Some Days I am Delighted by my Children
Yesterday they all sat at the kitchen table making things out of Crayola Model Magic clay. They were there together for over 90 minutes. Link started by making a Luigi cap. Then he made a Mario Cap, a Waluigi cap, a Wario cap, and a yoshi egg. Kiki had been happily making decorative wall hangings to send to her pen-pal, but the lure of Yoshi eggs was too strong. She happily crafted a set for herself. Gleek and Patches did not want to be left out. They too made Yoshi eggs. I’m going to be finding these things all over the house, but if they play as happily with the hardened eggs as they did while making them, I’m okay with that. Kiki even tolerated Gleek copying her designs which is something of a miracle.
Earlier Patches informed me that when he grows up he is going to build a house and decorate it. I asked him what he would use to decorate his house, he responded flowers and swords. Then he’ll take some of the swords down so he can practice. And he’ll need some wooden men. Then he can hit the wooden men. And hit and hit and hit. And pumpkins for heads on the wooden men. Then he can smash the pumpkins with the swords.
At Kiki’s 6th grade graduation I had to combat both Kiki and Patches. She was begging me to let him sit with her during her graduation ceremony. I could just picture him getting bored and jumping up and down for everyone to see, so I said no. But it was really hard with two sets of puppy dog eyes begging me to say yes. Then I had to physically detach Patches from Kiki’s leg because he hugged it tight in an effort to not let her leave. It really was best that Patches stayed with me. He got bored and had to be taken out for awhile. But I love that they didn’t want to be separated.
Gleek and Patches have been experimenting with humor. This usually takes the form of Knock Knock jokes exchanged on the drive to school. They frequently run like this:
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Pizza!
Pizza who?
Because it’s yummy!
Then they both laugh uncontrollably. They’ve also tried out crossing-the-road jokes.
Why did the skeleton cross the road?
Because he didn’t have a body!
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the slide!
Yeah. I didn’t get them either, but my kids did. They laughed and laughed.