Xavier is going to play a spider in the first grade play, Goin' Buggy. He was kind of proud of that at first, until he saw his costume -- evidently the spider's big abdomen makes him feel like he has a big behind.
Anyway, Adam was trying to take him through his lines today, but Xavier was distracted and kept playing around on the sofa, saying his lines into the sofa cushion, and playing with Bionicle toys. Adam was getting frustrated with him, and was trying to keep him on target.
Finally, Adam got to this point in the script:
Adam (as Miss Muffet):
Get Away! Get Away! Get away from my tuffet!
I don't want your friendship! Just keep it and stuff it!
Just looking at you makes me want to shriek!
The perfect word for you is
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
Xavier (as Spider):
Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
Was I rude or pushy when I came along?
Adam (as ALL BUGS):
No! No! No! No!
Xavier was supposed to say, "Did I have a single word to say? Did I even hint for a taste of whey?" but instead ...
Xavier (as Spider, rapping to the tune of "Baby got Back"):
It's 'cause I have a big butt and I cannot lie
And you other little bugs can't deny
It's 'cause my butt's so big when I fall down
It cracks the ground all around ...
Adam was struggling so hard not to laugh, because he knew that would encourage Xavier when he was trying to rein him in, but he couldn't do it. (I should add that, as far as I know, Xavier has never heard Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back" except for a couple lines from the post-production Dance Party on the movie Shrek. Of course, if you are completely unfamiliar with this song, then you might not find this as amusing.)
Ironically, Xav's been tagged for the Gifted and Talented program at his school, and we are supposed to find two projects that demonstrate his talent (no small feat when everything is in storage because your house is for sale, and you are not supposed to pick work done at school.) Somehow, though, although this shows creativity and pretty good, um, rapping (or rhyming) skills, I think this one is going to be kind of hard to turn in.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Public Service Announcement
Another recall, this time for Children's Tylenol, Motrin, and Zyrtec, oh my: http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/page.jhtml?id=/include/new_recall.inc
Back to the Future
Wow, I haven't posted in over a month. We've been pretty busy, I guess -- Gwen had a tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy, our house has been for sale (and still is), work has been demanding (but it is better to be busy than idle), and Xavier is obsessed with Legos (so no change there.)
We watched "Back to the Future" last night with the kids. We thought it was perhaps a little advanced for the kids (at least, some of the boy-girl relationship undertones), but Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Brown) is usually funny at any age, and there were some cool special effects (but it is amazing how cheesy some of them look now.) If you need a reminder of the plot synopsis, teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) ends up taking his friend Dr. Brown's time machine back to 1955 when his parents were teenagers, and his arrival threatens his own future because his mother falls in love with him instead of with his geeky, loser father. He has to get things back on track before it is TOO LATE.
Well, it didn't take too long for Gwen to decide the movie was too scary, so she pretended to do origamy while still secretly watching. Xavier was laughing almost nonstop, and both kids want to watch the next two movies.
As Xavier was tidying his room close to bedtime, he looked up at me and said, "Mom, so that movie was about Tom Peeper?"
"Who?" (My mind races trying to remember a character named Tom -- there was a Marty, a George, a Lorraine, a Biff ...)
"You know, Tom Peeper? The guy who was up in the tree looking in windows with binoculars?"
"Ohhh ..." Shortly after Marty gets back, he catches his teenage father up in a tree watching a woman through a window. "You mean Peeping Tom, not Tom Peeper, and that was a description of George McFly was doing, not his name. What about him?"
Xavier's brow furrowed a little. "One thing I didn't understand ... why was he doing that?"
Why doesn't he ever ask his father these kinds of questions? "Well, he was hoping to see a naked girl."
Xavier's eyebrows rose. "Why?"
"Well, it may be hard for you to believe right now, but teenaged boys like to look at naked girls. I'd better not ever catch you being a peeping Tom, though, or you'll be in big trouble," I added quickly.
His eyebrows rose even higher on his forehead, and he looked somewhat disgusted.
Feeling like something else was indicated, but not sure what he was waiting for, I said, "Unless you are a gay teenaged boy, and then you might like to look at naked men."
Now Xavier looked thoroughly disgusted, and I thought his eyebrows were about to pop off his forehead. Finally, he shook his head unbelievingly and said in a tone of awe-struck disdain, "Teenagers are really wacky!"
I don't think I could say it better myself.
We watched "Back to the Future" last night with the kids. We thought it was perhaps a little advanced for the kids (at least, some of the boy-girl relationship undertones), but Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Brown) is usually funny at any age, and there were some cool special effects (but it is amazing how cheesy some of them look now.) If you need a reminder of the plot synopsis, teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) ends up taking his friend Dr. Brown's time machine back to 1955 when his parents were teenagers, and his arrival threatens his own future because his mother falls in love with him instead of with his geeky, loser father. He has to get things back on track before it is TOO LATE.
Well, it didn't take too long for Gwen to decide the movie was too scary, so she pretended to do origamy while still secretly watching. Xavier was laughing almost nonstop, and both kids want to watch the next two movies.
As Xavier was tidying his room close to bedtime, he looked up at me and said, "Mom, so that movie was about Tom Peeper?"
"Who?" (My mind races trying to remember a character named Tom -- there was a Marty, a George, a Lorraine, a Biff ...)
"You know, Tom Peeper? The guy who was up in the tree looking in windows with binoculars?"
"Ohhh ..." Shortly after Marty gets back, he catches his teenage father up in a tree watching a woman through a window. "You mean Peeping Tom, not Tom Peeper, and that was a description of George McFly was doing, not his name. What about him?"
Xavier's brow furrowed a little. "One thing I didn't understand ... why was he doing that?"
Why doesn't he ever ask his father these kinds of questions? "Well, he was hoping to see a naked girl."
Xavier's eyebrows rose. "Why?"
"Well, it may be hard for you to believe right now, but teenaged boys like to look at naked girls. I'd better not ever catch you being a peeping Tom, though, or you'll be in big trouble," I added quickly.
His eyebrows rose even higher on his forehead, and he looked somewhat disgusted.
Feeling like something else was indicated, but not sure what he was waiting for, I said, "Unless you are a gay teenaged boy, and then you might like to look at naked men."
Now Xavier looked thoroughly disgusted, and I thought his eyebrows were about to pop off his forehead. Finally, he shook his head unbelievingly and said in a tone of awe-struck disdain, "Teenagers are really wacky!"
I don't think I could say it better myself.
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