Life is Art
My life, as a mother / lover / writer / seamstress / cook. Whew.
Life is Art is Kelly Hogaboom in small, digestible bits.
Featured Project: Bike Chaps
This design was actually entered in the Etsy/Instructables Sew Useful contest. These are functional, cheap to make, and sold on Etsy within an hour or so.
See Bike Chaps in Tutorials
best. game. ever.
Published by Kelly Hogaboom on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 3:36 PM.
Today as my son slept the last bit of his nap, and my daughter decidedly did not nap, I - on the computer, as I often do during their naps, am attempting to get some peace and my daughter talks to me from the bed mere feet away. I open a Word document, font Times size 112, turn my screen to her, and type:
GO TO SLEEP
My daughter is reading very well for her age; she is intrigued by my game and reads each word. "Me?" she asks. I nod my head, type:
OR I WILL SPANK YOU
She is officially delighted. A few more phrases, "Mama loves you", etc. Type a word, pause. She goes back and reads them in series. Soon:
MAMA NEEDS A KISS
ON THE CHEEK
Amping it up a bit:
DINNER TONIGHT IS ENCHILADAS
Sophie continues to amaze me by reading every word, slowly, but gets stuck on the last on this particular missive, of course. I allow her a few times of sounding it out and once she gets what it says, she wrinkles her nose: "I don't want enchiladas! I want a quesadilla!"
NO DINNER FOR YOU THEN
And so on. I feel kind of sinister. She loves it. Communicating without speaking - by sign language, reading, drawing pictures, or making animal sounds - is a thrill for her.
GO TO SLEEP
My daughter is reading very well for her age; she is intrigued by my game and reads each word. "Me?" she asks. I nod my head, type:
OR I WILL SPANK YOU
She is officially delighted. A few more phrases, "Mama loves you", etc. Type a word, pause. She goes back and reads them in series. Soon:
MAMA NEEDS A KISS
ON THE CHEEK
Amping it up a bit:
DINNER TONIGHT IS ENCHILADAS
Sophie continues to amaze me by reading every word, slowly, but gets stuck on the last on this particular missive, of course. I allow her a few times of sounding it out and once she gets what it says, she wrinkles her nose: "I don't want enchiladas! I want a quesadilla!"
NO DINNER FOR YOU THEN
And so on. I feel kind of sinister. She loves it. Communicating without speaking - by sign language, reading, drawing pictures, or making animal sounds - is a thrill for her.
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