Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The very sharp penceil, and How to collect rocks

Ben: "Mom, we forgot it was show and tell day." Mom: "Oh, man I'm sorry buddy." Ben: "That was ok, remember in my backpack I had that VERY SHARP PENCIL!" I love how easy my fourth child is. This week we forgot show and tell again. Again he found his show and tell on the floor of the car on the way to school. And upon finding the half inch tall penguin eraser he says, "THIS IS MY FAVORITE!" Jack is giving a "How to Collect Rocks" seminar to his younger siblings right now: "So, we wash them off in this warm water. Very good. Now they look like we want them to, nice and shiny. OK now we find some sort of tub to put them in, and we take them into the art room. Follow me. Now, everyone got their best big one? So, who wants to put some googly eyes on their biggest rock? Set your eyes down. Take the glue, ok, don't touch them. Now, do you want to make smiley faces? And we can use these feathers for hair. So then set these to go dry, we put them right here. These ones are the dads. Now take a tiny guy (rock) ......." And Ben and Elaina are eating this up! Forget summer camps...WE HAVE JACK!

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