tennising: the act of playing tennis (verb)
I nanny for one of the Reference Librarians at my university, Kate. Kate has a five year old daughter, Sasha, who is a hoot. My afternoons with her are delightful. We microwave marshmallows until they are giant, expanding blobs of sugar. We put stickers on things. We make bubbles (and a soapy mess across the deck) using wire hangers. We terrorize Malia, the cat. Sometimes, we even make mean-faces and use my cellphone to take pictures of our mean-faces. And my personal favorite, we explain words to one another. Today, we went and watched a few tennis players practice in the dome. Sasha was engrossed in the action. When I asked her if she liked tennis she responded, "I don't know, I've never been
tennising before." I chuckled a little and then asked her what
tennising meant. She looked at me pretentiously and said, "it's when you play tennis, silly."
I nanny for one of the Reference Librarians at my university, Kate. Kate has a five year old daughter, Sasha, who is a hoot. My afternoons with her are delightful. We microwave marshmallows until they are giant, expanding blobs of sugar. We put stickers on things. We make bubbles (and a soapy mess across the deck) using wire hangers. We terrorize Malia, the cat. Sometimes, we even make mean-faces and use my cellphone to take pictures of our mean-faces. And my personal favorite, we explain words to one another. Today, we went and watched a few tennis players practice in the dome. Sasha was engrossed in the action. When I asked her if she liked tennis she responded, "I don't know, I've never been tennising before." I chuckled a little and then asked her what tennising meant. She looked at me pretentiously and said, "it's when you play tennis, silly."
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