Comments on: Stop the presses!

By: mysterious creature

mysterious creature — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:10:18 +0000

That is pretty amazing. Shocking how fast kids learn things. My son did the same in preschool. He wouldn’t take a nap like the other kids so they said he could stay awake if he sat quietly. They saw him one day with a magazine and notebook and was writing the words he saw in the magazine. So this became a day to day thing. He even was trying to write me a love card and since he couldn’t remember how to spell some words and grandma was busy, he found the nearest item which were ingredients and started writing them on the card. So much fun to watch what they will come up with next.

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:27:38 +0000

Yegods, woman! I presumed wrongly! Duly schooled myself here. Chiswick, West London, I read.

Do you think we both might be able to earn some money being his body doubles in film? Of a panoply of employment aspirations, that might be among my highest.

(I wonder how many gals such as us have similar aspirations? Might we buck one another’s spirits up with a club of sorts? Trade hair care and Saville Row shopping tips?)

By: Chumpy

Chumpy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:13:21 +0000

Amigo por supuesto, but Scots I am nots: Hugh Grant & I share something other than a passing resemblance.

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:20:42 +0000

RESIST RESISTING, MY SCOTTISH AMIGO! AND YES! SINGING LOUDLY IS THE ROOT OF ALL ERUDITION.

By: Chumpy

Chumpy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:02:01 +0000

Wow!!!! All the more genius for being in capitals.
Or did she learn them by singing loudly?
(Resisting the temptation to wonder if thats how to learn AMERICAN).

By: Shereen

Shereen — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:08:54 +0000

It is genius. And you know what I think is as heartwarming as our kids’ love of books and writing and general literate hijinks? Is how freakin’ thu-rilled us English geeks get about it. We’ve been praising the pre-literacy activities of our now-six genius, who is teetering on the verge of actual reading, and has more written words in her lexicon every day (see how I squeezed the brag in there?) as though no child has ever done it before. Although given the distance she had to come, I still maintain that ‘genius’ isn’t too strong… and I don’t think it’s too strong for your girlie, either!

By: immoralmatriarch

immoralmatriarch — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:20:23 +0000

Dude. That is genius.

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:01:24 +0000

Cue my favorite rendition of the heart-tugging classic from Fiddler on the Roof from The Heavenly Harpist.

By: lulazoid

lulazoid — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:38:39 +0000

Ours was doodling around in a notebook the other day. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and realised she’d written her name (backwards albeit) but all the letters are there. They are growing up so fast!

By: annz

annz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:50:30 +0000

Frickin’ genius is right. That’s kind of freaky. Although I have gotten (sort of) used to her incredible verbal aptitude, seeing it in WRITING is a different thing altogether.

I love the exclamation point at the end! (Does that mean she is ready for blogging? When will she start guest-posting?)