Tuesday, February 12, 2008

mom, i don't want to be called the 'h' name

ok, super funny story. the other night me and the girls were at dinner with alison, jax, nik, and kenzy (our husbands were m.i.a.). as we were leaving, grace says to me, 'mom, ms. barbara called me the 'h' name.' i asked her what the 'h' name was, but all she kept saying was that ms. barbara called her the 'h' name and she didn't like it. i said, ok, when did she call you the 'h' name. she then managed to tell me that ms. barbara called her the 'h' name, then they washed their hands and ate their snack, then they lined up and went outside to play, then they came in and read a book and did crafts at their stations, then they sang abc rock (a complete listing of her daily activities after 10:30 that morning). i was completely confused. so, i asked alison (she had worked as a helper in the class that day) what she was talking about. before they have their snack, they clean up and sit on the carpet. ms. barbara has a flash cards for each child with their name on it. she holds up the card and then spells the name and that is how she dismisses them to wash up for snack. well, apparently, one child said something about his last name and so ms. barbara decided that she would dismiss the class by spelling their last name. so, when she got to grace, she said 'h-o-r-s-p-o-o-l' and grace didn't realize that was how you spell her last name. that was the 'h' name that she didn't like. how silly. we had a long talk about her first and last name and now i think she likes the 'h' name again.

1 comment:

Kathy said...

I thought of quite a few names that start with "H" but Horspool never entered my mind. Duh!!! I love that Gracie. She told me on the phone, "I don't want to talk about that name!" When I asked her to tell Papa about it, she refused. I am glad she love the "G" name. :)
Love you all! from the "M" name!