Silly Stuff

ON THE NOSE: Science class was interesting today. The kids were tasked with creating something using carbon printing.

Annabelle made artwork doodles out of her fingerprints. CJ spent most of the hour writing rules for a memory game that involved matching fingerprints.

Toward the end of the class they both wound up making nose prints. 

Not sure those would be admissible evidence in court. 

Oh, and in case you're wondering about the hats, it was Crazy Hat Day at school, so Bee wore her sparkly pink cowboy hat, while CJ donned his rainbow fedora.

WHIPPED UP:  There was a bake sale at the kids' Shoreline school today to benefit one of the families. Truth be told, I wasn't going to participate (other than buying something), but since I couldn't sleep this morning, I figured I might as well get up and whip something out. 

I decided on LEGO head cookies because many of the students there take LEGO classes, and I knew I could get them done in a morning. So I made a couple dozen of them. They weren't my best work (largely because I had to rush through the process), but the kids loved them nonetheless. I think they sold out in under 5 minutes. 

Now, it's time for some serious baking. Annabelle has requested My Little Pony inspired cupcakes for her birthday, so I've already started working on those. Stay tuned. 

TWISTED TALE: This morning as a writing activity, I asked the kids to write a fairy tale that was inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk. I told them that since we have soooooooo many tomatoes, I wanted their story to involve someone and a tomato plant, vine or garden.

Here's what Annabelle came up with. ...

Once upon a time there was  a boy named Ralph. Ralph liked tomatoes. One day, Ralph went out to town with his father's hen to sell the eggs she had laid. Halfway to the market, he met an old woman who had some seeds in her wrinkly outstretched hand. Ralph asked what kind of seeds the old lady was holding, and she replied, "Tomato seeds."  The idea of a tomato garden made Ralph think "A tomato garden? Oh boy! I could grow my own tomatoes!" and he sold the hen for the seeds. When he reached the market, he sold the eggs and headed back home. When he got home and told his father and mother that he had sold the hen, they asked what he sold it for. He replied "Tomato seeds." His father was furious. "Listen here, Ralph" he said, "I know you like tomatoes, but you sold  a living thing for these tiny seeds?"

"Yes." Ralph replied, sadly. But Ralph then went over to the garden and planted the seeds. His mother and father had gone inside for lunch. The sun came out. Ralph watered the seeds and pop! Out came a tomato vine with ripe red tomatoes. Before Ralph could react, the vine grew right up into a cloud! Ralph clutched the packet of seeds in his hand. but just when he started picking a tomato, It grew to match the size of the vine! As he climbed up to the top of the tomato, seeds still in is hand, he noticed the other tomatoes had grown too! he hopped on leaves and tomatoes until he finally reached the top. At the top he saw a tiny hut in the middle of the cloud.

As he stepped closer, he noticed it was a straw hut. He saw that the windows were twigs and and sticks. He stopped in front of the door and knocked on the wooden knocker. The door slowly opened. He saw a small goblin at the foot of the door smiling up at him. The goblin opened the door and said "Come in! I don't get many visitors up here in the clouds... I'm guessing you bought the magic tomato seeds?" Ralph nodded a little. "I didn't know they were magic!" he said. He had lunch with the goblin, headed back down home, and let his beanstalk grow more so the goblin would get more visitors.

           THE END

CJ's story is a bit briefer. ...

Once upon a time, there was a person named Bob. Bob was a gardener. He liked gardening many plants, especially tomatoes. The reason he liked gardening tomatoes is because they were juicy. One day, he saw a HIMALAYAN pack of tomatoes, but they were 1000.99 dollars. So, he sold his family llama to be able to afford it.

When he planted the HIMALAYAN pack of tomatoes, Bob saw a tomato vine rising up into the sky. After it rose, Bob climbed up onto it. By the time he got to the top, 6 hours had passed, but it was worth it to see the beautiful castle.

Bob was amazed by it. He never saw the fresh, clean, Himalayan waterfall in the middle of the castle. But then, something bad happened. A giant appeared, and it said: "GET OUT OF HERE OR I WILL KILL YOU!" Bob ran for his life, and he made it out with a golden tomato.

Bob got down safely, and after he sold the golden tomato, he became a multizillionaire. He claimed on a news live cast that he lived a good life being a multizillionaire.

           The End. 

So at least everyone lived happily ever after, eh?