November 18 – “Division”

Back in the groove at water exercise.  And back in the soreness.  Or rather, soreness in the back back.  Much of it feels muscular, though.  I can handle that.  We were both pretty tired afterwards, too.  This skipping out two sessions for our Waco mini-trip makes it just that much harder.  And today is the last session of our dance classes.  The jury is still out on whether we take it again.  Too many outside distractions during the holidays. 

Cailyn spent the night with us the other night.  She came into the office where I was working and said she had a question.  Of course I dropped everything and turned my full attention to her.  Not that I had any choice.  When she needs center stage, she sees to it that she has center stage.  As I focused on her query she informed me that it was something she had to show me. 

“Here it is, DadDad.  What does it mean when you say this?” She wrote on some paper.  “Eight, and then this.”  She added a dot with a horizontal line under it followed by a second dot under the line - the classic division sign - and the number four.  Now wait a minute.  First graders doing division?  Isn’t that supposed to be a junior high skill?  We played with the concept for a little while, and she essentially had the idea.  Once she learns some multiplication tables she will be great at it.  Oh wait.  Do they still teach multiplication tables?  Or is that part of the grand conspiracy to infiltrate the schools with planned ignorance? 

Well, Freddy has discovered a new trick.  She can leap up onto our bed.  That’s no easy task for a creature as little as she is, either.  In fairness to the Law of Gravity, however, she actually makes it about two-thirds of the way up and then crawls/scrambles the rest of the way.  She discovered that capability when Cailyn was here.  That little girl can be quite the encourager, you know.  Especially when it comes to some feat that has obviously never before been accomplished.  And, I may add, that has been declared banned in the Vaughan bedrooms for many years now.  Sigh.  OK.  I suppose there might have been one or two other infractions over the Grandparenting Era that were overlooked.  Umm … temporarily, of course. 

James 3:14 says, “For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”

Father, thank you for the miracle of mind that you instilled in us.  Help it grow in our little ones.  Amen.