Kids say Cute Stuff

Our Older son, D., is a 14 y/o in his first year of high school. One of the clubs he joined is Academic Seminar where they field a team that competes in academic competitions. The faculty advisor quizzes the students with questions checking their knowledge of various subjects and ability to use the buzzer and answer questions under pressure.

The instructor asked D., "Who wrote Winnie The Pooh?"
He answered in the style of one of our family's most favorite TV shows, Jeopardy, "Who is A.A.Milne?"

D. has alot of insight, he was talking about "people need perspective" and not just think about themselves. We talked about the developmental tasks and stages of teenagers and young adults including the traits of self centeredness and the attitude of immortality. He confirmed it, Wow, Mr.Maturity.

S., our 11 y /o had his school pictures done last week and he wore a nice shirt and combed his hair unlike last year where he wore a well loved NY Yankees tshirt and sported his usual tousled curls. S. got a kick out of the school photographer calling everyone, "Babe". "Here, Babe, line up here." "Please stand up straight, Babe." Smile Babe."
S. also said he felt like a statue or a model or something equally unpleasant about having to pose and stand still for the pictures.

Of course, my four legged kid, the Dog, Charley also does an abundance of cute stuff including being the official greeter at the local dog park, Central Bark, and rolling over to scratch his back. He also specializes in stealth, drive by licks where when he walks past you he kisses your leg. Very Sweet.

For more sweet stuff, please visit Cammie at the House of No Sleep, Thank you.

Teen Revelations with Kids Say What?

D., our eldest son, 14 y/o, started high school a few weeks ago. He is enjoying school including not having to wear a uniform, (there is a dress code, no gangster or hoochie mamawear, exposed midriffs, spaghetti straps, inappropriate tshirts, the list is quite detailed), but it is much more liberal than his junior high uniform. He is very happy to be wearing his Beatles, Metallica, and National Sarcasm Society (Like we need your support) Tshirts to school.

D.told me after the first week of school that despite partially expecting the Seniors at the school to "stab me in the heart, they ignored me." He was relieved with this outcome.

He is taking Spanish and is also enjoying the class very much. He practices the Spanish alphabet with our dog, Charley. Charley is a very attentive student learning to roll his Rs.

D.also determined that my new car "wasn't new any longer after a month". Just in time for my first car payment.

Thanks for sharing in my reflections through a teen boy prism. For more Kids Say What?, please visit Cammie at The House of No Sleep.

Actually, it's the adults who say "What?", kids say "Huh?".

Say What? Thursday - Preteen/Teen Edition

"Say What?" Overheard at The Sense of Humor is Essential Household include-

The youngest son was retelling a ghost story from Scout camp last month and told us of a Gold Miner and his loyal "burrito" who now haunt the canyons near the camp. I visualized an angry filled tortilla terrorizing campers in the mountains of Camp Mataguay in East San Diego County.

It cracks me up when I ask my older son to do a chore like empty the dishwasher, and literally the second I am done speaking, he hollers to his younger brother, "Hey, S., Come here and empty the dishwasher!" Ah, a true manager in the making.

Thank you to Cammie at The House of No Sleep (who is seriously funny and has zero tolerance or appreciation for anything remotely goose-like) for hosting Say What Thursdays that celebrate the cute things that kids and kids at heart say.

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Perfect Moment Monday brought to you by Mr.Crankypants

Our youngest son, the 11 y/o, has been Mr.Crankypants, disagreeable and short tempered, very much not his usual upbeat and sunny self.

I asked him if he liked being part of our family. (He has been exasperated with all of us, so I was unsure what to expect.)
S. said, "Yes, it would be too hard to get used to another family's habits."

This reason made me smile, "...another family's habits" indeed. No "I would miss you, Dad, and brother", no missing the pets, our home, it was our "habits"! Another routine or lifestyle would just be too much for him to cope. So, even though he is frustrated with us as only an eleven y/o can be, he's sticking with us.

Thank you and for more Perfect Moments, please visit Lori.