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so after arguing with a cake this morning i finally got it frosted but again, it isnt pretty. i gotta work on that.
i am now baking a banana cake. i had some leftover bananas and i just happened to bump into this recipe while searching for the cream cheese icing recipe. it seemed fated since the recipe calls for buttermilk. i never have buttermilk except to make the chocolate cakes that i made this weekend. so i had it in the fridge just waiting to be used.
i took ms m to her first day of school. she had a sick tummy this morning but after getting to school, she seemed better. she got to choose the "wheel" elective which switches her electives every 6 weeks. so now she has dance, then robotics then theater. she seemed pretty excited about that. i hope she likes this school and does well in it. i get to go pick her up at 330 so i can see how her 1st day was.
it being my birthday and all, i am going to treat my self to a no guilt lazy day with a side of afternoon nap. and the weather is perfectly crappy for it. thanks, god. i couldnt have asked for better weather to do exactly nothing.
on another subject- i bough julian some "sight word" cards. basically, they are cards with simple words on them and he memorizes them. he already knew I, yes, no and a. those are pretty easy any way. the box says ages 5 and up. but here is my theory. and tomk can let me know if these thoeries are accurate or not. words are symbols for real things (objects, movements, etc) just as a picture is a symbol for a real object. julian-and i am sure other kids- can already recognize more symbols than i even know. for example- he wanted to go to burger king for the mario toys they had there. so we are driving and he says "HEY!! theres burger king right by lowes!!!" i know he cant read but he recognizes the signs as symbols for those places. so why does he (or any kid) need to be 5 to start recognizing words as symbols? just like i wondered when he was younger, why can he recognize animal shapes and pictures more readily than just shapes like triangles and such. is it because of the more abstract nature of shapes or just that animals are more ineresting? because shapes can change size and color and dont really stand for anything other than what they are? or maybe kids are ready to start learning and recognizing these things before we think they are. or maybe not. i always wonder how his brain works. not just his but kids in general.
julian is lucky. he learns very easily. what he wants to learn, that is.
my banana cake is done. beautiful. smells yummy...
nap time...