It all started innocently enough, with a smallish puddle of water in the driveway, left over from the homemade slip-n-slide on the back hill (think black garden plastic, some garden staples and a running hose) and some sidewalk chalk.
Sidewalk chalk makes lovely color puddles, dontcha know?
Blues and greens....an exercise in analagous color or just plain fun? Methinks it's the fun that matters.:)
There were bubbles nearby, so they get incorporated. Ever heard of keeping plenty of materials available and trusting your children to use them creatively? Forget recipes for potions...they're born potions experts!
Swirling the color puddle around with the bubbles...so satisfying. Pretty too.
Could you have resisted the urge? It looked like a super-fantastic color puddle specially made for jumping.
As it turns out, it was the perfect color puddle for jumping in.
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My sister asked about another Jalen QOTD, but I'm going to post a Jalen conversation-for-the-day instead. This one was too good to pass up.
It went something like this (and don't ask how it got started...it's a Jalen thing):
"Mom, why do boys have penises and girls have vaginas?"
I think he's wanting the mechanics end of information so I simply dig a little..."Yep, we're built different aren't we?"
"Yeah, I don't know why we have penises and girls have vaginas...penis is a stupid word I like vagina better. I wish I had a vagina instead."
Trying to keep straight face and continue conversation.
"So you want to have a vagina because it's a prettier word?"
"Yeah, it sounds a lot prettier than penis, why can't I have a vagina?"
"Well, the penis is shaped kinda like a rod and a vagina is shaped kinda like a pocket so they can fit together." My not-so-eloquent explanation.
"OH! Well then I DON'T want a vagina. Nevermind!"
End of conversation. Still trying to keep a straight face...which is hard to do when I can see Bleu almost losing it over in the corner. Damn him for leaving me all the interesting conversations at the crucial moments. I think he made some smartass comment about boys not being able to have vaginas because they'd be having sex with themselves all day.
Thanks honey.;)
