Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Four Short Stories
1. Birds (a)
SDS: What's that on your windshield?
ME: Bird poop.
[Later]
ME: We need to feed the birds when we get home.
SDS: Yeah. Then they'll stop pooping on your windshield!
THE END.
2. Birds (b)
[Listening to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"]
SDS: He can't fly! [The singer who wants to "fly" over the rainbow!]
ME: No?
SDS: No. He doesn't have any feathers!
ME: Hmm. I guess you are right.
[Silence...as she think...]
SDS: Mommy?
ME: Yes?
SDS: I want to be a bird-person, so I can fly.
THE END
3. Beans
SDS [from across the house, yelling]: Mommy! I need to tell you something!
[SDS's pounding little feet can be heard as she runs through the house to my bedroom to find me.]
ME [Thinking that SDS is in emergency mode.]: Hey. What's up?
SDS: If you plant a bean, a beanstalk will grow!
THE END
4. The song
SDS [singing, to the tune "Waltzing Matilda"]: We sing, Matilda. We sing, Matilda. You'll come, we sing, Matilda, with me.
ME: Hey, it's "Waltzing," not "We sing." A waltz is a kind of dance.
SDS [exasperated]: No mommy. It's "We sing." The song is about singing to Matilda!
SDS: What's that on your windshield?
ME: Bird poop.
[Later]
ME: We need to feed the birds when we get home.
SDS: Yeah. Then they'll stop pooping on your windshield!
THE END.
2. Birds (b)
[Listening to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"]
SDS: He can't fly! [The singer who wants to "fly" over the rainbow!]
ME: No?
SDS: No. He doesn't have any feathers!
ME: Hmm. I guess you are right.
[Silence...as she think...]
SDS: Mommy?
ME: Yes?
SDS: I want to be a bird-person, so I can fly.
THE END
3. Beans
SDS [from across the house, yelling]: Mommy! I need to tell you something!
[SDS's pounding little feet can be heard as she runs through the house to my bedroom to find me.]
ME [Thinking that SDS is in emergency mode.]: Hey. What's up?
SDS: If you plant a bean, a beanstalk will grow!
THE END
4. The song
SDS [singing, to the tune "Waltzing Matilda"]: We sing, Matilda. We sing, Matilda. You'll come, we sing, Matilda, with me.
ME: Hey, it's "Waltzing," not "We sing." A waltz is a kind of dance.
SDS [exasperated]: No mommy. It's "We sing." The song is about singing to Matilda!
Danger!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
MLK Day
SDS: Mommy, did you know that today is Martin Luther King, Junior's birthday?
Me: Yes. We're going to go a parade for him.
SDS: Will he be there?
Me: No, Sweetie. Dr. King is dead.
SDS: But, who will blow out the candles on his cake?
Me: Yes. We're going to go a parade for him.
SDS: Will he be there?
Me: No, Sweetie. Dr. King is dead.
SDS: But, who will blow out the candles on his cake?
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Thursday, January 06, 2011
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