Today was the day the word pink came to the top of our vocabulary. What does the word represent? Depending on your background and your interest, it can mean different things to different people. This would be a “story starter” I would/could use as a journal entry for my students. In the past I have used a “color” word to get the kids to respond to. Many would start to work while others would sit there and say, “I don’t like that color!” That was just an excuse of trying to get out of work. My response would be, “then tell me why you don’t like that color!”
I decided to do a little “brainstorming” using the word pink. Brainstorming is simply jotting down things that come to your mind about the topic. Believe it or not – this was a step the kids did not like to do!
Here goes my brainstorming about the word PINK:
• Shade lighter than red
• Color of bubble gum/cotton candy
• Pink roses, tulips, dogwood trees, etc
• Color used for little girls
• Mary Kay Cadillac’s
• Pink Panther
• Pink Floyd
• Pink
• Box used to pack the doll Barbie
• Sugar and spice and everything nice
• In the pink – meaning looking healthy
• Tickled pink – excited, happy, content
• Pink ribbon represents the Breast Cancer Awareness
• Pink shirts the boys wore that said “real men wear pink”
• Represents beauty, grace, femininity, goodness, softness
• Shades of pink – Fuchsia, blush, salmon, coral
• Pretty in pink
• Pink Magazine
• Valentine’s Day
Looking back at the list – oh my – what a journal entry I could have written. I am going to focus only on a few of these notes because today we received some very exciting news! Which notes would I use from above? How about – “color used for little girls,” “sugar and spice and everything nice,” and “tickled pink.” Have you figured out why the color pink has become a very important word for us? It is a color that is representative of a small baby that will be welcomed into this world at the end of March, 2009.
Yes, Jeni and David found out today that the baby can now be referred to as she and/or her. We are all so excited that this small baby girl is to be a member of our family. We are so happy for Jeni and David as they await their first born child. This will be the third grandchild for Jeni’s parents and the first for David’s. Whether she is the first or the tenth, she will be loved and adored by all. Babies have a way of capturing your heart – she has already captured our hearts. As are all the grandparents, I can’t wait to hold her! She will be loved and cherished by us all. Had the news been that the baby was to be a boy, we would still feel the same - the only difference would be I would write about the word –BLUE!
The baby’s name will be revealed on the day of her birth by her parents. We just pray that the rest of her time she is with her mother that both remain healthy, and that her entry into this world will be an easy one – for her and her mother! We want her to know that she has been loved from the time we first heard about her existence. She will be showered with more love once she arrives! All our love to David, Jeni, and “baby girl" Hardin!
The happy parents to be: David and Jeni
David, Jeni, and Molly - the first little girl! :):) She will still be loved!
2 comments:
isn't it so exciting? i can't wait for her to be born.
Ohhhh, I can't wait to hold her!!! It has been about three years since I've held a little one - actually two of them - my brother John's twin grandsons! We'll have to draw numbers to hold her! :):):)
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