Opprobrium

On our way home after a fun day of Scienceworks and geocaching, I stopped at the small-town Talent liquor/hardware store to pick up some rum for Emile who has been enjoying the occasional mojito lately. The kids like picking a drink out of their wide selection of mixers while we're there, although they were bummed when they stopped carrying chocolate milk. This time, Finn chose cranberry juice and Larkin chose orange juice.

The kids were both very thirsty after our busy day. It was a Friday night and business was booming at the liquor store. On our way out into the crowded parking lot, while the door was still open into the busy store, Larkin raised her orange juice into the air and hollered: "Leeeeeet's Driiiiiiiink!"

Emile wanted to know if people were giving me dirty looks, but I confess I didn't make any eye contact after that point.

Imaginary Play in the New Millenium

Larkin and Finn have been having an at-least-once-a-week playdate with their young friend Hunter (Born on Larkin's birthday, 6 days before Finn). Today, I was listening in while they constructed lego merchandise in their small-town store.

A local giant was rebuffing all their attempts to make friends and offer gifts. After an imaginary internet search, it was determined that the giant was grumpy because its family had died long ago and it was very lonely. When they explained that it wouldn't be lonely any more if it became their friend, they all exchanged cell phone numbers and lived happily ever after.