**A very sweet friend calls her spunky. She is.
So among the variety of things I do, I write activities to teach 5th and 6th grade students literacy skills. Of course one of those skills is comparing characters, so naturally I tend to think about my children in similar ways -- comparing their character traits to those in stories written long ago and those in recent years -- that whole silly analyzing thing I like to do. For fun.
Last week I brought up more books from the basement that were passed down through my siblings to me. As I was flipping through one of them, I caught a glimpse of the title The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. For just a split second I started to think about how maybe Vanessa has some similarities to Tom. I quickly left the thought due to some random request for something like lunch. :) While playing with friends this week, while Vanessa was skipping from one adventure to the next and coming back to drag her friends along, a comment was made "Vanessa reminds me of Tom Sawyer." I replied "Yeah. Yeah. I get what you mean."
Vanessa is Vanessa. That's for sure. I like making connections and relating things, so it's fun to think Vanessa might share some similar adventurous qualities. I admit that some potential adventures for today's child are more concerning to me than ones I faced as a child . . . so lots of extra prayers are requested!!
A funny tale: Vanessa likes to play and hide-and-seek, in case you haven't figured that out. :) The requests are so often that we have to decline some. Tonight, before getting to work, Vanessa asked to play a quick game. I told her I'd like to do something else. A few minutes later she came back to me and asked "Do you want to play a game where a person or thing gets lost and I need to come find you?"
I replied "That sounds a lot like hide-and-seek. Is it?"
"No. There's no counting for this game, but I'll wait in the other room while you get lost. And then I'll come find you."
Zane was confused -- he still hid his eyes and counted. :)
