Monday, October 4, 2010

Sean, Sean, Sean

Here is the background you need:
  • Our neighbor is Sean.  Sean is over our house every single day these days.  Sean joins us for lunch, dinner, snacks and sometimes just sits with us while we eat so that he can stay longer.  Lucy and Sean log up to 8 hours a day together.  They walk to school together.  They are together ALL THE TIME.
  • Lucy's class does something called "Pass the Dolphin".  It is where the teacher passes a stick with a dolphin on top of it and asks the students a question of the day, as the stick gets passed, the kinders take turns answering the question.  Every Monday the question is, "what did you do this weekend?"
  • Saturday, we have no plans so I decide to take Lucy out for the day.  We go to see a children's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the National Theatre, we go out to lunch, we shop, we get candy treats and then decide to head over to a local art fair.  While at the art fair, Lucy paints a pumpkin, water colors a leaf, plays a violin and a cello, buys a few little knick knacks, gets a cake lollipop and declares "this is the best day ever.  I liked it all the best!"
  • Sunday we do nothing but play with neighbor friends (yes, Sean), work in the yard and get out Halloween decorations.
Here is the story: Today as we walk home from school and I get the lowdown of Lucy's day, I ask, "What was the pass-the-dolphin question today?"  She replies, "what was your favorite part of the weekend?  And I said, 'Playing with Sean!!!!!'" 
I have no reply.

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