I found these helpful hints from Focus on the Family on a tag stuck to some clothes. I liked it a lot so put it up here to share with you. I didn’t ask the authors, James Dobson, Inc. for permission but I’m guessing they will be ok with me sharing thier thoughts amoungst my [...]
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It seems a bit strange but our boy, Richard doesn’t like changing his socks!
If there is a way out of it he will find it and if there is a way to do it Babuliya will find it. Two great minds at war over socks!!!
It has gotten to the stage where he will wear a [...]
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Well, we havnen’t written for a while here and it took an even to make it happen too!
Today we were getting ready for dinner and a puzzle wouldn’t go together. This was a bit upsetting in itself but then when Mummy made me come in for dinner and I told her something that perhaps I [...]
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During our taco making session this evening we clarified what makes a clever person and what doesn’t.
We aren’t sure how the conversation came about but along the way it went like this.
P. you are pretty clever aren’t you Richard, you can speak English and Russian.
R. Yea and Muma can speak Russian and English too, she [...]
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Mama and Babuliya went to the shop just now to get some lettuce and green peppers for our Tacos that Papa was busy making. When the girls got home Babuliya said that she was thirsty and would like some water. Everyone was a bit suprised when I asked ”Why don’t’ you want vodka?
Living in Russia [...]
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On the way home from Mega Mall papa stopped at the market to buy flowers for Mum this woman’s day thing and we saw a bus with an interesting sign. It was a rabbit with a rid circle around it and a red line through the middle, sort of like on the shops when you [...]
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We went to Mega Mall today, just me and dad. It was International Woman’s Day so we left Mum and Babuliya at home to be women. They were happy and we were happy!
I played in the play center and I met a kid called Vania. Dad and I were talking about how we met [...]
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Today Richard went to English School (2 hours Tuesdays and Thursdays) and had a bad event.
One big kid at school kicked Richard in the bum and knocked him over, his name is Gresha. With tears flowing from Richard the teacher got angry with Gresha and gave him a talking too.
When Richard was explaining to me [...]
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Calling Richard from the car on the way home:
P: I’ll be home in 45minutes ok?
R: Ohh, that sounds like a lot!
P: No it isn’t long but I can be home in one hour if you like!
R: Yea, that sounds better.
P: Ok then see you in an hour.
R: OK, bye.
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Richard has just started with the never ending series of one word questions, Why?
We started making attempts to answer the questions fully to enhance his learning but we quickly learnt that he wasn’t listening to the answers.
Today I quizzed him on why he asks so many why questions and he replied without hesitation or thought [...]
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Today uncle Ury rang from his town, Podporojie to talk with Babuliya. As usual Ricard answered the phone (there is usually a lot of trouble if someone else picks it up) and started chatting away and it got funny fast.
R: Deda Uria, what are you doing?
U: Oh, I’m just drinking some juice.
pause
R: What, you don’t [...]
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Today Babuliya decided to give richard a little something for being a good by ALL day. She thought it would be nice if Santa made the reward instead of her so she put some chocolate in his Xmas stocking and hinted that he should look in it.
When he looked he found nothing, Babuliya forgot to [...]
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Well, we havnen?t written for a while here and it took an even to make it happen too!
Today we were getting ready for dinner and a puzzle wouldn?t go together. This was a bit upsetting in itself but then when Mummy made me come in for dinner and I told her something that perhaps I [...]
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Walking down the street holding hands with a young female friend of about the same age (Marsha). Marsha said to Richard, “do you love me?”, Richard changed the subject and said ‘look how far back the adults are!” Unfazed Marsha asks again and this time Richard couldn’t avoid the question so he gave a two [...]
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After regularly sending (gobeldigook) emails to people on Play House Disney he saw Babuliya checking her hotmail account and said “Babuliya, people send you emails but they don’t send them to me even though I write so many to other people!”He comes out as friendly as anything and usually does what he was originally told.
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