We ordered this really swell backpack for Abby several weeks ago. And due to some incompetent bumbling (on my part and the companies) it just arrived today. It is a cute little hiking backpack that holds 2050 cubic cm. Which makes it about half the volume of the large bags we have, I think.
Abby tried it on and says she will like hiking with it. But she was much more impressed with the wadded up papers that came in the box with it. The kids are making costumes of some sort out of these papers. It is rather heartwarming really.
Today after I picked the boys up from Science Central we went to Wendy's for lunch. I had a small chili. Sammy had 1 3/4 cheeseburgers, Omi had 1/4 cheeseburger, Isaac had chicken nuggets and we all shared some fries. I had not been to Wendy's in a rather long time. The food is basically the same, but more expensive (like everywhere). I was tempted, by the frosty mix picture that was labelled coffee/toffee. I love English Toffee flavored coffee. So I assume I would love coffee flavored ice cream with actual toffee in it.
The morning sickness has mostly dissipated. Yay! 3 months down, six to go. The next three months should be much easier. Although I do think I need a good back brace. I see my doctor next Thursday and will ask him for a script.
My brother John is in town for the next couple of weeks. We have had some interesting discussions. But for the most part we have avoided arguing.
Example:
I shared with him about our experience going to the memorial day parade. I believe such things are an important way to honor those who have fought for our country as well as to show appreciation to the families of fallen soldiers. John is concerned that military parades glamourize war and will make people want to go fight more wars.
In a discussion yesterday about Marxism and Darwinism among other things, I noted that it astounds me that so many people honor Darwin. Anyone who has read his work would be aware that the man was a racist and used his theory of evolution to justify vast imperialism. (I won't go into the rest).
Anyhow, John commented "In my line of work I read more Aristotle than Darwin." I replied "In my line of work, I read more 'Green Eggs and Ham'"
Sam has now discovered the box the backpack came in. He fits inside of it rather nicely.
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This is one of the reasons I love visiting your house and playing with your kids- they have imaginations! Way too many kids get toys that do everything for them and all they do to interact with it is press a button or pull a string, and they get bored with it quickly. It's way more fun to play with a cardboard box or make your own costumes out of paper than to play with many of the toys that are out there to buy! My favorite as a kid was to play "poor" with my sister, and pretend that we had no food and had to make our own from what we found outside in the yard. We would build a shelter out of whatever we could, pull weeds (and sometimes things we weren't supposed to pull) and pretend to cook with them for our meals. Great fun!
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