Reading: I wanted to keep some frogs in the bathtub, but Mom wouldn't let me.
Josh: Last night I dreamed that I was chasing kangaroos.
Me: Hmmm...(Notice the effort to try not to engage this conversation -- despite the fact that it sounded like a rather interesting dream -- right in the middle of the book?)
Reading: I was so mad!
Josh: Me and Jordan were chasing a whole bunch of kangaroos. (Notice the lack of attention to the grammar rules we've been learning about I/me?)
Me: Really?
Josh: Yeah, it was really cool. There were all these kangaroos and we were chasing them.
Reading: I wanted to play with my little sister's dollhouse, but Dad wouldn't let me.
Josh: Jordan was in the dream, too.
Me: You don't say.
Josh: Yeah, he was in the dream. We were chasing these huge kangaroos...
Reading: I was so mad.
Josh: There were all these kangaroos and we chased them all over the yard and through the woods...
Please tell me it's not just me. Please?
:) it's SO not just you.
ReplyDeleteLuke does it to me at bed time. He will just randomly stop in the middle of the book to tell me something totally irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteNope. Are you kidding? Happens on a daily basis here. You are not alone. Do "why" questions always have to happen when we are reading and I am instructing? I have asked this question on several occasions (this past week).
ReplyDeleteIt's not just you. *grin*
ReplyDeleteI was the one reading, not the kids, but the other day I was really wondering what on EARTH it could be about medieval knights that reminded Cindy of the Jonas Brothers, Polly Pockets, and her bank account balance. RAWR! LOL
Ohhhh yeah! Except here it's dinosaurs and pirates and cowboys and stuff. It gets a little old sometimes.
ReplyDeleteIt was especially frustrating one week. We had gone to a field trip and learned about bees, and later that week I read a book about turtles. Next thing I know, the turtles are eating honey. ???
You are not alone. Something in the story triggers what is in the brain and they just have to tell you right then an there or they will forget. You are not alone.
ReplyDeleteLOL, nope! Not just you!
ReplyDeleteTotal empathy from me to you. Believe me, I can RELATE!
ReplyDeleteIt's totally not just you.
ReplyDeleteI love that book, BTW. We just got it from the library, and I've already picked it up a time or two or three and started "randomly" reading it while my kids were mad at me. ;)
Nope.. not just you.. Mine do it while I am reading too. Drives me nuts!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter likes to get into the shower, then scream "MOM!" at the top of her lungs. When I run downstairs, thinking that the water has suddenly turned scalding or the ceiling has collapsed on her, she pops her head around the shower curtain and tells me stuff like this. And I think ... couldn't it have waited 15 minutes?
ReplyDeleteHow about the reading 2 pages and then, "Mom, I need to go potty." "You can wait until the end of the book." 2 more pages. "But, Mom, I really need to go!"
ReplyDeleteThen it's a game of the scales: Make the child finish before he pees so we can get this done and check something off the list. OR let the kid pee because he's probably not thinking much about what he's reading anyway, and I really don't want to have to do another load of laundry just 'cuz I wouldn't let the kid pee when he told me he needed to.
How about "Oh wait Mom I need to get you a..." fill in the blank with some weird random object, like my iPod, or our dog's leash, or jellybean. My son can disappear in a flash and then wanders back in with random things he thinks I might need. Not sure why I would NEED the leash, but I guess ya never know...
ReplyDelete;) So it's not just you.