Cat brought home her report card yesterday. One of the items that wasn’t ranked was “uses descriptive language.” In addition for the criteria “uses new vocabulary” she was ranked “partially demonstrates” as opposed to “consistently demonstrates.” I was somewhat surprised given some of the things she has said to me but planned to ask more about it when we meet with her teacher next week. (Unlike Jill, I can let mediocre pictures slide, but question my child’s literacy or vocabulary, and I become “Psycho Obsessive Mom.”

This morning we were all cleaning the house. I asked Cat to polish the furniture in her father’s office and spray some Febreeze in the room when she was finished. “That will certainly vanquish his manly stench,” she said.

Sounds pretty descriptive to me.