Kids | Book Chatter

My daughter and I went to an early showing of Kung Fu Panda. It was really good. The special effects were awesome. My son and I were supposed to see Wicked but he got grounded so our plans changed. He was not happy to have missed out on a movie either but that’s how the ball bounces! Maybe, if he is really good.. I will try to take him in July. That will give me time to read the book as the show was based on the novel.

In a couple of weeks, my son is in a production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I am in charge of props and so I have been running around trying to gather up what we need. Whatever we don’t find we need to rent. It’s a lot of fun, but as production week approaches, things get a little bit crazy.

Sunday we may sign-up at the local community pool but not much else. Gas is too expensive to really drive anywhere and really, who wants to anyway?

Hope you are all having a wonderful Saturday.

This is my daughter. All she cares about when she wakes up is what’s for breakfast, the weather (so she can decide on an outfit) and whether to wear her hair up, or down. These are the musings of a 4 year-old.

When I wake up, my musings are a bit different but probably not unlike yours (humor me). When I wake up, I immediately think about when I can go to bed again. Oh yeah, and there is all that other stuff in between like what’s for dinner, or what will the homework be today? Oh and of course I cannot forget the big question. What’s for lunch?

Where I work, lunch is time to socialize so we rarely eat in. The morning begins with a flurry of emails. Where will we go? Who is going? Who is driving? That sort of stuff. Today I am hitting the gym on my lunch break so I am not joining the lunch time festivities.

In addition to all this, I often think about my to-do list:

Pay orthodontist
Donate items to “last day of school” party
Get gifts for the teachers (my daughter has 6 preschool teachers and my son has 3)
Sign-up for swim lessons
Plant tomatoes
Finish reading Prodigal Summer
Finish listening to Thunderstruck
Pick-up prescriptions
Make 11 STAR props for community theatre
Laundry, laundry, more laundry

Of course..this is just a drop in the bucket. I can’t seem to remember any other items at the moment. I am going to try a knock a few of those off right now.

Chatting with friends about books and life…