That is one of the stories I remember reading while sitting on my gran'ma's lap. My other favorite was the one "in a mouse house". I have many fond "Dr. Seuss memories". Today is his birthday, for those who may not have elementary children to remind you.
The elementary school that my younger two children go to had a Dr. Seuss celebration on Friday. Today they were treated to a special surprise. The entire school (around 100 students) got to watch "Horton Hears a Who" during their regular reading time. Another treat they received was to have "Green Eggs and Ham" read aloud to them... in LATIN :) yep -- I was asked if I'd mind reading it to the student body while they were getting the film (just dated myself) ...I mean, movie, set up. I was happy to do it.
I took Latin as my foreign language requirement for my BA. I have several children's books in Latin. They are very fun to read, especially the Dr. Seuss ones. They are difficult, but quite fun and a real workout for your tongue!! You could win any tongue twister competition hands down after a little "Suess in Latin" warm-up!!
I also went to my oldest son's middle school and read to his homeroom class and then in the "reading room" with several other classes. It was especially appropriate for them as they have been studying Greek and Latin roots in their Language Arts classes.
It was a fun day spending time with my children at school. And they all thought it was pretty cool that their mom can read in a language that none of thier friend's moms can ;~) I really miss being able to be a "traditional mom" where I am free to help out in my kids' classrooms at any time. At least my job allows me to be home until they all go to school and we all get home about the same time. My boss also is flexible, giving me time, like today, to go to their schools. They are also able to come to work with me on days when they are out of school, but we are not. It's a pretty good compromise. I am pretty lucky.
For breakfast in the public school the kids all had "Green Eggs & Ham" and at the private school I work at, they had it for lunch. The ham was just sliced breakfast ham. The eggs...well, they simply added food coloring to the scrambled eggs. I tried it ('cause you just won't know if you like it if you don't) - and I have to be honest - it wasn't that bad. Could have used a little salt...
Other than that, nothing terribly exciting has been going on. Our quazi-house guests have finally found a place of their own. I am a bit sad; that much time (since before Thanksgiving) that close together has put a bit of a strain on our friendship. If they had spent a little more time in "their" space and not so much time in ours, I think it may have been ok. But every day, all day long with 9 people in one house, in just one or two rooms- it got a little crowded. If they'd have just been over during meal time and clean up - and a little to visit, play cards or whatever, it would have been very nice. But the just "hanging out" all the time - we were beginning to feel like we couldn't do our own normal routines. Even the kids were beginning to feel a little put out. I couldn't afford to include them in everything we did and I didn't want to leave them out - so we ended up not doing a lot of our normal things.... anyway... I'm sad my friend is gone, but I'm glad to have some of my "space" back.
There is a lot more to the situation that made things hard, but not worth mentioning here. Let's just say that, hopefully after they get settled into their new place - the hard feelings will soften and she and I can work on being good friends again.
On a much happier note -- 18 days until Spring Break -- HURRAY!!
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Speaking of Horton Hears a Who? -We watched that movie with Kaden and he said, "I hope you don't have 98 kids, cause that would just be too many!"
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