#114 Past Tense

Hallie is having a hard time with past tense. Taylor keeps on correcting her with the word draw. Reinforcing that, "It's drew!!! Not drawed!!!!"

But no one corrected her when she said, "crew."

But only because no one knew what she was talking about.

Draw--drew...Fly--flew...Cry--crew. It's a long, confusing road, Hallie, down which there are no reasonable answers. But you'll get there.

#113 A Shade of Blue

I love that my children color all of the time. Aside from it being a creative outlet, it has proved very instructive when it comes to the different hues, and the proper name for each. They can describe their dresses as, "Not like Carnation Pink.... more like Tickle-Me-Pink. But sometimes it looks Hot Pink. And sometimes Pink. But mostly Tickle-Me-Pink. But not Magenta."

And then in the following conversation they were again able to put their knowledge to good use:

Me: (walking into the girls' room) Hey girls! We are going to clean up now, okay?
Taylor: (looking at me and gesturing just underneath her eyes) Mama, what's under your eyes? It looks Blue.
Hallie: (scrutinizing my face) Yeah, it looks Dark Blue.
Taylor: Hmmmm.... more like Indigo.
Hallie: (still staring) Or Violet.
Taylor: (still making a rubbing motion under her eyes and squinting at me) Not Violet. It looks Blue.
Hallie: Like a Robin's Egg Blue?
Taylor: No....Not Robin's Egg Blue. Maybe Blue Violet. Maybe Hot Pink? (gives a little laugh) No, not Hot Pink.
Hallie: (chuckles)
Taylor: Yeah, it's just like Indigo or Dark Blue.
Hallie: Yeah. Like Dark Blue.

Thanks Girls. But I actually call this particular shade, Mommy's-Really-Tired-and-Everyone-Can-Tell-by-the-Bags-Under-Her-Eyes Blue. But, of course, that wouldn't fit on a crayon.