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Schooling the Drama Queen

April 27, 2007

I’ve mentioned before what a drama queen my 7-year-old daughter is. On days when she is a little wired (like today), teaching her is a unique experience. Observe the following real conversations in our house this morning:

Drama Queen, proudly: Mommy I spelled purple-itioner!

When I looked at the dry erase board, it said “perpendicular.”


10 year-old-daughter: Mommy, how many bones are in your foot? [I taught the kids' homeschool co-op human anatomy class in the fall.]Me: I don’t remember, honey; there are several.

Drama Queen: Your bladder!

Me: She asked how many bones are in your foot.

Drama Queen: Oh–I thought she said butt! Your bladder looks like a strawberry.

This conversation was wrong on so many levels I can’t even begin to analyze it.


Anxious to finish schooling and get out into the fresh morning air, Drama Queen ran into the kitchen where I was teaching her brother.Drama Queen: I finished phonics on the computer! I typed those letters and then the spaces and then the letters and then the spaces and then the letters.

Me: You mean sentences?

Drama Queen: Yeah–sentences!

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12 Comments »

  1. momrn2 says:

    I so enjoy reading things like these. It makes the conversations I have with my children seem more “normal” in some odd way. ;-)

    April 27th, 2007 at 11:54 am

  2. amber says:

    Thanks for the laugh today. I LOVE hearing these stories.

    April 27th, 2007 at 1:50 pm

  3. Code Yellow Mom says:

    HA! Especially love the anatomy discussion. :)

    April 27th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

  4. Melanie says:

    After a long labor and poor abdominal muscles, my bladder looks more like a watermelon.

    April 27th, 2007 at 11:05 pm

  5. Donna Boucher says:

    DQ sounds hilarious!!!

    You have a very cute lookin’ blog :o)

    Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. It’s how I make friends, too :o)

    April 28th, 2007 at 11:43 am

  6. Mrs. Guthrie says:

    Came over from TWDM. So glad I did, got a GREAT laugh, esp from the anatomy comment! :)

    April 28th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

  7. 3 to get ready says:

    That is too funny. I’ve had lots of conversations like that. I can also ‘hear’ those little voices when I read this stuff.

    April 28th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

  8. tongue in cheek says:

    Kids say the cutest things! I think it is good to write them down, many memories in those few words!
    i liked the word space word spac best!! How cute!

    April 28th, 2007 at 5:45 pm

  9. No Cool Story says:

    Your bladder looks like a strawberry. HAHA, oh that was great.

    She sounds like my 15 yeard old. He says things like that all the time.

    April 30th, 2007 at 1:09 am

  10. Nan says:

    That is hilarious! Hey, I’m tagging you for a meme (you know… in all that spare time you have!) ;^P

    April 30th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

  11. Trina says:

    dawn-
    That is too funny. I love hearing the day to day stuff from all of you.

    April 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pm

  12. My Home Sweet Home » Blog Archive » Blogging Carnival: My Blogging Story says:

    [...] always read it (as evidenced by the fact that he couldn’t identify the term “purple-itioner“); my dad reads occasionally; my aunt reads daily; my cousin who blogs reads it; my other [...]

    June 11th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

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