Play Date

Friday was an inservice day. Everyone (and their parents) were at the park. The City had not yet turned off the water features, so like clockwork, the parents would walk in, see the water, their faces would fall, they'd turn to their kid(s) and say, "I don't want you in the water, OK?" and the kids would pretty much ignore them. A managed to borrow a scooter from one of his friend.

Bon-bons and Theology

A: "So J, do bad people get bon-bons?"

J: "No. Wicked people do not get bon-bons. Only the pure and good."

A: "What if bad people sneak to the supermarket and ..."

J: "Oh! There's an angel with a FLAMING sword guarding the entrance to the supermarket, and they wouldn't be able to get in."

A: "But the bad people would poke her with their pointy swords."

J: "But before they could, she'd use her FLAMING sword to cut their swords into five pieces."

A: "But they would use their Magical Powers to put their swords back together."

J: "She'd cut the swords apart again."

A: "Their magic is stronger and they'd use superglue to fix their swords."

J: "Well, while they were using their superglue, the Angel would take her FLAMING sword and cut a big hole into the sidewalk and they'd fall forever and ever and ever."

A: (smiling) "You're making that up."

[several moments later, including a short explanation of how medieval Christians believed good people were escorted to Heaven by angels while wicked people were dragged to Hell in chains....

A: "So what would they do to me in Hell, anyway; drop me into a fire?"

J: (making a 'bingo!' sign): "You got it."

A: "What else do they do to people? What does it look like?"

J: (deciding that M would be annoyed if a review of Hieronymus Bosch were to be given to a four-year-old) "Uh, I've never been, so I couldn't say."

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Scene: After a scanty dinner, A is putting together a train track.

A: "Tyger, tyger, burning bright / Tyger, tyger, I don't care. (pause, to J) Why are you laughing?"

Adult Phrases

"Before you can ride in the truck, we need to practice an emergency exit if the engine blows up."

"Put on your underwear and then we can make an apple pie."

"Well, the humor in this song relies on the wife being insecure and the man being clueless..."

"You can't put Edward Teach into the pie because A) he's plastic and he'll melt, and B) it's cannibalism."

Kids Rock

Five minutes of parody.

Sunday Morning

A: "M! The clock says six-three-one!"

M: "Uh huh."

A: "And now it says six-three-two!"

Pause during which J starts to have some crazy dream.

A: "M! M! Now the clock says six-three-three!"

J rolls over, stuffs pillow over his head.

M: "That's nice..."

Seattle Fun

We went to Seattle. On the way we listened to Cats, which seems to have had a lasting effect.








There was a tea conference going on, and when A got bored of tea, we went outside.








Although J had told A earlier that he needed to stay out of the fountain in order to avoid dying from hyperhermia, M told A he could go in. M later went back to the car for a dry layer of clothing.







A got to use a pasta machine to make dinner.









There was a really cool park with some pretty aggressive play structures. All the grown-ups liked the zip-line, but A wasn't so sure.

Missing Keys

Oops. Turns out the m, x, v, and r keys on the typewriter didn't work. So we sent it back. A has been a pretty good sport about it, but he really really would like a typewriter.