Little Sponge

I was not prepared for this morning. Noah woke up with a brain full of questions.

1. What does your heart look like?
2. How does it get the blood to your body?
3. Where are your lungs?
4. What does your brain do?

So, before we started regular school, we had a biology lesson. Looked at pictures online, talked about how each system works and what it does. Watched a youtube video about the cardiovascular system. Had him draw a picture of what he had learned about.


After that, I thought Noah had reached his Random Question Quota for the morning. He sat down and started to work on his spelling words. Then, he started with this:

"Mommy, what's a stock portfolio?"

Sigh....I need more coffee.

I Don't Like Left

This morning, while doing his school work, Noah had to color all the even number between 100 and 120 purple and all the odd numbers pink.

"I'm glad all the ones on the left are pink and the ones on the right are purple," he said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I don't like pink and I also don't like left," he said.

"You don't like left?"

"No. Not even my left hand. I only like right."

"Why?"

He sighed. "I just like the right, that's all."

"What's so good about the right?"

"Mommy, the right hand is the one I usually hold my lightsaber with."

"Ooooh. Well that explains it."

Good Things and Bad Things

As he was eating dinner of spaghetti, Noah looks up to me and makes an observation.

"You know, Mommy, sometimes bad things are just good things in disguise."

"Very true," I said.

"And also, something good can come out of something bad. Like, when Jesus died, which was something bad, 3 days later, he came back to life. And that was something good. And that's what I mean. Something good can come can come out of something bad."

Wise words, young padawan. ;)

That Sounds Reasonable

Noah has a YouTube obsession. It began with Star Wars. He has probaly seen the majority of the Star Wars videos on the internet. Impossible, you say? You underestimate the staying power of a six year old boy who spent most of his time thinking of ways to get a robot hand so he could be more like Anakin Skywalker. The level of dedication was very high.

But after a while he started adding a little variety to the mix. Some Lego Ninjago. Some Pirates of the Caribbean. Some snake attack videos. You know, boy stuff.

Then... Minecraft happened.

Micah introduced Noah to Minecraft and the spark was instant. Noah and Minecraft have been inseperable ever since. I wonder if Anakin is jealous, because now all of his YouTube watching is dedicated to Minecraft how-tos.

Anyway, this morning as soon as he woke up he snuck over to the computer and started looking at Minecraft videos. I stopped him mid-watch with the horrible news that he had to do school first.
He said, "But Mommy! This is my most favorite end video with this underdragon I have to destroy so I can collect an underdragon egg!"   

"Uh....ok. You can do that after school."

He sighed and said, "Ok. I GUESS that sounds reasonable."

Feeding the Ducks

Micah and zaile came over today and had fun feeding the ducks. :) A few of he more...portly ducks were very assertive in their quest for food. Much screaming and running and quacking and flapping was had.

Not all the ducks were as brave, probably because the kids came running at them full speed yelling, "Free duck food!" When the ducks would fly away, Noah would say, "I'm not giving up!" Zaile would say, "I'm not giving up either!" Micah, who was a reluctant participant from the beginning would say, "Aunt Allie, what's the fastest way bck to the house?" When they ran out of food, Noah observed, "Well, most of the ducks were attracted to me. Only some werent ."

When I asked the kids what they thought of the ducks, they said, "These ducks are crazy!"

:)

So you're just making stuff up?

Noah and I are staying at a place with a lake behind the building. when he was taking a break from his school work this morning, I let him go on the back porch to play. I told him that he was not allowed to go off the porch or go into the lake. When he asked my why he couldn't swim in the lake, I said, "Because there are alligators."

He said, "But the lady told me there weren't."

Me: "Ms. Brandy?"

Noah: "Yeah. She said there weren't."

Me: "Well there could be. This is Florida. Lots of gators. Either way, its against the rules to swim in the lake. Don't go in there."

Noah: "So...you were just making stuff up so I wouldn't go in the lake?"

Me: "Uh...no. There really could be alligators."

Noah: "But Ms. Brandy--"

Me: "Noah, just don't go in the lake."

Noah: "Ok."