Shubinesque

Just a couple oddball items from the week. For those of you who haven’t seen Kyra in a long time, she’s got really curly hair (and is the only one of the kids who has curl at all). She’s rather proud of her spiral locks.

“God gave me curly hair, Mommy.”

I look up. She looks at me.

“I like God,” she finishes. Okay then.

Yesterday I was watching back episodes of the TV show Bones on DVD after dinner while folding laundry. I don’t let the kids watch this for slimy dead body type reasons, but they were getting ready for school the next day and working on after-dinner chores themselves.

After awhile Georgie (he’s 9) pops his head in and asks,

“Mom, what’s the point of this show?”

ME: “It’s a crime show. Every week there’s a murder and they have to figure out who the bad guy is and put him in jail.”

Georgie looks appeased. Fifteen seconds later he pops back in.

Georgie: “So, it’s a mystery like Nate the Great. Except with no pancakes.”

ME: “Right.”

If you aren’t familiar with Nate the Great, it’s an excellent series of children’s books that follow Nate he solves all manner of conundrums with the help of his trusty brain food, pancakes.

Five minutes go by. Georgie pops out yet again.

“Did they catch the bad guy in this episode?”

ME: “Actually, this episode they had to save the main girl from being killed by the bad guy.”

Georgie: “Oh. So this one was a Damsel in Distress story.”

Well, I’d say this child has his genres figured out!

Rachel