It Makes a Momma Proud…
...when her ten year-old asks for help on coming up with a jingle for class about suffrage. First we watched this for inspiration:
He made it clear that we could not plagarize anything (proud, again!)
When we asked for Michael and Rachel's two cents they broke into this song, separately:
This was the final product:
You trust us with your house.
You trust us with your kids.
So you should trust us to help the government.
:::::::::::::::You are What You Read::::::
I was in the waiting room while Aaron had his dental cleaning yesterday and picked up the January 2011 issue of The simthsonian and was introduced to the painter Guiseppe Arcimboldo. I was surprised and intrigued by his use of still life objects...fruits and vegetables to great portraits. He used other objects, such as, sea creatures and books. I am completely enamored with this one:
Time for Girl Scouts...later, gators!
It Makes a Momma Proud…
...when her ten year-old asks for help on coming up with a jingle for class about suffrage. First we watched this for inspiration:
He made it clear that we could not plagarize anything (proud, again!)
When we asked for Michael and Rachel's two cents they broke into this song, separately:
This was the final product:
You trust us with your house.
You trust us with your kids.
So you should trust us to help the government.
:::::::::::::::You are What You Read::::::
I was in the waiting room while Aaron had his dental cleaning yesterday and picked up the January 2011 issue of The simthsonian and was introduced to the painter Guiseppe Arcimboldo. I was surprised and intrigued by his use of still life objects...fruits and vegetables to great portraits. He used other objects, such as, sea creatures and books. I am completely enamored with this one:
Time for Girl Scouts...later, gators!
Naivete…Taylor Style
Adventures in Conversations with my kids:
First:
Noah came in after watching some show we picked up from the library and started explaining how someone might survive a fall from 100 stories. It entailed standing on top of a plank of wood and jumping up at just the right distance from the ground to avoid a deadly impact.
My response: "Your superhero days await you."
Noah's reply: "I wouldn't try it...I'm not sure what a survival distance from the ground is?
Michael then explained to him that no one would survive a fall from that height. Apparently, Noah couldn't figure out how he would be able to jump up from the board during the fall.
Second:
We will be selling Girl Scout cookies by the end of the week and I was picking Rachel's brain for some ideas for the annual ad. I thought a retro, or vintage style ad may be fun. Eve was hanging out with us by the computer.
I said: "I need to find a vintage Girl Scout picture."
Eve matter of factly: "Go to vintagegirlscout.com"
Rachel quipped: "Like that would work."
I googled the terms and got a link to vintage girlscout.com.
Eve said: "I told you."
Naivete…Taylor Style
Adventures in Conversations with my kids:
First:
Noah came in after watching some show we picked up from the library and started explaining how someone might survive a fall from 100 stories. It entailed standing on top of a plank of wood and jumping up at just the right distance from the ground to avoid a deadly impact.
My response: "Your superhero days await you."
Noah's reply: "I wouldn't try it...I'm not sure what a survival distance from the ground is?
Michael then explained to him that no one would survive a fall from that height. Apparently, Noah couldn't figure out how he would be able to jump up from the board during the fall.
Second:
We will be selling Girl Scout cookies by the end of the week and I was picking Rachel's brain for some ideas for the annual ad. I thought a retro, or vintage style ad may be fun. Eve was hanging out with us by the computer.
I said: "I need to find a vintage Girl Scout picture."
Eve matter of factly: "Go to vintagegirlscout.com"
Rachel quipped: "Like that would work."
I googled the terms and got a link to vintage girlscout.com.
Eve said: "I told you."
New Year Noahism…
We plied Eve with 2 tsp. of Advil and she and Noah went down to watch Dr. Who. About an hour later Noah came into the room and very matter of factly said,
"Hey dad, the way I see it ...if a guy takes out one of your eyes and you take out one of his eyes eventually all you will get is a lot of blind people!"
Michael asked Noah to come over and stand by him because he wanted to show him something on his laptop. Michael pulled up this quote by Gandhi, "An eye for an eye, only ends up with the whole world blind."
Hear, Hear!
Happy New Year!!!
New Year Noahism…
We plied Eve with 2 tsp. of Advil and she and Noah went down to watch Dr. Who. About an hour later Noah came into the room and very matter of factly said,
"Hey dad, the way I see it ...if a guy takes out one of your eyes and you take out one of his eyes eventually all you will get is a lot of blind people!"
Michael asked Noah to come over and stand by him because he wanted to show him something on his laptop. Michael pulled up this quote by Gandhi, "An eye for an eye, only ends up with the whole world blind."
Hear, Hear!
Happy New Year!!!