Monday, May 4, 2009

WORD OF THE DAY

YOU WILL SEE I'VE ADDED A NEW GADGET ON THE BLOG, IT IS WORD OF THE DAY. WHILE MOMMY AND DADDY WERE ON VACATION, GIGI AND PAPA TOOK CARE OF THE PEEPS AT HOME. WORD OF THE DAY IS NOW A REQUIREMENT DUE TO THEIR VISIT.

ONE DAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL, MISTER B WAS BEING MISTER B, AND KICKING THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. MY DAD SAID, "B, STOP KICKING THE BACK OF MY SEAT, YOU ARE BEING OBTUSE."

B ASKED, "HEY PAPA WHAT IS OBTUSE?"

"IT MEANS DIFFICULT."

B RETORTED, "GREAT! I'M OBTUSE AND LOVING IT!"

OUR SON THEN DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO LEARN A NEW WORD EVERYDAY AND SO NOT HAVING THE VAST VOCAB/DICTIONARY KNOWLEDGE THAT PAPA HAS (OR UNCLE ASHLEY FOR THAT MATTER, AS WE HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF READING THE SCRABBLE DICTIONARY DURING HIS FREE TIME), I OPTED FOR THE DICTIONARY.COM GADGET!

TODAY'S WORD IS FITTING, TYRO - A BEGINNER IN LEARNING.

2 comments:

amy wright said...

This is great. And I love your "Dalhart Sightings in Lubbock" list. That is hilarious!!

Dawn Lowe said...

Hey, I'll have to start using obtuse for my kids! HA! Great idea!