‘Bad Guys’

The flip side of The Princess, is, what the boys at school call ‘Bad Guys’. It’s basically a run around and shoot the other guy game. You know, with fingers as guns. Savannah started shooting us in the house (pkew! pkew!) and saying some slightly violent things, such as ‘I’m going to hug you so hard all your blood comes out!’ ‘Let’s get the special cutting tool and get him!”  “Kill that bug until all it’s blood comes out!”
The blood thing is apparently something the boys say.

I know we shouldn’t laugh, but we do sometimes. Then I explain that cutting and hitting and killing are wrong and it’s wrong to say that. I think that she gets it, but I will confess that the shooting games in the house have been pretty fun. Conor really gets into it.

And to sum up…Boys are crazy.

Old School

My cousin Chris sent me this photo. She found it in her old desk, which is now being used by her daughter.

I present Shannon in 2nd grade.

POTD: Piano

This was a popular birthday gift. She’s been banging away on the keys since she received this and it’s actually starting to sound a little like real music.

Savannah is very interested in reading the ‘notes’ that are in the little songbook and we’ve plunked out ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ and ‘London Bridge’.

She’s also been composing her own songs, mostly about pigs, as you might guess.

Go Music Scholarship!!!

POTD: Boozy

This photo cracks me up – she looks like she’s out on a bender with her little martini glass there. Before you call CPS, it was just filled with orange juice. Savannah thought she was very fancy drinking out of that glass though.

Marriage

There is a lot of talk about marriage and weddings in the house lately, with Uncle Damian and Claire planning their wedding and Savannah gearing up for flower girl duty. Here is one of my favorite conversations of late.

The marriage conversation always starts with her civil rights push for same-sex marriage, which is a little adorable.

S: ‘Why can’t girls marry girls again?’
Me: ‘Well, it’s just against the rules right now.’
Daddy: ‘You don’t have to marry anyone if you don’t want to.’
S: ‘OK, well I’m going to marry one of my school friends – Peter. He is my best friend.’
Me;’ That’s nice.’ {I have heard a LOT about Peter lately. I wonder if he knows he is marrying Savannah}
Me: ‘So Savannah, why do you think it’s a GOOD idea to get married?
S: ‘Well, when you get married you get a big cake and you get to have THE FIRST PIECE.’
Me:’ I see.’

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