F: Daddy, I'm going to put a star on January 1st on my new shark calendar.
K: Felix, don't you want to wait and do it tomorrow? If you do it today, then you won't be able to do it tomorrow.
F: No, I'm not going to do that. I'm just taking life differently.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
EXTREME Front-Yard Sledding
Look out for the twigs!
Don't crash into a tree!
Don't crash into your dad!
Don't crash into a tree!
Don't crash into your dad!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Time Out!
While Felix's favorite song is no longer Macpherson's Lament, he still enjoys hearing it from time to time, followed by a lively discussion of the lyrics. The other night he had this to say:
Daddy, hanging someone from a tree is not a very nice way of giving them a time out.His new favorite song? The Holy Ground. And it has been for months and months and months....
Monday, December 15, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Two Very Good Questions, One Passable Answer
Bedtime, after lights out.
Felix: Daddy, I have a question--wait, I have two questions. Why is there salt water in the oceans and why if we drink it are we always thirsty? Those are my two questions.
Keir: Wow, those are good questions. I'm not sure why there is salt water in the oceans...maybe the oceans have a lot of minerals in them? Salt is a mineral, and maybe the ocean floor is very salty. I don't really know. But when we drink salt water--remember how cells, and every part of our body has water inside? If we have too much salt in our bodies, the salt sucks the water out of our cells and then our bodies tell us we're thirsty so we drink more water, but if it's salt water it doesn't do any good. You could have a tummy full of salt water, and you could have to pee a lot, but you would still be thirsty because your body wouldn't get what it needs. (Thinking, Whew.)
Felix: That doesn't sound like a very good way to live.
Felix: Daddy, I have a question--wait, I have two questions. Why is there salt water in the oceans and why if we drink it are we always thirsty? Those are my two questions.
Keir: Wow, those are good questions. I'm not sure why there is salt water in the oceans...maybe the oceans have a lot of minerals in them? Salt is a mineral, and maybe the ocean floor is very salty. I don't really know. But when we drink salt water--remember how cells, and every part of our body has water inside? If we have too much salt in our bodies, the salt sucks the water out of our cells and then our bodies tell us we're thirsty so we drink more water, but if it's salt water it doesn't do any good. You could have a tummy full of salt water, and you could have to pee a lot, but you would still be thirsty because your body wouldn't get what it needs. (Thinking, Whew.)
Felix: That doesn't sound like a very good way to live.
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