27 October 2009

Cutting workbook

So my mother gave Elena a cutting workbook lately (thanks Mom!). The first picture was a puppy. You're supposed to cut the picture out of the book, and then give it to the child to cut along the whiskers.

So I cut it out, and then Elena cut to the side of the whiskers. Each whisker was a wide grey line, and the child is supposed to cut on the line somewhere, but Elena was cutting pretty exactly just to the side of the line. She cut OUT the whiskers. Then she went for extra credit. She cut off the puppy's chin. And ears. And eyes. And tongue. This continued until she, with a dissected pile of puppy parts, exclaims, "I'm done! There's no more dog! Now I want to do the kitty!"

OK, honey. And you can cut off the picture this time.

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