Little Miss Statalina never ceases to amaze. After
2 hours of rollerskating today, while I was preparing our afternoon meal and we both were sweating like hyenas (it's hot out there, folks!), she asked if it would be ok for me to bring her 2 birds into the elementary school for "show and tell" (Schulreferat) this coming week and I said YES, so she got down to drawing a schematic of the one bird (his name is 'Karlos') and in 8 minutes flat, she did this:
Not bad for an 8 year old, not bad at all!
"Der Wellensittich" = "The Parakeet"
She then lists the major external body-parts of the parakeet.
Notice the word "Love" on the left.
All the stuff listed on the right, after "wellensittche fressen" is what parakeets like to eat.
She did the pasting and placement of white on orange all on her own as well.
That's my girl. I am proud of her.
Right now, she is practicing her viola (20 minutes), then piano (15 minutes) and then we jam together piano/viola for about 15 and then we are going to play games like monopoly, cuz "that's what papas are supposed to do", she said. She is practicing some difficult finger placement (for naturals on the D and A strings) for half-tone stuff. Sounds a little like Schönberg right now, but I can live with it. Amazing how energetically a kid will practice upon threat of
lack of Scooby Doos episodes in the evening.
Carrot and stick. Carrot and stick. Carrot and stick....
Tomorrow is the usual Sunday swimming jaunt. Her best friend now has pink mermaid flippers. Guess what Miss Statalina wants for the holidays? Come on, just guess!!!
