Wait for it...

Last week we had VBS at church. This was during the end of week wrap-up where the kids were singing for parents and grandparents.

Moments of self-reflection

Last week at the table...
Cooper: Dad, you know that episode of Batman with the guy who can turn back time?

Me: Yeah.

Cooper: I'm JUST like that guy, except I can't turn back time.

The Luchador of York SC

Fear him and his lizard pajamas!!!

Poor Mary Poppins

At breakfast this morning...

Cooper: "Dad, know what Mary Poppins does on her birthday?"

Me: "Dunno..."

Cooper: "Works."

Zombies make poor house help

Cooper: Dad, if there were really zombies, I don't think they'd eat anything. They'd just wander around and parts of them might fall off if they bumped into stuff or if someone threw something at them and it hit them and blew up.

Me: really?

Cooper: Yes. I think they'd just wander around and then we'd be homeless.

Me: Why? Would they eat our house?

Cooper: No. Remember? I don't think they'd eat anything. They'd just want to move around in our house and do stuff.

Me: Like what?

Cooper: Like clean it, or vacuum, or dust stuff…

Me: That would be ok. I wouldn't mind a bunch of zombies coming by to clean our house.

Lillian: Dad! They really wouldn't do a very good job.

Cooper: Yeah. She's right.

Lillian: They'd try to vacuum the wood floor and they'd get tangled in the chord and pull it out of the wall when they were vacuuming. They just don't do good work.

Cooper: Yeah.

Morning Car Talk

Every morning I drive the kids to school. Its never boring, but this morning’s banter was particularly entertaining. Lillian and Cooper had both gotten out of bed early, dressed and eaten quickly, and were waiting at the door 15 minutes ahead of schedule. All in hopes of visiting the “school store.”

This is a little closet manned by the 4th and 5th graders to sell pencils, erasers, notebooks, etc. to other kids.

As I get in the car for the brief drive, here’s where I come in on their conversation:

Lillian:…just put it in your shoe!

Cooper: My shoe?! I’m not putting my dollar in my shoe.

Lillian: Its safer there. That way the pick-pockets won’t get it.

Cooper: Really? I didn’t think about that.

Lillian: Yeah. So Emily has a bunch of pen-highlighters that she got from the school store, but when I went and asked for one they just gave me a regular old highlighter.

Me: So the others have a ballpoint pen on one end and a highlighter on the other?

Lillian: Yeah! And the pen part had a cap and they smell like all kinds of fruit!

Cooper: Wooooooooooooow… Lillian, can we go to the store together?

Lillian: (after a thoughtful pause)…I guess so, but you have to let me walk in front.

Cooper: ok.

(at this point the kids are about to get out of the car)

Lillian: Dad. I think I just saw a lady with a mustache.

Me: hmmmm. Ok.

Lillian & Cooper: K. Love you, Bye.

(what a interesting and strange world they must live in)

Ax Cop - Brilliant!

This morning a coworker pointed me to an amazing comic being written by a 6 year old boy and drawn by his 30 year old brother. I can soooo see my kids coming up with a story line like this. Definitely has me thinking about trying to collaborate with them on a comic book project.

To experience the overwhelming awesomeness that is 6 year old narrative prose, check out this animated trailer created from issue one of Axe Cop: http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/283/axe-cop-bad-guy-earth-comic-trailer