Do you have a flag?
The other day, Orlando came looking for a help attaching a piece of paper to a drum stick. What? Why? {not a chicken leg but a wooden stick} But still, What, why? “Because I made a flag, Mama!” He held the paper closer to my face, “See!” Yes, I do see. An alien, a flying [...]
Six Going on Sixteen
Sometimes I feel so filled with impatience. With irritation. With resistance. Sometimes I can find a way to accept those feelings and I soften. Sometimes I remain in the grip of it and simply try my best to shut up. Sometimes I try my best and still don’t shut up. Thus, the other morning, I [...]
Playing Peter Pan Is Perplexingly Pleasing
Who can resist Peter Pan? He’s so sneaky. He’s such a trickster and a braggart. He can fly! He has a sword! And a feather in his cap! I ask you, what six year old boy can resist him? Orlando’s eyes light up whenever he thinks about Peter Pan, especially about Peter Pan tormenting Captain [...]
Godza!
It was just over a year ago that Godzilla appeared in our lives, crushing houses in his wake, including our own. He brought Orlando an infatuation with power and a curiosity that wanted to measure everything in terms of Big! Bigger! and Biggest! Orlando began with the biggest planet. He moved on to the biggest [...]
Fantastic Things Live in this Box!
Photo by Ty Muckler.Last night we were over at a friend’s house. A few kids were outside dog-piled in the hammock, and a few were plundering the downstairs playroom. Which is where I was, with Mica, as the kids played the marble run, pounded on the synthesizer-piano, constructed a wooden pizza… Orlando found a few [...]
Will the real Godzilla please step forward?
I thought maybe Godzilla was going to take a backseat to knights (the new obsession around here), but it seems he has made an undeniable resurgence, as evidenced by Orlando’s recent coloring. Devil Duck’s cousin, Godzilla: The multi-talented Ele-Godzilla: My personal favorite, Godzilla’s get-away car: And before you comment on my son’s unique scribbly coloring [...]
Playing with Imaginary Guns
Last night while we were brushing our teeth, Orlando started telling me all the things that a gum could do. “You can use the gum to poke people.” “You can point the gum down and hurt your foot.” “You can point the gum up and then the things come down like rain and land on [...]
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