Friday, January 18, 2008

Cannonball Run!


I took this from the chairlift. The snowboarder is one of mine. Believe it or not, the redhead is lapping me! I am trying in vain to keep up with him, but he has no respect for my constant cries of "slow down!" and "Carve a little bit". This is the kid who has broken his arm SIX times. I posted a pic of him with all his casts a while back, so I am not making it up. He does not turn. He justs points himself down the hill and takes off. I can't catch him. Thank god there aren't many people on the slopes, or he would be picking off people right and left. He did take out a fellow snowboarder on his first run- he just tucked into a ball and took the dude out at the knees. From behind. The kid's face was priceless! He was cruising along all hot stuff, and then he is looking at the sky!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

What was he thinking?!

For true home entertainment if you are 6 years old, you only need a couple of things:


a 6 yr old (duh.)


...some water, preferably to be delivered in some kind of gun form...



...and this. This is the hair iron his sister, my charming daughter, leaves out every morning. I repeat the same thing every day: "clean up the bathroom and your room and make your bed before you leave for school". And every day the bathroom counter is a mess with war paint and various implements of torture (in the name of beauty...), Cheer central (her room) is a mess, and the bed is not made.

The little guy's impulses finally got the better of him. He took the squirt bottle of water and sprayed the hair straightener until it popped the fuse. It took a while. Unfortunately, the hair straightener still works. So what does the princess do? Leaves it all out AGAIN! What does the little one do? Well, the foundation of good science experimentation IS repeatability.......