Saturday, February 07, 2009  That'd be what? 3 points?  (c) 2008
Ms. Huis Herself at  In the car on the way home from the grocery
store this evening, Mr. Kluges started a conversation with me...
K: So, what should we do tonight once the kids are in bed?  Me:
Well, I've got a couple of movies from the library, or we could
play Scrabble or something.  Pumpkin: What's Scrabble?  M: It's
a spelling game.  P: Oh, like Princess Presto? I want to play,
too!  M: No, honey, it's more like a board game, like Candyland.
P: But I wanna play!  M: Honey, I think you need to wait until
you can spell a little bit better before you can play.  P: I can
spell!  K: What words do you know how to spell, honey?  P:
[spells her first name]  M: That's great; what else can you
spell?  K: I know you can spell another word. You were spelling
it this morning.  P: M-O-M!  K: That's right...  P:
(interrupting) B-O-O!  M: Great!  K: I bet you might be able to
spell this one - it's pretty easy. How do you spell "dad?"  P:
(thinking) D... O