Do You Believe in Magic ?

Scene: post-breakfast living room. A, who has checked out a few books on magic tricks, is standing at the coffee table.

A places two pennies, a dime, and a plastic piece-of-eight into a paper. Folds paper (after asking nicely for some after being admonished that playing cards mustn't be folded). Dances over it, waving hands in the air. "Ala-ka-dabrica Go away! Go away! Snick, snack, snorum!" Flings paper into the air. The observer is unsure about the trajectory of the coinage. "TaAaAa-DaAaAh!!"

Probably the most entertaining moment is when A watched J palm a coin and then still believed that J had made it magically appear ten seconds later.

April / May Photos

Show and tell at school. A was very excited.



















I believe the quote was, "You'd better work!"


















One of many Mr. Moneybags poses.



















Although all of the Calvin and Hobbes books have been locked in a vault, A seems to have taken a page from the Calvin school of photography.

News Udate

The Pirate Ban is back. A's been a little too rough (and rude) at preschool, so all fighters and fighting toys have been put away for a while.

A is getting ready for his Birthday; we're going to have a Monopoly Themed party. A says he wants to be Mr. Moneybags. Various family members want to be "Go to Jail." Mark's going to be the Dog Token, and I'm going to be "Chance." ("Honey, I'm still free; take a chance on me...")

I Need A Hero

A (coming out of his room): "J! You want to see my Bad Guy Machine?"

J (sipping his morning tea): "Okay."

(they walk into A's room)

J: "Wow." There's what looks like a four-way computer screen (made of long blocks) and what obviously look like...

A: "And these are levers! When I pull them the entire world will be FILLED WITH POPCORN! Mwa-ha-ha-HA HA!"

(J reflects that A sounds an awful lot like Backyardigan Austin (the kangaroo) in his bad buy role as The Gloom-meister.)

80's Music

Scene: A and M are going on an errand. J is listening to Corey Lee sing, "I Will Be the Flame."

M (suddenly reversing course from the front door to the garage): "Oh! I need to get a bag."

A (running to the front door and opening it): "OK! See you at the store!"

J (stepping away from the computer): "No, A; wait for M."

A: "I'm opening the door."

J: "No. Wait; here - dance with me. See; step, step; shoulder, shoulder, roll your shoulder."

M: "Augh! No, you can't teach him that dance!"

A: "Too Late!" (demonstrates a four-year-old version of raised-arm shoulder rolls).

M: "Be sure you tell folks your dad, who likes 80's Music, taught you that dance."

(Scene where J's musical taste is insulted deleted.)

J (thinking to himself): "Gee, I mean, really, The Backyardigans already taught him most of that dance...."

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A says: "I like sphinxes. And why would they have mummies instead of putting them in graves. Because it seems weird to me because I am very wondering that they could have just put mummies in coffins and dropped them in graves. I think it would be gooey and icky and gross becuase... why would you scooop someone's brains out?"

And.. "Yes, to the bottom of a bannana!"

"And trains are smelly. Bats fly, but we don't."

And. (No! J, J, type this!) "We do not have wells anymore. And we don't have inkwells or feathers anymore. And its weird that they had feathers instead of just pens, because... we have pens, but they don't have pens, they have feathers. And I really like cakes and pancakes...."