Walking Dictionary

When you are preparing to become a parent, there are many "parent-jobs" you envision yourself performing....changing diapers, giving baths, changing diapers, buying clothes and shoes (and diapers!), taking them for check-ups and shots, changing diapers, :) reading to them, etc. But there was one job I didn't really think about and that is being a walking, talking dictionary. This job is easy in its simplest form. As you drive down a country road, you point out the window and say, " See the COWS? Cows. MMMOOOOOOO." You go through your days pointing out all kinds of various animate and inanimate objects, adding sound effects when appropriate! Then your child turns THREE! They begin to be able to express this little mind they have been developing and that involves questions, lots of questions! In our house, several times a day I am asked the meaning of a certain word. I usually don't mind answering these queries because I know that they are learning and that's what I want, but I find the most challenging aspect of this job to be not the fact that I have to be ready at a moment's notice to explain a word or phrase but that I am expected to explain it on a level that a child can understand at a moment's notice at the same time that I am doing one or more other "parent-jobs"!

Today's entries:


1. bonding- to become close to, like really good friends or family
2. briefly- short and quick
3."for a limited time only"-you can only get it for a short time
4.trembling- shaking because you are so afraid
5.abiding- living or staying somewhere alot

Those last 2 were asked while I was composing this blog!

(To become even further accomplished in this skill, try explaining what the Pledge of Allegiance is to a three year old while you are driving in congested traffic!)