Em: "King Arthur said that kids with blue eyes can even be friends with kids with brown eyes. King Arthur said that all kids can be friends, no matter what color their eyes are."
It took me a while to figure out what she meant by this, but we finally determined that she was translating this famous quote:
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King, Jr.
So, yeah, she got the main point of it, I suppose. And that's what's important, right?
23 January 2011
18 January 2011
Monochromatic offenses
Em: I HATE school. (She's in full-day kindergarten.)
Me: What? Why?
Em: Because I hate BOYS. They're so mean. And RUDE. And they only use ONE COLOR when they make pictures and it's usually just scribbles.
Me: What? Why?
Em: Because I hate BOYS. They're so mean. And RUDE. And they only use ONE COLOR when they make pictures and it's usually just scribbles.
12 January 2011
...and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
Ah, good old Wizard of Oz. I was thinking about writing this blog earlier today, because I am continually amazed at how completely into the L. Frank Baum "Wonderful Land of Oz" series my kids are. We are now on the fourth book, Dorothy and the Wizard, and although it was written a hundred years ago, they (and I) enjoy it as much as the other two contemporary series we are currently working our way through, Magic Tree House and Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Aaaand, the Oz series is so old that it's now public domain, meaning the Kindle downloads are all free. Woot!
Anyway, Em* loves the series so very much that she asked to be Dorothy for Halloween. After assessing the costumes commercially available, I decided just to make it for her. It didn't save me any money (partially because the pattern itself was $10-- ouch!) BUT I was able to make her a costume that fit her:
*Although I had never read the book, I loved movie when I was a teen, and actually got to play "Dorothy" in a school play. After I had named my daughter, my mom said, "I knew her name would have something to do with The Wizard of Oz." I said, "What? Which character?" and she then told me what apparently my subconscious must have known all along: "Auntie Em, of course!"
Anyway, Em* loves the series so very much that she asked to be Dorothy for Halloween. After assessing the costumes commercially available, I decided just to make it for her. It didn't save me any money (partially because the pattern itself was $10-- ouch!) BUT I was able to make her a costume that fit her:
*Although I had never read the book, I loved movie when I was a teen, and actually got to play "Dorothy" in a school play. After I had named my daughter, my mom said, "I knew her name would have something to do with The Wizard of Oz." I said, "What? Which character?" and she then told me what apparently my subconscious must have known all along: "Auntie Em, of course!"
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