Wile E. Coyote on a Rocket
With exuberance he said, “The snack sack is the wolf. No, the coyote. Wile X. Coyote.” “Wile E. Coyote,” I corrected. “Wile E. Coyote,” he repeated. “Can you do this?” he asked after finding the...
Bugs and Daffy
“What’ll it be today?” “I don’t have anything. I’ve used up everything.” “No way, so many things to choose from.” “I don’t even know.” He’s been watching a lot of Looney Tunes lately, so I...
Magna Charge from Skylanders Swap Force
“Snack sack idea?” “Magna Charge.” “What?” “Magna Charge. It’s a Skylander from Swap Force,” he said helpfully. His best friend got the new Skylanders video game for his birthday and they played it together for the...
A Real Turkey
“My teacher said, ‘Yes.’” “To what?” “She said, ‘Yes,’ that she would put up the snack sacks in the classroom.” “Oh!” I said with surprise. I had forgotten that we had talked about that. “Do...
Chinese Pagoda
“You want something for Halloween since it is actually Halloween?” I asked him. “Um, no,” he said clearly. “I want something from the buildings book for the last time,” he said. He had to bring...
Taj Mahal
The Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures book is due back to the library on Thursday so he planned on picking something else from it today. He couldn’t decide and asked me to choose, but...
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
“You’re doing this one Daddy,” he declared after flipping through his library book, Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures, for a few minutes. “The Church of St Basil in Moscow, U.S.S.R.” I read. “You’ve done something...
An Igloo
I let him oversleep today so we got off to a late start. “I need something easy today,” I told him. “Do something from my drawing book,” he suggested. He took out Draw 50 Buildings and...
LEGO Vampire
“What should we do today?” “I don’t know. Maybe a LEGO vampire?” “Good idea!” He looked for a while and obviously not happy with the choices said, “Okay, just do a regular vampire.” “Nooooo!” I...
A Werewolf
“What should we do today?” “I don’t know.” “Come on…think of something,” I said encouragingly. “A werewolf!” he said suddenly and with emphasis. “Okay,” I said, “Let’s find a good one.” I’ve never heard him...