The Difference between Kids and Adults

(While we were at the store picking up Kim's Birthday Cake)

Aelyn: Wouldn't it be cool to be able to have your very own cake, every day? And then when you finish it up, you can get another one?

Flint: You know what the difference is between Kids and Adults?

Aelyn: What?

Flint: That. Kids always think about cake and ice cream and doughnuts...

Aelyn: ... and marshmallows, and chocolate chips, and candy, and oreos, and ...

Aelyn's Parent Teacher Conference

So at Aelyn's conference, Rosamond was telling Kim how Aelyn is strong in her opinions, and her writing can be a struggle when she is not excited about the topic.  So one day Aelyn "had a hissy fit" because "she couldn't possibly write about the weekend on Tuesday!"   

iSushi

While Kim is off with her Sisters in New Orleans, I took the kids over to iSushi as an adventure.

What I figured they'd like the most was the fact that this is one of those joints where the Sushi rides a conveyor belt around and you pluck off what you want. You know the cost of the dish by the color of the plate.

The kids had a great time and thought that was a pretty cool idea. There was enough 'starter' sushi, with egg and tuna / crab salad that they didn't have to go to far out on a limb for eating choices.

Ian's Birthday Party

Here's some video from Ian's Birthday Party @ the Little Gym.

Ian working at "the Shed"

At supper tonight Ian mentioned how he and another kid got to work in the "Shed" when the two scheduled kid workers didn't show up.

The "Shed" is where all of the outdoor recess equipment is stored like soccer balls and hula hoops and the like.

Ian worked in the back and the other kid worked in the front. Kids would come up and make requests of the kid at the front who would call out the order to Ian who would find the object and toss it forward to the kid up front. When equipment was returned it was deposited with the kid up front who tossed it back to Ian to stow.

Ian really liked this arrangement. I suspect in the process he's telling us something about his personality. I'm curious to see how this changes over time.

Aelyn'isms

"Pogovaulting is when you run with a big long stick, jam it in the ground, and the go flying high up into the air"

Camping at Wenberg

This weekend we went camping up at Wenberg State Park which is on Lake Goodwin which is all about 20 miles north of Everett, WA. It is a great park with some nice public areas including a great beach area, playground, and grass and picnic setting.

The park also hosts tent camping and RV camping. We were tenting it with our Campfire USA group.