I asked Eeyore to write a Christmas story in his journal this morning. This is the result:
The toys are all gone cried the elves! Santa askd "Wear are they"? The elvs said "we delvrd them." thay said with a sigh. Santa said "Why?" The elves said "we don’t know"!
Y’all. I know this little story is short and doesn’t really have an ending.
I know that his spelling isn’t the best ever. I know that he is putting punctuation outside of the quotes. BUT PEOPLE. This child is seven years old. And he is using quotes. And saying things like "thay said with a sigh." With a sigh. That right there? Turns me into a big ol’ puddle of love.
Debby K. says:
aaawww! That is so cute!
December 13th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Jerseygirl89 says:
I used to teach first and second grade, ya know. And I’m DAMN impressed.
December 13th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
melissa says:
that’s awesome! i don’t think that, when my kids were that age, they even knew to write a story, let alone punctuate wrong and use words like “sigh”! so stinking cute!
take care
December 13th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Leslie says:
Let me tell you, I’m 31 years old and I’m not much better with spelling and punctuation.
Bravo to Eeyore! You’ve got a smarty on your hands!
December 13th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Chris H says:
Yep that boy is switched on for sure, continue to be proud MUM!
December 14th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Pam says:
Could you tell E to figure out why your damn typepad mf’er won’t ever EVER save my information and each and every time I want to comment I have to retype it all? Cuz, any little kid who can write like that can figure out my tech problem.
Way to go smart Momma! I’m fully expecting CL to be speaking French by the summer.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Angel says:
Pure genius. Seriously. I was astonished even before you said he was 7 with spelling errors. WHO CARES!
December 14th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Hallie says:
I think I see a blogger in the making!! The kid obviously has a gift!!
Hallie
http:/wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/
December 14th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
nan says:
Ho Ho Ho! I can tell that he is read to a lot, using language like that. I LOVE when they use creative spelling, and you know exactly what they mean to say! Ten points for da Mommy!
December 15th, 2007 at 4:34 am
you da mom! says:
that is freaking adorable.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Redneck Mommy says:
Ah! A future author in our midst! Adorable.
December 15th, 2007 at 4:36 pm