November 8, 2008

• name game

  It was a long boring drive into Port Angeles and back to do an errand for a co-worker.   We had to pick up pellets for her pellet stove.  She is a widower, and these pellets are HEAVY!  Since we bought our trailer its a relatively easy job for us to do.  And this time she even gave us a wee bit of gas money which always helps.

  Any how on the way home after being stuck in the car for about four hours together we were getting a bit loopy.  We were playing question games, math games, school games to keep us alert and NOT squabbling.  This after the boys had a food fight.  They learned also why that will not be happening as that resulted in them spending an hour when they got home cleaning ALL of the car, not just the food they through.

  Any how I asked the kids if they could remember the name of the newly elected president.  They could, but several of them couldn't remember how to pronounce his first name. 

  Samuel kept trying to say oarack.   And there were several other miss-pronounces.

  So I thought I would help and Said Buh-rack.  You know like a chicken.  Buhr--------ack.  Buhr----ack.

  What proceeded was five minutes of six children clucking our future presidents name out like laying hens.

  I'm thinking they will NEVER forget his name again.

  And I might regret that way of helping them remember it.

  Never mind the whole respect issues that just went woosh out the door.

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