Mid Week
EARLY TO RISE: CJ has always been an early bird, but the past few days he's been an Even Earlier Bird. He was rarin' to go at 5:10 or so. Since it's hard to keep a good man down, we let him get up, of course. He hit his book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules" right off the bat. He pointed out proudly that he was "into the hundreds" of pages in it. That might be a first for him. PERFECT DAY: Today was about the best school day a kid can have. CJ and Annabelle partook of the monthly pizza party before class, had some playground time, played in mud, sand and silt in science class and had popcorn afterward. What's not to like? 
TAKE NOTE: This afternoon I watched Annabelle and CJ writing notes back and forth. I finally wandered over to take a look at what it was all about. 
It's genesis was a debate we were having in the car about the name of a cartoon. Annabelle was saying something about "Tak and the Power of Choo Choo," and I told her I thought it was "Ju Ju." This went in circles. SO when we got home, she made a chart, and had us fill in our vote. She changed to Ju Ju, but CJ stuck with Choo Choo. As a result he was awarded an F+ grade by her (not sure what the plus was for). She elaborated, drawing a small globe with a speech bubble saying, "F+ CJ!" The next rubs it in, saying "Guess who's right? The gals." CJ finally struck back, writing, "No they aren't." "Oh yea, here's proof," Annabelle countered, pointing back to the voting that started it all. CJ insisted, "I am right!" Globe Bee took exception to that, writing, "Don't make me punch North America!" "But that would be punching yourself," CJ astutely pointed out. Globe Bee responded, "That would hurt. Ow. I'm sorry." And at the bottom of the page she wrote: "Earthy has left chat." For some reason that just cracked me up - the two of them passing a note replicating an online chat. It's a different world we live in! 
A ROLL OF THE DICE: After dinner, Annabelle asked if we could play Super Mario Yahtzee. "Sure!" I said, groaning on the inside. I hate Yahtzee. Always have, even as a kid. I don't really like games where luck is so much more important than skill. 
But it's not all about me - it's for the children! ;) And so, we played. It was good for their math skills and, of course, CJ won, because he always seems to win board games, even when he's totally not paying attention and doesn't really care. Good for him. :)
THE POLLS ARE CLOSED: Voting in the Seattle Times' Peeps contest ended at noon today. About a week ago we'd learned the "Sesame Peeps" entry Annabelle submitted made the semifinals, and by 7 p.m. today, after the votes had been counted, Annabelle received an email letting her know that "Sesame Peeps" is a finalist and to watch the April 24 issue of the Seattle Times to see who the winner$ are. Fingers crossed until then!
EARLY TO RISE: CJ has always been an early bird, but the past few days he's been an Even Earlier Bird. He was rarin' to go at 5:10 or so. Since it's hard to keep a good man down, we let him get up, of course. He hit his book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules" right off the bat. He pointed out proudly that he was "into the hundreds" of pages in it. That might be a first for him. PERFECT DAY: Today was about the best school day a kid can have. CJ and Annabelle partook of the monthly pizza party before class, had some playground time, played in mud, sand and silt in science class and had popcorn afterward. What's not to like? 
TAKE NOTE: This afternoon I watched Annabelle and CJ writing notes back and forth. I finally wandered over to take a look at what it was all about. 
It's genesis was a debate we were having in the car about the name of a cartoon. Annabelle was saying something about "Tak and the Power of Choo Choo," and I told her I thought it was "Ju Ju." This went in circles. SO when we got home, she made a chart, and had us fill in our vote. She changed to Ju Ju, but CJ stuck with Choo Choo. As a result he was awarded an F+ grade by her (not sure what the plus was for). She elaborated, drawing a small globe with a speech bubble saying, "F+ CJ!" The next rubs it in, saying "Guess who's right? The gals." CJ finally struck back, writing, "No they aren't." "Oh yea, here's proof," Annabelle countered, pointing back to the voting that started it all. CJ insisted, "I am right!" Globe Bee took exception to that, writing, "Don't make me punch North America!" "But that would be punching yourself," CJ astutely pointed out. Globe Bee responded, "That would hurt. Ow. I'm sorry." And at the bottom of the page she wrote: "Earthy has left chat." For some reason that just cracked me up - the two of them passing a note replicating an online chat. It's a different world we live in! 
A ROLL OF THE DICE: After dinner, Annabelle asked if we could play Super Mario Yahtzee. "Sure!" I said, groaning on the inside. I hate Yahtzee. Always have, even as a kid. I don't really like games where luck is so much more important than skill. 
But it's not all about me - it's for the children! ;) And so, we played. It was good for their math skills and, of course, CJ won, because he always seems to win board games, even when he's totally not paying attention and doesn't really care. Good for him. :)
THE POLLS ARE CLOSED: Voting in the Seattle Times' Peeps contest ended at noon today. About a week ago we'd learned the "Sesame Peeps" entry Annabelle submitted made the semifinals, and by 7 p.m. today, after the votes had been counted, Annabelle received an email letting her know that "Sesame Peeps" is a finalist and to watch the April 24 issue of the Seattle Times to see who the winner$ are. Fingers crossed until then!
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