In Other Words...

"I'm not interested at all.  I'm enthusiless."

Bantam Thoughts

This morning, Dave was explaining what the word 'bantam' meant - 'A smaller breed of hen is called a bantam.'

Madeline replied, "So, a really small opera singer would be 'The Bantam of the Opera'?"

An Olympic Fly

At lunch today, there was a nasty fly buzzing around.  Dave remarked, "That is a really big fly."  The kids heard, "That is an Olympic fly."

Madeline told Henry that if you look at its wings under the microscope you can actually see the Olympic rings.  I think she had him going for awhile.

That, My Daughter, Is The Billion Dollar Question

If video killed the radio star and the internet killed the video store, what is going to kill the internet?

The Lunambulist

Our English Roots word today was 'luna', meaning moon.  One of the words derived from luna is 'lunambulist', meaning "one whose sleepwalking is caused by the moon".

We were discussing that a lunambulist would be a great idea for a villain.  Someone who does evil deeds once a month during the full moon and doesn't remember because he's been sleepwalking.

Madeline went one better.  She thought it would be great if the superhero spent the other days of the month fighting crime, but he could never catch the bad guy during the full moon.  Of course, that's because it really is the superhero doing the evil deeds, but he doesn't remember because he's been sleepwalking.

Seriously, I think she should start working on that one right away.

Madeline's Analogy

Since I've been homeschooled, if I go to high school I'll never really be part of 'them'.  It would be like if I was a muggle-born among the pure bloods at Hogwarts.

Henry's Poem

Villains
By Henry

Oh, how far from being nice you are.
You're so wretched
You won't let me get dressed.
You're such a wreck
You won't let our hens peck.
You're such a hassle,
You stole my toy castle.
Oh, how far from being nice you are.