There’s not much to say here other than to mention that Nora does not yet understand what we’re doing, so she mostly just echoed what Jack said, or else said, “Yus,” when he said things like, “Nora, aren’t you thankful for green?”
So without further ado, here are our lists:
JACK
Blueberry muffins
Angels
Cherry pie
Pizza
Pineapple pizza
Cupcakes
God
My birthday
Bunk beds
Family
New baby
NORA
Blueberry cupcakes
Pineapples
The letter H (This one was I think her own idea. I’m
flummoxed also.)
Toys (My suggestion)
The color green
ME
Jack
Nora
Daddy
New baby
Our house
Pancakes
Autumn leaves
The color red (Jack’s suggestion)
My health
Books
Andrew does not have a list because I guess he has
nothing to be thankful for. Or, OK, fine, possibly because he works all day and
then comes home and has to take over all child-rearing responsibilities as soon
as he walks in the door since I am morphing into a useless, weepy, pregnant
mess. So maybe he hasn’t had time to sit and write down ten things he is
thankful for.
Speaking of useless, I would post a picture of our
thankful tree, and maybe a belly shot, but that would mean I’d have to stand
up, so forget it. Just imagine a tree
cut out of brown paper, taped on our brown wall. The leaves are multi-colored,
though, so you can tell it’s there.
Incidentally, Jack came into the kitchen this morning and
said, “Mom? Dad? I suggest that there is too much brown in this house.”
Oh! And speaking of lists, one of Jack’s favorite bedtime
stories is the book I gave Andrew last Christmas about the elements. And
honestly, I could sit for hours and gaze at Jack and Andrew snuggled up on the
couch reading about the periodic table. It absolutely warms the nerdy cockles
of my heart. Currently, sitting on top of the book, is a list in childish
handwriting that says, “HeLiUM, Nitrogen, Florinen.” Andrew told me that it’s the
start of a list of all the elements we can’t touch. You see, Andrew told Jack
that some people collect elements, and he could too if he wanted to. Jack said,
“Daddy! We need to make a list of the elements we can’t touch so I know which
ones I can collect!”
So Jack knows, for example, that you should not touch the
alkali metals, and that fluorine is dangerously reactive so it’s best to avoid
it as well. Helium was his own addition to the list since you can’t “touch” it
because it’s a gas. Ditto for nitrogen.
Did I ever tell you I have a wallet-sized periodic table that I used to carry around*? Oh, my heart cockles.
*I really did, and I used it all the time because it had the gas constant in about eight different unit sets on the back of it. So handy.
*I really did, and I used it all the time because it had the gas constant in about eight different unit sets on the back of it. So handy.
6 comments:
I love the idea of a thankful tree. And I'm a little jealous that I never had a wallet-sized periodic table. I could have used one of those!
This post makes me smile at almost every sentence. I tried to do a Thankful Tree with Claire and got nowhere fast. I think maybe next year. (Although, in the car the other day she did randomly tell me she is thankful for bananas.)
WHERE IS THAT BABY?! COME ON OUT, BABY!
No kidding, I *just* stopped carrying my pocket-sized periodic table around!
As a fellow nerd, I agree: few things are better than watching your family get nerdy.
Is it the newish book with the GORGEOUS illustrations? We have that one ("The Elements"?) AND Husband snagged a matching poster at work!!
@Doing My Best: Probably the same one you're thinking of, the one by Theodore Gray? And there's a poster? I WANT THE POSTER.
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