Xavier-wan Kenobi

In case you can't tell, Xavier is using his light sword (that we got at Busch Gardens last week) to read a comic book in bed when he should be sleeping. Perhaps if Anakin Skywalker had spent more time using his lightsaber to read Archie comic books instead of killing people with it, well ... okay, the Star Wars universe might be a better place, but the movies would have been pretty boring.


We were eating supper the other day, and we were talking about doctors. Adam commented, "Usually people expect doctors to help them get better."

Gwen scoffed. "Better at what? Better at golf?"

Only eight years old and already jaded.


On a child-unrelated note, it seems that some mothers are using their blogs for financial gain by posting product endorsements (see http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/10/mommy.bloggers.ethics/index.html?iref=newssearch for more information.) I, for one, will not take this pledge, because this is an anonymous blog for my children's safety (so anonymous even the email address is fake, so I don't get product endorsement opportunities anymore.) Furthermore, as I sit here drinking my Larry's Beans Fair Trade Organic coffee and brushing my teeth with Tom's of Maine toothpaste (at the same time! Sure! Why not?), I realize that my readers deserve better (although reading this might be better yet using the Amazon Kindle.) So sit back, drink your Blue Sky Organic soda, and know that you are logged into the one blog source you can be sure is uncorrupted. And if you are still having trouble sleeping thinking about our capitalistic society, try Rainbow brand Children's Bubble Bath -- the gentle scent of lavender is formulated to help you (and your child) relax at the end of a long day.

Unless, of course, you have a light sword from Busch Gardens.

Good night!