The focus was not on spelling, but on getting them excited to write.
Lily wrote this story in late September of last year.
Here's the translation. "This weekend I had a bump on my butt. My mom had to squeeze my butt. Out came pus. I cried a lot and a lot and a lot."
Lily had a very bad abscess. It required, well, draining. Notice the green in the picture? It's pus. I am so proud.
Lily has never been afraid to express herself.
This is the first real note she ever wrote to me.
Translation: "Dear Mom, You're awful. I hate you."
I love that one. She was so mad when she wrote it, just saying the words weren't enough. Luckily, I am not easily wounded.
This one starts out well. "This weekend I slept late. My mom woke me up. Bradley came over. We talked and played and then..."
Here's where it all starts to go downhill. "My sister and I rode bikes. We went to the park. I rode and got out of control and I crashed into the fence. I got stitches. I had the worst weekend ever!"
Such a flair for describing drama.
Here's one without tragedy.
"What Would You Do With a Pot of Gold?"
"I will get a TV. I would buy 9 teddy bears and 10 cupcakes and 100 pugs and chew toys."
Thank god she thought to include the chew toys. Such a practical girl.
She just thrills me pretty much with every breath she takes. She is a weird kid, but she is very much my weird kid.
7 comments:
Your Lily is quite the writer ~ and a wonderful illustrator too! School papers were some of the best things from when mine were in school ~ thanks so much for bringing a sweet memory to mind!
She's a chip off the old block, no doubt about it! Good graphics in any story are very important and she's got nailed.
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I just love this! Especially that pus & butt story! These are papers you will treasure always. And the "hate note"...too funny! And, of course, you will have many more. All this writing and illustrations, well, it's a girl thing. I have two boys and one girl and all I really ever got from the boys were home made cards and sweet notes once in a while. But my daughter wrote stories, had her own little newsletter with he best friend that they delivered to neighbors, made posters, etc.
As a preachool teacher, my 3's don't write...but they talk! And some of the stuff they tell us is hysterical. I had a dad a few years ago that I could not make eye contact with because of what his son told me about him! The man would just die if he knew...but it makes a great story at parties...hehehe! And I never use his real name so it's okay. :)
I love kids...especially their busy little minds!
100 pugs?
OM*G.
Thanks for sahring this! Now I'm not sure she'll love it in 10 years! It's good she can express herself!
Hugs, Lisa
How cute! It's a good thing you save her writing. She'll like looking at it in a few years.
That's a great post. I hope you save all these papers and drawings. Well, I know you can't save them all, but ones like this are going to be so funny years down the road.
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