some boy stories to amuse you:
last night, he presented me with a picture he had drawn of spiderman. and he had a question. "mommy, does spiderman get mad and break up buildings? or does he save the world? i need to know!"
today we went to the library. he very bravely asked the librarian for a book on "koko the sign language gorilla" and was tickled when she found him two different ones. one of which was a "big people" book. thats the one he tucked neath his arm and marched off. saying "Thank you for the books!" he found a picture on the koko.org website that he insisted showed "koko with laser blades shooting out of red eyes". now, as i knew perfectly well, this is a kids part of the site, and the last thing they would do is to have a picture of a gorilla with "lasers". so he pulled up the picture to show me. and damn if he didnt have a point! laser eyes
he asked mom to open the door today. mom said "say please" boy said "knock knock" mom said "whos there??" boy said "open the door" mom said "not til i hear a PLEASE" boy said "please" mom opened the door. boy went in. boy said "knock knock". mom said "whos there??" boy said "thank you!" it was cute. it probably loses something in the translation.
we bought some blue suave hair vibe shampoo. the commercials are on nickelodeon, showing kids. its blue. kid shampoo, right? well, sis used it, and LOVED it. it smells good and its blue, and thats lots of the main criteria right there. so then boy wanted to use it. he got in shower, got all drenched. i put it on his head, and he started playing. usually this is how he gets his hair rinsed. he just plays longer, and eventually his hair is rinsed. well, he began playing. then squealed! "owowowowow, my eyes hurt!" i wiped his eyes, rinsed his hair carefully carefully, then read the offending bottle. sure enough, it doesnt say "tear free" or "sting free" well POO! its marketed to kids! (granted the kid in the commercial looks to be sis age, but really??) so i got him outta the shower, convinced him he would live, and that his eye WOULD stop hurting. he said we should throw away the shampoo. i said "no, its ok, we will let sis use it" he looked at me incredulously and said "sis doesnt want stinging eyes either!!" had to explain to him that she is careful not to get water/poo in her eyes when she does her hair. i thought it was amusing. called the company. they said "nope, its not a childrens shampoo" "shouldnt have been in the kids section" (i guess maybe they shouldnt have had a 10 year old in the commercial either?) but shes sending me a coupon for another bottle free. interesting.
there are probably more boy stories, but thats all for this moment.
last night, he presented me with a picture he had drawn of spiderman. and he had a question. "mommy, does spiderman get mad and break up buildings? or does he save the world? i need to know!"
today we went to the library. he very bravely asked the librarian for a book on "koko the sign language gorilla" and was tickled when she found him two different ones. one of which was a "big people" book. thats the one he tucked neath his arm and marched off. saying "Thank you for the books!" he found a picture on the koko.org website that he insisted showed "koko with laser blades shooting out of red eyes". now, as i knew perfectly well, this is a kids part of the site, and the last thing they would do is to have a picture of a gorilla with "lasers". so he pulled up the picture to show me. and damn if he didnt have a point! laser eyes
he asked mom to open the door today. mom said "say please" boy said "knock knock" mom said "whos there??" boy said "open the door" mom said "not til i hear a PLEASE" boy said "please" mom opened the door. boy went in. boy said "knock knock". mom said "whos there??" boy said "thank you!" it was cute. it probably loses something in the translation.
we bought some blue suave hair vibe shampoo. the commercials are on nickelodeon, showing kids. its blue. kid shampoo, right? well, sis used it, and LOVED it. it smells good and its blue, and thats lots of the main criteria right there. so then boy wanted to use it. he got in shower, got all drenched. i put it on his head, and he started playing. usually this is how he gets his hair rinsed. he just plays longer, and eventually his hair is rinsed. well, he began playing. then squealed! "owowowowow, my eyes hurt!" i wiped his eyes, rinsed his hair carefully carefully, then read the offending bottle. sure enough, it doesnt say "tear free" or "sting free" well POO! its marketed to kids! (granted the kid in the commercial looks to be sis age, but really??) so i got him outta the shower, convinced him he would live, and that his eye WOULD stop hurting. he said we should throw away the shampoo. i said "no, its ok, we will let sis use it" he looked at me incredulously and said "sis doesnt want stinging eyes either!!" had to explain to him that she is careful not to get water/poo in her eyes when she does her hair. i thought it was amusing. called the company. they said "nope, its not a childrens shampoo" "shouldnt have been in the kids section" (i guess maybe they shouldnt have had a 10 year old in the commercial either?) but shes sending me a coupon for another bottle free. interesting.
there are probably more boy stories, but thats all for this moment.
