Annabelle, contemplating the pros and cons of underwear for squirrels. ...CARE PACKAGE: Today our most pressing deadline was getting our box ready to ship off to a friend in the Army in Afghanistan. It had to be postmarked today in order to arrive in Afghanistan by Christmas.
We placed Annabelle and CJ's Veteran's Day poems in it, a couple of Rolling Stone magazines, some yummy, locally-made nutrition bars, a couple of packages of salmon jerky, and a cool little silver plug in Christmas tree in the box. All good stuff, but we needed to up our box's fun factor.
There, we got a great assortment of ridiculous things I hope will bring smiles to a few soldiers' faces in Afghanistan, such as cupcake flavored dental floss, nacho flavored lip balm, wasabi gumballs, ranch dressing toothpicks, bacon bandages, some Power Rangers playing cards and notepads, bacon-flavored fizzy tabs for dropping in a bottle of water and more. My favorite purchase was a tin of "Ballpark Gum" which is supposed to be hot dog, peanut and beer flavored. We tucked a little stuffed Mariners Moose in for good measure (I can picture Kyle gifting that to an Afghani child). 
Now, we just cross our fingers and hope our box makes it to its destination. I have my doubts because our postal service in this neck of the woods is often really Really terrible. I totally do NOT trust how they handled the box and its requisite customs forms at the P.O. today. Keep your fingers crossed.
Now, we just cross our fingers and hope our box makes it to its destination. I have my doubts because our postal service in this neck of the woods is often really Really terrible. I totally do NOT trust how they handled the box and its requisite customs forms at the P.O. today. Keep your fingers crossed.RAINBOW COMPLEXION: Today we read "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon. It's about a little girl (Camilla) who is very worried about fitting in with her peers to the point she tries on 42 outfits before the first day of school and she won't eat her beloved Lima beans because she knows other kids don't like them.
Tragedy strikes when Camilla's complexion turns to rainbow stripes. As if that weren't bad enough, those stripes morph into other colors and patterns. The other kids make fun of her and she's soon banned from school for fear of being contagious. Experts are called in to help, but to no avail. Eventually a cure is discovered - and it would have been discovered sooner had Camilla stayed true to herself instead of being so worried about what others think.
It pointed us in the direction of a couple of interactive features about bullying.
First, the kids played "Beat the Bully." Its setting is the year 2248 and the challenge was to take on the biggest bullies at Britney Spears Memorial Junior High (which made me laugh). They were presented with a series of situations involving bullying behavior and had to choose the best way out. I was impressed that they chose right each time (so much for being socially maladjusted homeschoolers).
Next, they used a neat tool called "Story Strips." They got to choose the type of conflict, and opted for a brother and sister arguing about which show to watch. They got to fill-in some blanks to create their story ...
OUT AND ABOUT: We had to go to the (gawd awful) Magnolia P.O. this afternoon, so we did our jog/trot/ride around the Village. It was a short, bad expedition as just a few blocks into it, Annabelle apparently forgot how to ride a bike and out of nowhere laid her bike down.
OUT AND ABOUT: We had to go to the (gawd awful) Magnolia P.O. this afternoon, so we did our jog/trot/ride around the Village. It was a short, bad expedition as just a few blocks into it, Annabelle apparently forgot how to ride a bike and out of nowhere laid her bike down. As far as falls go, it could have been worse. There were no strawberries to deal with - just a few tears. But we did cut the excursion short. She managed to rally enough to scramble around the Catharine Blaine playground afterward.
ON LIKE DONKEY KONG: We were watching "The Colbert Report" tonight and CJ had lots of questions about it, like "Is this real?" He could tell it looked like a 'regular' news program, but it didn't sound like one to his ear. We explained that it's a comedy based on reality.
ON LIKE DONKEY KONG: We were watching "The Colbert Report" tonight and CJ had lots of questions about it, like "Is this real?" He could tell it looked like a 'regular' news program, but it didn't sound like one to his ear. We explained that it's a comedy based on reality.Imagine CJ's interest when Colbert did a (hilarious) segment about Nintendo looking to copyright the phrase "On like Donkey Kong."
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