Chance can often be found at night, a book propped up covering his face, reading in blissful silence as his implants have been set aside creating his own silent oasis. He will sometimes read for a few hours before bed. Who needs sleep when there are books to be delved into?I love it. Except the going to bed really late part.
This past week, Chance came to me as I was doing laundry to ask some questions about some words he wasn't sure about.
The first words were "cock and bull", taken right out of his Harry Potter book. I told him what it meant and Chance nodded and said, " That is what I thought it meant. I shouldn't say that though, right?"
We discussed how this was not a phrase that Chance should incorporate into his vocabulary but he now knew what it meant and this helped him verify that he got the meaning in the book.
The next word was PO'd. Chance explained that he had been outside playing with friends, when one of the boys started to ride Chance's younger brothers bike. 'You better not ride that or my brother will be PO'd," Chance had said.
"What does PO'd mean mom?" Chance asked me.
I found it cute that Chance had used a word, then cared enough to realize that he didn't know exactly what the word meant, and wanted to find out.
"PO'd means pissed off, which is like saying ticked off. It is not a nice way of saying it though, so you don't want to use that word."
Chance nodded and then started walking away.
"Chance", I called out to him,"Piss means pee."
Chance's face screwed up into an expression of disgust and unbelief.
"I AM SO NOT USING THAT WORD!" Chance said. He sounded like he meant it too.
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