Daily Archives: January 16, 2009
Whether we like it or not
It is officially cold.
Five years ago (while pregnant with Ellie) I started storing water bottles and snacks in the car, you know, to prevent dehydration and insatiable hunger attacks that can strike while in NYC traffic. This habit continues today. This morning I found all four of my water bottles completely frozen. My nut bar shattered like glass. Of course, that was after taking a hammer to it because I wouldn’t dare inflict that punishment on my teeth.
Other signs of winter? Ellie finally stopped asking to wear sundresses and sandals to school and Zach has a new meaning for “aggrieve.”
“Mama, what aggrieve is it outside?”
“Twelve degrees, baby.”
Yes, after dropping Ellie off at school, doing some grocery shopping and driving home, it was still only “twelve aggrieves” outside. Can we say “BRRRRRRRR!!!” (Yes, I know there should be a question mark there, but don’t you think the exclamations are more important?)
On a related winter note, do you remember the whether/weather rhyme? I tried teaching it to the kids this week, not an easy task since Ellie still suffers from a speech impediment. It sounded something like this:
“Wheffvuh duh whatevuh is cold,
wheffvuh duh wheffvuh is hot,
Whatevuh duh wheffvuh, we’ll wheffvuh duh wheffvuh,
wheffvuh we like it oh not!”
Quite the tongue twister when you can’t pronounce the “-th” sound. I’ll have to see if I can get it on video for you. It’s pretty entertaining.
