kidspeak

Jan 31 2012

January, 2012 Collage

Some January kidspeak:

“Whatever food you’re making I’ll be in time for.”
— the kid’s response to “Breakfast is ready!”

Dad: “Look! We’re going through the castle. That’s the portcullis.
Do you know what that is?”
Kid: “Yes.”
— a conversation as we enter Disneyland

“Why does your hair look like a little crown, Dad?”
“Why does your hair look like fireworks?”
“What did you say about your hair looking like the water show?”
— the kid riffs on her dad’s hair

January was pretty fun. In addition to the kid celebrating her fifth birthday, we also had a fun trip to a little place called Disneyland.

January Happenings:

• We celebrated the new year with a trip to the beach
• We wrote about a letter from Santa
• The kid and her mom saw the SF Nutcracker
• We posted a Disneyland video

January Book Readin’:

A Storm of Swords

The Killer of Little Shepherds

Movie Watchin’:

Midnight In Paris

50/50

Crazy, Stupid Love

Fish Story

TV Gazin’:

Downton Abbey, Season 1

Downton Abbey, Season 2

By mike • by Mike, Relatives, The Kid, Time Capsule • 0 • Tags: Collage, kidspeak

Dec 31 2011

December, 2011 Collage

December Kidspeak:

“Well what do you know….I’ve been wanting one of these for years!”
— the kid, while opening items found in her Christmas stocking

“Think pink! Think pink! That proves the kitchen sink!”
“Everything is muffin, YES, when strawberries are here!”
— the kid, making up songs as she runs up and down the hall

Another month (and year!) is now history. The kid and her mom instructed me to wake them up right before midnight so they could ring in the new year. However, when I gave Jill a little nudge at 11:53 PM, she gave me a “What are you, crazy?” look and immediately went back to sleep. Oh well.

Happy new year.

December Happenings:

• We created a July – December, 2011 video and photo collage
• We posted a few Christmas videos here, here, and here
• We visited the 2011 Dickens Fair
• We visited a Waldorf school

December Book Readin’:

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

My 2011 Reading List (from most to least enjoyed):

• A Clash of Kings – George R. R. Martin
• A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin
• Unbroken – Laura Hildebrand
• Moneyball – Michael Lewis
• The Call of the Wild – Jack London
• A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson
• Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
• Moonwalking with Einstein – Joshua Foer
• Life of Pi – Yann Martel
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
• Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
• Freakonomics- Steven Levitt
• The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
• The Psychopath Test – Jon Ronson
• The Partly Cloudy Patriot – Sarah Vowell
• The Professor and the Madman – Simon Winchester
• A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
• Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs – Chuck Klosterman
• ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun – James Miller and Tom Shales
• Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
• I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Bill Bryson

Movie Watchin’:

Hugo

Limitless

Warrior

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

TV Gazin’:

Community, Season 3

Amazing Race, Season 19

American Horror Story, Season 1

By mike • by Mike, Relatives, The Kid, Time Capsule • 0 • Tags: Collage, kidspeak