You've perhaps heard of Mr. Men books by Roger Hargreaves?
Cody came home with a bunch from the library this afternoon. I browsed through and set down to read, with my 6 yr old, Mr. Skinny.. The story of my life. It really read just like my life - even the end almost. Interesting, though, upon reading the 'moral' according to the Mr. Men webpage, I'm not sure I agree. That is - I didn't catch the moral they supposedly were trying to teach. Moral is supposedly that if you hang out with people, you will end up becoming like them. This may be true, but I don't think the story illustrated that (very well).
Pruned some trees today. ^^ Cody was horrified. I think they turned out great. They're a nice manageable size again. ;) Oh - and you would have thought I was a feminist, the way I tried and tried to cut through the main trunk (top of this tree) all by my lonesome with no muscles to speak of. Nearly sprained my wrist. ^^ Here is one of the trees I hacked away at. BTW, this felt very empowering. Nothing so empowering as either killing flies or chopping limbs off of trees. Now I just need to collect the blossoms next year. Tuck them in people's hair. I could probably make hair clips out of them. =)
And Mr. InLovewithMinecraft has been making paper dolls with his friends. It's the next best thing to playing the game on the computer - playing the game with paper dolls, until Jack squishes them. "I told you to put them somewhere where Jack won't find them!" Here's one that didn't survive.
Other blogworthy stories include I cleaned my oven this weekend (this was really cool). You know how cool oven cleaner IS!? It is seriously fun to use. I would have taken a video of me washing all the junk off the grates (caked on food WASHED off with just water - JUST WATER!). Seriously. Neat stuff. But I wasn't going to videotape myself doing a chore... hahah
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And I purchased some cheap, but delightfully cheerful, non-dishwasher-safe dishes for the kids the other day. For SOME reason this purchase made me very happy. I don't know why. I guess they're just a nice size, and fun, and add color to our eclectic pile of mismatched dishes in our cupboard. I love our mismatched dishes. ;)
And here I am, slouching and eating popcorn with my 6 yr old.
Adios. Buenas noches muñecas ^^
You look old in the picture...like the age I imagined you were when you first started posting on my blog!
ReplyDeleteWas Mr. Skinny saying you SHOULD end up being like the people you hang out with....or is it warning kids that they may turn into those people?
I think it was a good thing. It was framed positively, anyway.
ReplyDeleteIn the book, the Dr. sends Mr. Skinny to live with Mr. Greedy for a month (to help him gain weight). I guess I don't know the characters very well. I thought living with Mr. Greedy would not help 'cause Mr. Greedy would eat all the food and leave nothing left. Hence my surprise at the end of the story, when Mr. Skinny has a tummy (very small bump). And the moral is that Mr. Skinny began to pick up Mr. Greedy's (eating) habits. ?
Anyway, it's framed positively. That's funny I look old ;)
Maybe Mr. Greedy is less greedy than originally believed.
ReplyDeleteI think the tree looks greatly improved. Happy, even.
ReplyDeleteThank you Alex =) I don't feel that bad about cutting that much off. I think it looks much better. I even cleaned up the mess I made (notice how picture two actually looks messier excepting the actual tree) . Finished pulling the weeds, too. ;)
ReplyDeleteDina, I think you are right about Mr. Greedy. They should give him a different name, I think. ... ? But I can't think of one.
Could call him Mr. Consumption - not to be confused with Señor Tuberculosis. ;)
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