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Monday Minute: Possessions
Walking to school today, James and I were discussing last night’s reading of The Black Stallion Returns. Don’t worry, we don’t ruin any big plot points, though some of my beauty secrets are inadvertently revealed.
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James is in italics and my responses are in bold.
Can you believe that man took the Black?
Well, he took the Black back because the horse was his.
The man took the Black back. The Black was Alec’s possession.
He was Alec’s possession?
That’s not nice that he took Alec’s possession.
That’s a big word to use – possession.
Like my possessions, my legos.
Your legos?
Yeah, like if the man came and took my possessions, all of my legos and stuff. And you know, your possessions.
My possessions – like what?
You know, all of that girl stuff. Girl possessions.
Like what?
Like all of your lotions and stuff.
My lotions?
Yeah girls have a lot of lotions they put on their faces and in their hair. And on their elbows.
What? On their elbows?
You just need your face lotion. Your possessions are your lotions and towels. If that man took my legos and your lotions that would be wrong!
Hey, don’t get so frustrated – the man is not even real.
Yeah, and he just took Alec’s possessions, not ours. Right?
Right.
whew!
Monday Minute: Thanksgiving Summary, In James’s Words
Who am I kidding? I’m lucky to get the Monday Minute out at all today, let alone with an intro. However, as will be apparent in a second, some of us weather the holiday hangover better than others. So without further adieu…
Setting: Walking to school this morning.
My responses to James are in bold.
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I’m going to go to bed early tonight. You definitely need to go to bed early tonight so you aren’t so grumpy tomorrow morning. I need to get more sleep – it’s cold, brrrr! Why is that dog sniffing? What dog? He is sniffing if he senses anything bad. He is sniffing because he is smelling for food.
So did you have a nice Thanksgiving break? I had a fun time with grandma and grandpa this weekend! But we couldn’t find the treasure in Central Park (geo-caching). We looked and looked and looked all over the park but we just couldn’t find that treasure. Oh well, right? Darn, right? What was your favorite thing about Thanksgiving? Eating turkey. And watching the parade. The day parade. And watching the floats get blown up and the little baby with the hat on TV. Wasn’t that little baby so cute? what baby? The one on TV at the parade wearing the hat. Wow, there’s a full grown baby right there, mom! There’s Wang Chen’s! (table tennis club) You know what the hardest baseball level is? Level? Difficult…. hitting homeruns… you know what the pitcher did? There was a lot of sweat sweating down his face. a lot of sweat. sweating. he was really sweaty. What baseball? On the wii. Wii Sports, ya know? Did you like to visit with everyone? We looked and looked for that treasure but we just couldn’t find it. What else did we do? went to bryant park ice skating and ate kettle corn. yum. kettle corn, right?
See? Today I’m going to change it up. I wiped the sadness off of my face – see? See? And I put on the happy. It’s important not to be screamy in the morning. Hey maybe there are baby horses in that big truck. Or maybe a load of Wii games. I think they’re filming a movie. Like Garfield? Garfield is a movie already. Like Garfield 2 or 4 or 5? Nate always gets in trouble. Cool motorcycle! Nate? That was so fast! Did you see the motorcycle? Look ahead James. Did you see it? How fast was it going? I think it was the fastest i have ever seen! It was going 130 miles per hour! (Car horn blares next to us, James jumps) What’s that honking for? Stop honking? There’s another one! Why are those cars honking? Honnnnnnnkkkkkk. Stop it cars! Honk. Lots of honking this morning. please look straight ahead, you’re in the street. James, look ahead with your eyes!
they’re honking alot! So are you excited for school this morning? What’s next? What? After Thanksgiving is Christmas! See there’s our tree man. See him? See all of those trees? We’ll buy more later. We bought one tree, that’s enough. Yeah, some people need 4 trees though. No, most people have one tree. But some have 2 or 4. Most people have just one – we are not buying any more trees this year. Tell Santa I’m going to change it up, see? And tell Pepper (our Elf On The Shelf) I changed it up. He’s going to see. Tell him I changed it up. Then I’ll get some cool presents, right? Maybe. He’ll see us in the tree and if I’m happy he will bring them to me. What’s that clopping sound? That noise is your boots, mom! Your boots are clopping! Clopclopclopclopclop…. clop clop……… clopclopclopclopclopclopclopclop. Okay, James. What sound does a turkey make? What sound does Santa make? Not clop clop. Nope, those are his reindeer.
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