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Chico (4) asked me who the Grinch was a couple of days ago (he'd heard some kids talking at the playground--we have had a few Dr Seuss books around here at various points, but never that one, for some reason). I explained that the Grinch was an unhappy person, who couldn't stand other people being happy, and wanted to spoil their happiness.

He thought that over for a minute, and then said, "Oh, you mean like Iago?"

I think Harpo must have been telling him Othello stories, because neither Frenchie nor I have been...

peace
minnie

Got to brag somewhere!!!!

I'm always talking about the first grandchild here, GS10. I convinced our daughter to have her oldest tested for the gifted program at school since she just moved to our district for this school year. GD8(9 in 3 days!) tested gifted! (But, I already knew she would!) I suspect GD6 is also gifted, but our district doesn't offer services until the third grade so they don't test until the end of the second grade. I also suspect GD10weeks is advanced, she's mimicking faces and sounds already.

Sounds like you will be a busy busy grandma OHGrandma! :-)

DD2.11 has learnt to recognise her name after 3 pre-school sessions, she goes 2 mornings a week. Then i catch her and DS5.5 spelling thier names. She can get up to the 3rd letter before DS gets annoyed that she is going so slow and finishes it for her. Her name isn't phonetic either.

My DS8 is interested in food and food science (he loves the set of Good Eats/Alton Brown dvd's we just got.) I was experimenting with new types of chocolate and gave him a piece to taste. I asked what he thought and he gave me the so-so gesture with his hand and then asked what I was going to use it for. I told him that I was going to make truffles with it and he replied "oh, I can see it would be good for that application." I think I am creating a food snob.

that's amazing. that makes me laugh. Thank you for sharing.

Awww Michaela... that is a great story. Talk about determination!

Master of none, as far as I know, night vision goggles only work with things that are radiating heat. Nice try though for late night books

There are two types of devices - one works on infrared and the other works using ambient light.

The latest generation of NVDs that use ambient light allow you to read quite well. There has to be enough ambient light for them to work right - you cannot be in a totally sealed room. They are not cheap. Under a starry sky, or even an overcast, you can see very well. Depending on the light present, you may need a suppressed LED to read stuff. But, in most urban locations, you can read quite well with them.

I have not worked with the IR systems in 20 years.

I just posted this on my usual baby group, but I toned it down, and that's not enough, I'm too excited!

DS7m walked!! Not well, yet, or anything, but it's been building for about a week, and yesterday he stood up off my ankles and walked a bit over a meter to get to a shoe display, and he did similar things several more times after.

My little critter!!
-Michaela
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