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Posted on 02/01/2006 8:18:20 PM PST by dutchess
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I sent one more pic. I'm going to have to get son to tutor me on working my scanner.
In my family, the way to tell is by who is blaming the kids on who.
"They're all YOUR fault! YOU gave them that chemistry kit!"
"They take after YOUR family, look at them go! [loud crash] See? Born demolitionists."
I had the same feeling about that last line.
Definitely hilarious.
My family is kinda... odd.
As long as they have sense of humor no one is odd.
Our parents commissioned my brother and myself to demolish a 4 ton boulder.
Even got us sledge hammers and star bit chisels for it.
Did you guys demolish it?
We tried everything.
We even set it on fire.
(It had sulfur!)
I think we got about half a foot thickness off of it, but never did make a significant dent in it.
I know he is probably too busy (like my husband), but maybe you could just tell your son which ones you want to post and he could e-mail them to me. I am sure he has a digital file of the Christmas photo. Isn't he shooting everything digital?
ROTFLOL!
We got into major trouble for setting the rock on fire though.
It didn't do any harm, did it?
Those are funny, Victoria! Good evening to you. :-)
Subject: a six year old explains childbirth
A grammar school teacher from Miami, remembers this Oscar-worthy birth tableau from one of her students...
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell, so I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and experience a little public speaking. And it gives me a break and some guaranteed entertainment.
Usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. "This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.
First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord."
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
"Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, "Oh,oh,oh!'" Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. "She walked around the house for, like anhour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'"
Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding her back and groaning. "My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this." Erica lies down with her back against the wall
"And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!"
This kid has her legs spread and with her little hands are miming water flowing away. It was too much!
"Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push, and breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got past ten." Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff they all said was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of stuff inside there."
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. Now I bring my camcorder to show and tell day, just in case another Erica comes along.
Life is meant to be lived . . . enjoy !!
No, the boulder was unconcerned with our pathetic efforts to harm it.
Our parents were reconsidering the wisdom of having children, let alone turning us loose on the boulder.
We had to wash the black smoke gunk off the side of the house though.
(The boulder was about five foot from the house..)
Well, you guys were creative. LOL.
That's pretty good MB. Yes, son has the Christmas pics I'm sure. The others are ones that I took and only have hard copies.
Heading for bed...love you all and glad you stopped in here today. Sleep tight!
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