Friday, February 22, 2013

A Peek Into Youngest's Noggin...



Me:  "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years to live."
Youngest: "That's not true.  What about the butterflies?"
Me: "Yeah, but the flowers and plants need to be pollinated and that's the bees only job.  Butterflies do it by accident."
Youngest: "I'm not buying it. The butterflies pollinate plants too. It's wrong....who says so?"
Me: "Einstein."
Youngest: "Okay.  Never mind."

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Youngest: "Mom!  Can I have the duct tape?"
Me: "Why?"
Youngest: "I want to tape this blanket to my ankles and hands, and then use it as a parachute suit so I can fly."
Me: "Tell you what bud, if you can do the math, and prove it on paper that it will work, I'll let you have the tape and you can jump."

Youngest heads off with a notebook and a pen and gets to work.  We had to run errands, and the notebook and pen went with us.  He drew out some sketches and worked out some math.  Then he pipes up from the backseat....

"I think I'm gonna need a bigger blanket."

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The other day I was taking back roads to my Mom's house and past a small high school.  Since the kids were all on winter break, the marquee out front had a question for the kids to ponder....

"When the snow melts, where does the white go?"

I posed the question to Youngest, and without missing a beat he says it's not really there.  It's an optical illusion.  It's just air.

Personally, I don't really care where it goes.... just as long as it goes.


7 Days until March.... 21 more days until his Eleventh birthday....
Published by Juli at 8:46 PM
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  2. Your parachute story reminded me of the time when mt son, who was about 8, jumped off our front porch (one story) landing on the driveway using an umbrella as a parachute. He didn't break anything, but he could have used a larger umbrella, too!!

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    1. They both used to take turns jumping off the bunk beds (around 3 and 4) saying "It's okay... if we break into pieces, we'll just put ourselves back together like Spongebob."

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  4. Love his way of thinking; if he could figure out a way to use a blanket and duct tape to fly; he'd be a millionaire!!!!

    love the age he is at!

    betty

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  5. I learned SO much in this post. Is the white in snow really an optical illusion? Should I not be admitting I didn't know that?

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    1. According to How Stuff Works... "Snow is a whole bunch of individual ice crystals arranged together. When a light photon enters a layer of snow, it goes through an ice crystal on the top, which changes its direction slightly and sends it on to a new ice crystal, which does the same thing. Basically, all the crystals bounce the light all around so that it comes right back out of the snow pile. It does the same thing to all the different light frequencies, so all colors of light are bounced back out. The "color" of all the frequencies in the visible spectrum combined in equal measure is white, so this is the color we see in snow."

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  6. Sounds like there's a lot going on inside that noggin

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  7. Ah, I miss those days. And the bigger blanket comment made me chuckle. It's reminiscent of "Jaws" and "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat." Cute. He is definitely a thinker. Have fun on his birthday. 11 is a GREAT age. :)

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    1. I know... that's the first thing I thought of. :)

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  8. Very ammusing snippets of conversation. I'm glad you have the time to pass them on. Now on your blog, they will last for an eternity.

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  9. He's got a lot going on in his noggin!

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  10. Question: Did you get him a bigger blanket?

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    1. Answer: He's still working on the math. :)

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  11. Dear Juli, Youngest is a delight! Peace.

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  13. He's never seen Jaws, right? That makes the bigger blanket statement even more adorable!

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    1. No, he hasn't. And I know... it's hysterical.

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  14. OH...if only we could always look at the world through a childs eyes !!! (((hugs)))

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  17. sounds like a great, creative kid! In the previous post, beautiful kitchen. :-)

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