Stupid Mango Tricks, or Things to Entertain and Amaze Your Kids

Half a ripe mango, scored inside and then turned inside out

Sonar X4: “It looks like hair!”
Sonar X7: “Can I put it on my head?”
Sonar X3: “It’s Mango Hair!”

Later, to facilitate the fair-sharing of a pint of Ben and Jerry’s “Fossil Fuel”, I cut the ice cream, carton and all, into four pieces with a big knife. That was also met with delight by all three Sonars.

Teaching them to scoop small bites, suck the ice cream off the fudge dinosaurs, and spit them into their hands for species identification: Probably not such a good idea.

Earn My Vote

In the quest for Texas delegates, Hillary Clinton will be stumping in our area tomorrow afternoon. I’m wondering whether I should take my preschoolers and go hear her.

***
Dear Senator Clinton,

I am an undecided voter with small children. Health insurance access, Employment equity, and family- and child-friendly policies are all very important to me. Could you summarize your stand on these important issues using puppets? Much appreciated.

Love, Eglentyne
***

Seriously, it would be hard not to vote for a candidate willing to explain things to children without fear of embarassing herself.

CM warns that the puppet speech should be a good one, lest mama be accused of selling out to a puppet government.

Shall We Just Call it Balm-Shine?

The sun is shining in just such a way today that it makes me feel warmer on the inside. Good feeling.

In other news, there are new shoes. Wider footprint, thicker , wedgier sole. And my pain is mostly gone, only a slight bruisy feeling on my left ankle every now and again. So, I’m going to run today. If the pain comes back in the ankle, then I think I’ll have to involve a medical professional, because it might just be a stress fracture. *sigh*

In other other news my children are so cool. Oh, I know, your children are cool too, and so are your pets, and your partners, and the plants growing near you, and I’d love to hear about them. Here’s a cool thing mine did this week…

Child 1 (Let’s just call him Sonar-X7), who is a second grader, was studying Heroes from the Past* in Social Studies this week. As an extension of that unit, they were supposed to write about a Hero from Today, someone that they know personally, and explain why the person is a hero.

*sigh*

Lovely child chose his middle sib (Sonar-X4). Explained that Sonar-X4 is fun to be with, fun to play with and has really good ideas. Sonar-X7 found my gushing over it embarassing. ;)

I’m going to hold on to that thought, maybe even scribble it on a sticky note that I can wave around at them the next time they’re tackling each other to the ground in a snit.

*Maya Angelou was included as a Past hero, and I just can’t get it out of my craw that she isn’t so much past as the rest of the heroes, who are all dead. I think I’ll write a note to the teacher. ;)