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What happened to the post about the bratty college girl?
I got rid of it.
Show and Tell is indeed a terror. I see now that it's basically a chance for parents to feel inadequate because Anthony brought and X and now *I* want an X, too!
John brought his pink sparkly unicorn, Crunchy Hooves, on the first S&T day. Apparently that was quite a hit for all.
men always have such a unique way of parenting...
I love the idea of having a pet pillbug that lives outside! How ingenious! If pillbugs didn't give me ickyfits I'd encourage every small child I know to have such a pet.
And why did you delete bratty college girl? She was annoying, and therefore funny.
Tell Steve that he needs to train Alex for another five or six years and THEN have him "teach" the other kids to play poker.
Moms...jeez...what could be more good clean fun than poker?
I'm with Ralph on the poker.
Um . . . Crunchy Hooves? That's an etymology I'd be interested in hearing. That name made my day.
Heh. The unicorn's horn and hooves are made from that thin irridescent material that makes crinkly noises. They use the crinkly material in a lot of baby toys to make them interesting. While not a baby toy, the unicorn certainly is interesting. So Crunchy Hooves is a descriptive name for the sparkly pink unicorn.
And if you value your life, don't just call it "Crunchy," unless you want to be impaled by a crunchy horn.
I think three-card monte is really more appropriate for a youngster. It helps develop manual dexterity.
If I were feeling grumpier, I would make some sort of crack about unique parenting but the smoke alarm is going off b/c of my carmelized tomatoes.
"Crunch Hooves" is simple. My daughter had a stick horse she named "Rosie Horseydoo Bow". Even she has no idea why.
I wonder what Steve will come up with for Alex's "hundred day party." Hundred day parties are way worse than show and tell.
Okay, I want to hear about the bratty college girl!
As for pets, well, I get to live with a tarantula (and it has molted, so there's a tarantula and a tarantula skin), so poker sounds just fine to me.
G beat me to it, and I wasn't even carmelizing anything.
The problem with 3 card monte for show and tell is how to get the 3 cards, the 2 cardboard boxes (used as an instantly collapsible table), your plant and your 2 lookouts to school and back.
We did have show-and-tell when I was a kid. I don't remember it, but my mother insists that one week I made her bring my baby brother to school for my "something to show."
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