The Anderson Way of Life: Helpful Catapult?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Helpful Catapult?

This morning Riley was thumbing through his new Cub Scout book and we had the following conversation:

Riley: Mom, I have to build something that's helpful for around the house.

Me: Hmm.. something helpful? What do you think that could be?

Riley: A catapult.

Me: How is a catapult helpful for around the house?

Riley: It could help me keep my brothers away.

Ahhh..ha! What could I say in response to that? A catapult would be helpful to keep his brothers away.

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Kassy WhettenSeptember 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM
And I can picture the wheels turning in his mind as he is designing this catapult....(I am also picturing when Jeff was "simply tarping" your tent at the reunion...then it rained. Oh Jenna... He is a little Jeff. Be afraid, be very afraid for your toaster. You may come home one day and have it in pieces as he tries to build the catapult.
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DestinySeptember 9, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Gotta love the creativity.
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"You are home to him. When he learns to walk, he will wobble a few feet away from you and then come back, then wobble away a little farther and then come back. When he tries something new, he will look for your proud smile. When he learns to read, he will repeat the same book to you twenty times in a row, because you're the only one who will listen that many times. When he plays his sport, he will search for your face in the stands. When he is sick, he will call you. When he really messes up, he will call you. When he is grown and strong and tough and big and he feels like crying, he will come to you; because a man can cry in front of his mother without feeling self-conscious. Even when he grows up and has a new woman in his life and gets a new home, you are still his mother; home base, the ever constant, like the sun. Know that in your heart and everything else will fall into place."

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Helpful Catapult?

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