Pollen Dusting

The craft we started yesterday afternoon and finished this morning was to make two washable (fleece) Swiffer duster covers. The very best part of this family craft was that Cale felt invested in dusting. He helped to make the duster, so he wanted to try it out! He asked me where he could dust (yes, a six-year-old asked to dust!), and I showed him all the pollen on my sewing desk next to the window I always open when the weather is warm enough. The duster cover is now distinctly yellow (but hey, I can wash it!). He also dusted the bookshelves in his bedroom.

Cale was enjoying cleaning, so he also swept the stairs (leaves blew in from the garage the last time I opened up the whole house for an unseasonably warm day - I love fresh air!) with the broom that's too short for me to use, and then emptied the dustpan outside. Wow!

Barbecued Iguana

Saturday, I had some friends and family over informally. One, who was leaving as I was polling the boys for what they wanted to eat for dinner, suggested barbecued iguana. Karston of course refused it because it sounded like a new food. Cale on the other hand came over to tap on my arm: "Mommy, Mommy, for dinner I want ... that thing that was just said." What a great attitude about food! Cale has no idea what it is, but he would like to try that new food. This left me in an amusing quandary, but luckily Cale was very happy with pork roast and zucchini, especially the zucchini, fresh from the crockpot.

Need More Monkeys

Karston's school suggested a game website (the boys especially like this close variant), so when homework is done and it's not nice outside, they can play online games. Occasionally Karston will exclaim to the game, "Need more monkeys!" sometimes with a wondering tone. I tend to laugh to myself about needing more monkeys. Well, he said that today, followed by, "Oh, wait, it says MONEY not MONKEY."

I liked the monkey version better!

Cucumber!

This afternoon, my mom made s'mores with Karston and Cale. Karston, who loves chocolate, ate s'mores. Cale, on the other hand, looked at all of that chocolate and announced, "Mimi, I want to fill my tummy with CSA cucumber!" Cale loves cucumbers, and I have to agree with him, these cucumbers from the CSA taste great! We think he knows that just chocolate for his afternoon snack would give him a tummy ache, so he wanted some healthy food first. I'm so impressed with a five-year-old child who turns down chocolate for cucumbers!

Two Heads

This morning, Karston was busy building robots from Legos. He explained to me that he built a spare head for his robot because "two heads are better than one. That's what they say, you know." I thought his use of that aphorism was hilarious!

Hungry

Bedtime was delayed quite a bit last night because Cale said he was hungry, and he proceeded to eat. And eat. And eat. We let him eat even though he said that when it was time to get ready for bed.

So I was a bit surprised when Cale woke me up at 4 AM saying, "Mommy, I'm hungry." I groggily gave him some juice and convinced him to go back to sleep for just a little while longer.

What's in Your Future?

This is Karston's contribution to his school's newsletter:

When I grow up, I want to be a Human Resources Manager. They teach and hire new people. It is important because everyone has to work at some place.

As long as he has LEGOs in his office too, he might enjoy that!