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Posted on 11/30/2009 9:30:13 PM PST by JustAmy
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Oooops .... I did it again. :(
Post #97 was for you. My brain is still sleeping. This cold weather makes me want to crawl back in bed. :)
Just Playing
by Anita Wadley
When I’m building in the block room,
Please don’t say I’m “Just playing.”
For, you see, I’m learning as I play,
About balance, I may be an architect someday.
When I’m getting all dressed up,
Setting the table, caring for the babies,
Don’t get the idea I’m “Just Playing.”
I may be a mother or a father someday.
When you see me up to my elbows in paint,
Or standing at an easel, or molding and shaping clay,
Please don’t let me hear you say, “He is Just Playing.”
For, you see, I’m learning as I play.
I just might be a teacher someday.
When you see me engrossed in a puzzle
Or some “playing” at my school,
Please don’t feel the time is wasted in “play.”
For you see, I’m learning as I play.
I’m learning to solve problems and concentrate.
I may be in business someday.
When you see me cooking or tasting foods,
Please don’t think that because I enjoy it, it is “Just Play.”
I’m learning to follow directions and see the differences.
I may be a cook someday.
When you see me learning to skip, hop, run, and move my body,
Please don’t say I’m “Just Playing.”
For, you see, I’m learning as I play.
I’m learning how my body works.
I may be a doctor, nurse, or athlete someday.
When you ask me what I’ve done at school today,
And I say, “I just played.”
Please don’t misunderstand me.
For, you see, I’m learning as I play.
I’m learning to enjoy and be successful in my work.
I’m preparing for tomorrow.
Today, I am a child and my work is play.
I received those in an email. I really enjoyed them. Isn’t it amazing how statements sound different when re-read? Bloopers are fun when they belong to someone else. LOL
I will take that Georgian rain, accent and all! LOL
I had some tears yesterday as I decorated our tree. LOTS of memories, some good , some sad...but I’m with you... the GOOD memories will dominate my heart this year!
;o)
I’m with you, Polly, on the ‘good memories’.
Another cute yorkie - thank you, Amy!
ahhhhhhhhhh and that is a FRESH tree... smells so wonderful. I sure miss the smell....but I usually go to Home Depot and buy up several cuttings to put in the room... then no one knows my tree is a fake! LOL
funny, you got me on that one:)
:^)
Thanks, Yorkie.
I have a few more Yorkies saved. Soon I will need to go see Mr. G again.
Happy Birthday
I just found the little dog today and I thought he was so cute! My tree isn’t real either but I think its beautiful when I get it decorated. One thing for sure, I think they are safer and we can put them up earlier because we don’t have to worry about them drying out and causing a fire.
I have a can of Christmas Tree spray and just 1 quick spray does the trick. Don’t want much. And all sprays in cans are not the same. Some are bad smelling.
Thanks, Meg.
Great idea, I usually get candles but it’s just not the same.
Ahh .... how cute.
It will be here before we know it!!
On Susan Boyle, from Hans Christen Anderson's story - The Ugly Duckling:
“See,” cried the youngest, “there is a new one;” and the rest were delighted, and ran to their father and mother,
dancing and clapping their hands, and shouting joyously,
“There is another swan come; a new one has arrived.”
Then they threw more bread and cake into the water, and said, “The new one is the most beautiful of all;
he is so young and pretty.” And the old swans bowed their heads before him.
Then he felt quite ashamed, and hid his head under his wing; for he did not know what to do,
he was so happy, and yet not at all proud.
He had been persecuted and despised for his ugliness, and now he heard them say he was the most beautiful of all the birds.
Even the elder-tree bent down its bows into the water before him, and the sun shone warm and bright.
Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart,
“I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.”
The End
Beautiful graphics everyone.
Made me hungry too:)
I zipped through fast to post this unusual tango.
Talk about upper-body strength!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxcVyBRecE
That is a precious little girl graphic, Amy! Thank you so much! I had a Christmas post of a sweet little dog earlier that Polly was talking about. Think I’ll start doing at least one a day, then more as the season goes on!!
Sure love this pink one you sent!
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