Children are funny
A couple of weeks ago, we were down in Springfield doing some shopping. We decided to stop in a certain home improvement store, that henceforth shall be known as “The Boring Work Store Of Doom!”. As we pulled into the parking lot, Elizabeth (who is almost six) says, “oh no! It’s the boring work store of doom!” and then proceeds to add the organ sound effects “dum dum duuummmm!”.
Dominic used to really hate that store too. We used to tell him we were going to his favorite store, and he’d just groan and writhe around in pain. And he’d mope the whole time we were in the store. Now that he’s a little older, he really likes it. He looks around and sees possibilities. Maybe Elizabeth will learn to see the store in a new light as she gets older too.
It seems our kids have said several humorous things lately. We bought bunk beds for our girls with our “economic stimulus” check. Teresa refers to them as “punk beds”, which when you think about it is really a far more accurate description.
Not to be out-done, William (who is almost two) has picked up a new little habit. Any time somebody…uh…passes gas…breaks wind…er, well, anytime somebody farts (or even makes a fart-like sound), he’ll say “Eeeeeeeewwww! Pew, pew, pew, pew!” while fanning the air in front of his nose. This is one of those things that’s really cute AT HOME, but is not so funny in public. So far, he hasn’t been too obvious about it publicly, but I’m sure the day is coming.
Dominic has published a website of his own now. I have to say that I’m rather proud of him. He’s learned a lot about HTML, JavaScript, and PHP. Not bad at all for a 14 year old. That being said, I encourage you to visit his site. Just be careful what you click on, because he has these little things called “Insanity Challenges” and other little JavaScript based things. Lets just say that the average 14 year old learning JavaScript will find them clever and amusing, and leave it at that. You’ve been warned ;)
allena said,
May 28, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
Dominic’s site is neat, if annoying in spots. Your average 14 year old would like the annoying parts lol.
jerome said,
May 31, 2008 @ 8:21 am
Yeah I totally feel for you on the whole home improvement store- I love menards (local to this area and parts north) and the girls pitch a fit when we tell them we have to stop there….
tell your son nice site - I tried the DO NOT CLICK HERE - which is pretty funny!
Waiting on pictures of the expanded ranch!! We are growing here too - Ellie (now 10) got a bunch of tadpoles to raise - we might take some down to grandpa Jerry’s pond here in a few weeks!
Allena - back off (based on previous post comment)- a lot of us are running out of time so highly infrequent blog posts make us feel less guilty :) haha!
good luck to both of you with your next major expansion!
ourcrookedtree said,
June 2, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
Your son’s site is better than some built by adults (eh, me) ?We love our little Lowe’s here in 417 land…it is the depot that is the devil! Just happy to hear someone is coming here to shop!