BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS: Today's theme at yoga/music camp was "The Beach."
Annabelle reports that she got to play a violin during music time, when the class was singing, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starfish."
CJ says his favorite part of the class today was when they did "the airplane" (it's move where you lie on your stomach and hold your arms and legs up).
At the end of class they were back out to playing with the parachute (which kind of looks like a flat beach ball, now that I think about it).
CONSUMERISM: While CeeJ and Bee were in yoga today, I actually went shopping to (gasp) a mall. Factoria in Bellevue, to be specific, and boy was it deserted. I swear, I felt like I was helping my country/being patriotic by being there.
Of course, I don't know how much I stimulated the economy by buying Annabelle a $3 Woodsy the Owl t-shirt and CJ an Atari logo t-shirt (which he loved, of course) for $6. ...
Oh, and I also scored some cheap back to school supplies at Target (.30 cents for spiral notebooks) and $1 for a calculator, which the kids had fun playing with. ...
DUMP AND RUN: Today was library day, but not in the traditional sense. Usually library day means finding all sorts of awesome books and DVDs. But we already have stacks and stacks of awesome library stuff "in stock" at MPA. What we need to do is work our way through those piles before checking more out.
The kids were a little taken about that we weren't going to get more More MORE today, but I explained to them that taking more of something than you need/can use is actually selfish. They seemed to understand that, which is good.
Needless to say, I told the kids not to open the bag under any circumstances. After we peered and prodded at it a bit, it went straight into the garbage (unfortunately, we dare not even open it for the purposes of composting it).
DUMP AND RUN: Today was library day, but not in the traditional sense. Usually library day means finding all sorts of awesome books and DVDs. But we already have stacks and stacks of awesome library stuff "in stock" at MPA. What we need to do is work our way through those piles before checking more out.The kids were a little taken about that we weren't going to get more More MORE today, but I explained to them that taking more of something than you need/can use is actually selfish. They seemed to understand that, which is good.
REMEMBER WHEN: We took CJ's awful cheeseburger leftovers from the Crab Pot and put it in a Ziploc to try a mold growing experiment? Well today, Annabelle remembered our experiment and retrieved the bag.
Finally, the cheeseburger looked as bad as it tasted!
Needless to say, I told the kids not to open the bag under any circumstances. After we peered and prodded at it a bit, it went straight into the garbage (unfortunately, we dare not even open it for the purposes of composting it).JAM SESSION: At some point this afternoon, I heard "music" coming from the kids' room. I walked in and discovered Bee on the recorder and CJ on the guitar. CJ said they were playing some boss battle theme music (video game related, of course). 
TAKING ONE ON THE CHIN: Poor CeeJ. This afternoon he was spazzing around the house and somehow took a tumble and his face damn near went through the fish tank. That would have been really really bad.
Surprisingly, Kirby didn't seem to mind the noise too much.
TAKING ONE ON THE CHIN: Poor CeeJ. This afternoon he was spazzing around the house and somehow took a tumble and his face damn near went through the fish tank. That would have been really really bad.I guess the better news is that he "only" took a nasty gash on the chin. I really thought he was going to need stitches, but because he's young and healthy and resilient, he quit bleeding after about a half hour. He is definitely going to have a scar, though. :(
Atari???? How does Ceej know about that?
ReplyDeleteCJ's knowledge of Atari stems from his self education as to the evolution of video gaming systems. For instance, he'd be happy to tell you that the character Mario first appeared on an Atari system game.
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