TOO COOL FOR YOU.No autographs, please.
Could you say "no" to this face?You know you couldn't.
Okay, so these are old photos, but how cute are they? And it's been a sloooowwww week, nothing much to blog about. We've had nonstop rain and no soccer practice, but we're back on track now.
A couple of nights ago when we were cooped up, I made a scavenger hunt for both boys. It was a ploy to get them to run up and down the stairs several times, I admit it, but it was fun, too. And we got some much needed exercise. Yes, I say "we," because Benny made ME one, too. And I had to run up and down the stairs as well! The boys each found a dollar bill at the end of their scavenger hunt. Know what Benny made for my reward? He took some money from his piggy bank and built a little 'safe' out of Legos. He put the money in the Lego safe and then built it shut. So when I found the safe I had to 'open' it. It was a lot of fun.
The money all went into our "someday" jar, a jar we are filling with money so that "someday" we can go on a fun and expensive trip.
Sam has worked on some wonderful stories this week. Like his mom, he doesn't usually finish them....but wow, are they great. Listen to this one:
"This is Jack. He has really BIG HANDS. (illustration.) Jack worked in a car wash. (illustration.) But what he really wanted to do was be a boxer."
The story goes on: Jack becomes a boxer and guess what? Those BIG HANDS come in mighty handy in the boxing ring!
Also we had an interesting conversation yesterday....Sam was talking about what he wants to be when he grows up. He said maybe an inventor. Or a designer. Or a chef! I said if he owned his own resteraunt, he could design the place, invent his own recipes, and be a chef, too!
He said, "I don't want to own a business. I just want to work for someone else." Then he went on to add that he had the criteria for his ideal job figured out: "I want to just do the work each day, not own the business and have to do all that. And I want a job where I don't have to talk much or (interact with people) much. And I want to get paid a lot. Yeah. I want to make a lot of money but not really do a lot of work. What kind of job would that be?"
He said, "I don't want to own a business. I just want to work for someone else." Then he went on to add that he had the criteria for his ideal job figured out: "I want to just do the work each day, not own the business and have to do all that. And I want a job where I don't have to talk much or (interact with people) much. And I want to get paid a lot. Yeah. I want to make a lot of money but not really do a lot of work. What kind of job would that be?"
He asked in all seriousness. Naturally the punch lines flew out at me but I kept it respectful. I just pointed out that he could be a writer and illustrator, since he is so good at it, and in time he might come to make a lot of money that way.
Then we arrived at soccer practice and all was forgotten. Maybe he should be a professional athelete!
4 comments:
I don't even know where to start...you may have had a few quiet, rainy days but this is an action packed blog. You are a super mom thinking of the scavenger hunt. I'm going to want more details on that. That Sam of yours is something else. What a magical age when they really start to combine reality (having to work for a living) while still having such pure innocence (getting to do exactly what you want, exactly how you want to do it AND for a lot of $$). Good job capturing it all.
Thanks! Scavenger hunts take some time to prep, but then they buy you ten or fifteen minutes of occupied, happy children. So it's worth it. I usually write out the "go and look here" clues, then on the very last one that leads to the "treasure," I just draw a picture of the place they need to look. (Like under the hamper, or under the scale, or a pillow or whatever.) They love it. I haven't done it for them in years but it seemed like just the right idea last week. I hope that somewhere along the lines it stimulates all the little problem solving areas of their brain, but who knows? Last week was just so long and eventually dull, with the rain and all, that I just found myself searching for something fun. I bet your girls would love it!
I used to do scavenger hunts with my kids and now with my grandkids. The last time I was at Myrtle Beach, I left a gift for each one - well hidden. My clues were poems which took about 3 minutes to write (no quality but fun) and the poems were a riddle they had to figure out. I think their hunt took considerably longer than a few minutes but they said they really enjoyed it - and they did find their prizes!!
I know Sam's your shy one but would he consider doing a blog? I'd love to see his thoughts/comments.
I'd love for Sam to do a blog, but he can't be bothered. He doesn't like sitting down and writing...or taking the time to do something that he doesn't "have" to do for school or that he finds enjoyable. I told him about Benny's blog and showed him both and he was pretty uninterested.
I have a feeling, though, that when he's a teen, he'll get into it and be really great at it.
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