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11/02/2005 Archived Entry: "Theoretically speaking"

Today the big one and I got into a discussion about money. She did one of her frequent "what if?" questions, as in "What if there wasn't any money?" She's aware of trading and bartering and that people used to use shells and/or stones for money so we talked about value. It was great timing because today in the Mom Store, one of the items was a coupon made by me for a treat at Dairy Queen. She chose to buy that item so it was handy. I got out a blank index card and asked her the difference between them. Then we talked about why one of them was worth something to her but the other one wasn't. From there I likened it to the ten dollar bill I had to show her the only reason it's worth anything is because our society says it is and merchants will accept it in exchange for goods. It's a hard concept that money is simply theory, but she got what I was talking about so I was pleased.

She slipped a bit in spelling, but that's to be expected after a bit of time off. On the flip side, the problem she was having in math seems to have resolved itself with time off. Go figure.

Daisy has only attempted a couple steps here and there. She's not really trying, which is kind of odd for her. She is enjoying entertaining us to no end. She tries to make us laugh so she can laugh too. What's interesting is when she had her cold a month ago, her voice was naturally a little husky. She kept that sound even though there's no way that any part of that cold is hanging on. Bizarre and extremely cute, especially when she laughs.

Whenever Chris gets home he has some work to do here and then when he's up for a break we're going to head to the mall for a bit. Chris needs a hair cut and Tabitha wants to use that Dairy Queen coupon so we'll have a nice little outing.