I have skipped a bunch (which I will go back and read) to bring you this week's episode of "Fun with First Graders".
So I'm helping out one of my girls on her language assignment. She is writing about being a princess. One of the things she writes is that princess' have "poofy dreses" except she made her "d" a "b". I told her to switch it so that was right. She looks down and reads, out loud, "poofy bresses."
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"OOOOOH! Those are these!" at which point she circles her "breasts" with her pointer fingers. I respond, "Yes, they are but we're talking about dresses so please change your letter." But she's 6 and can't leave it alone so she keeps giggling and says "BRESSES" and does the hand motions again.
A little boy, who I was also helping, says, "You mean boobs."
The little girl looks at him in a huffy voice and says, "There are literally dozens of names for them. WE call them bresses."
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Little Boy shrugs and says, "Boobs. Whatever."
Meanwhile, I say "You two work on your papers, I'll be right back." and I proceed into the hallway where I almost pass out from holding in the laughter.
Goodness these kids are a trip.
Oh, dear, Aimee. That kind of stuff kills me.
Dinner tonight: black-eyed pea coconut milk curry over brown rice with steamed white sweet potatoes (which were supposed to be plantains, but the grocery store didn't have any ripe plantains) and jerk asparagus. Yum. And it all cooked in a somewhat reasonable amount of time. (An hour. Too long for when I'm coming home and want dinner immediately, but pretty good for a full meal with lots of leftovers.)
Now I'm looking through the Caribbean Vegan cookbook that my aunt gave me at Passover. Lots of new things to try! And nearly all of them are made with things that I think I can actually find at my supermarket! (If I was having trouble finding plantains, I'm pretty sure it's not even worth the trouble to try to find canned ackee.) I also need to figure out what breadfruit is before I can figure out if I can get it around here.
If you can't find fresh breadfruit, skip it.
I've never seen it outside the island.
She'll probably kill me for posting this here, but could people please send vibes to Ohio. Deena is in surgery to get her gallbladder removed.
Oo, sending good surgery and good recovery vibes to Deena.
surgery and recovery ma to Deena.
Tons of surgery~ma to Deena. Thanks for letting us know, vw. It's good to see you here!
