Facebook and via e-mail (I just wrote e-male…isn’t that funny? I bet one could get alot of jokes out of that if one was feeling creative) spreading around a great line that lil moonspun said last night. So why not share it via my corner of the www?
I went to dinner last night at Applebee’s with FFO and lil moonspun. [Side note: FFO being invited was kind of spontaneous and it turned out fine. Even though they had just come from her having an ultrasound and finding out she is having a boy, she knew not to talk about it too much and not once during dinner did I want to scream. And I loveĀ Applebee's and went last night because RP was out and he hates it.]
So….lil m is doing a madlib type thing and she asks me to read a word forĀ her. “Adverb” I say and go to explain what it is.
“Mama!” She says rolling her eyes at me. “I KNOW what an adverb is.”
Oh.
I laugh and look at FFO and say “Well it’s good to know she is learning things at school anyway.”
Later as we are driving home, the best part comes.
“Mama? how come adjectives aren’t called adnouns if they describe nouns?”
“That’s a good question,” is all I could say.







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January 27th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Totally good question! It made me giggle when I read that last night and even more reading it here. She really does have a point!
Glad dinner went ok with FFO.
January 28th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Excellent question! Love that kid!
And, to echo MW, I too am glad that dinner with FFO went ok. No sense ruining a perfectly good evening out with unnecessary stress.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
I love that girl. She has such a clever mind!
Glad dinner with FFO went as peacefully as possible! I love Applebee’s too and my husband is convinced they are of the devil, so I also end up going alone or with Badger, who LOVES Applebee’s.