Gametes In Love

The kids had their regular dentist appointment this week. During their exam, Shane was privy to the following exchange:

DDS: Do you floss?

Storm: Yes!

Shane: [really?!?!?]

DDS: How often do you floss?

Storm: Every day!

Storm: [gets up and performs the floss dance]

DDS: Yeah…. we get this a lot now

Insert face-palm here.

Yes! This was a legitimate discussion in our home last night as I was putting the kids into bed. It was actually a semi-serious conversation.

It involved asking Alexa what happens, to which she responded “Sorry! I don’t know that one” and trying to actually get clarification on what exactly a wormhole WAS. We concluded that it would not only end up somewhere else in space, but potentially in a different time.

We then discussed exactly HOW you would poop into a wormhole since outer-space is so cold, your butt would freeze prior to being able to make it’s … ughmn… delivery. Griffin recommended that you poop in a bag first and then send it through space.
Yes. That’s right! My children are doing the inter-galactic equivalent of baggied poo on your door-step.

We resolved to have a conversation with my dad about this today… because who better to have a chat about space poo than a man that works in astrophysics?
BTW — his answer to what happens, btw? You’d start a poop-war. Less scientific… more political :p

PS. If either one of them ever applies to CalTech for school, I think their admission paper should be on this topic.

We’re making cookies. I told him he’s in charge of beating the eggs. He ran away… and came back with this.

The eggs are scared.

I caught one!

San Francisco adventures on the first vacation day.

G’s ingenious way to ‘carry’ his bagel bites

First time at Dickens Fair with the kids.

Storm’s birthday party this year was at Sports House… celebrated with GaGa Ball, soccer, pizza and donuts.

I legit wish I could explain GaGa ball. It’s like dodge-ball, in an enclosed arena, where you’re trying to be the last man standing, but can’t hit others directly. Storm requested it. Apparently Sports House introduced it over summer camps, but it’s not one of their standard activities. They used his party as a try to see if they can make it work as part of regular party bookings. Not sure what ultimately SH will decide there, but Storm’s guests seemed to enjoy it.

We have surpassed the age of 7 today, and the youngest human in our brood wakes up as an 8-yr old today. This kid has been calling out that he couldn’t wait ’till Thursday every day this week. For real — he didn’t even blink twice for Candy Debauchery Day (aka Halloween).

Storm,

Today you wake up 48″ tall and 50.7lb (though that’s with street-clothes on, so let’s take a pound off!). You continue to be a creative thinker and a happy soul. Please, don’t lose that. I love that I can find you singing to yourself while you are playing, or that you break out in a dance while randomly waiting in line at the store. PS — you’re a pretty good dancer! You’ve got a little mischief in ya’, but it’s (usually) in good nature, paired with good humor.

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What is your name?

Storm

What is your full name?

Storm.V.Rogers

Do you know what the V stands for?

Ya. Viktor!!!

What do you wish it stands for? ….Or if you like what it stands for that’s cool too.

Victorious!!

How old are you about to be?

8

What is you favorite color?

Red

Who is your best friend?

So.hard.to.choose.from. Owen

Who are your other friends that you would have chosen?

Owen, Ethan, Jacques, Darren, Owen, Mason, DeclanThat’s a lot of friendsExactlyThat’s great! I’m really happy to hear you have so many friends

What do you like to do with your friends?

Play.

What kind of play

Games

What kind of games

Level games

Level games?

Like you level up until this one monster and then you keep leveling up

How do you play that?

It’s like a fishing game

In person?

No, not with real fishing. We, we play with sticks… a bunch of jobs

Oh, with your sticks?

Ya. We,.. there’s one fisher, one mob, one villager, one trader… and… one…. a bunch of jobs

What is you favorite book?

Ah. Ok. I have a cross between two

Go ahead. Tell me both

Ughmn. Dragaon… it’s a series. Dragon Masters and…. Little Legends

Nice!

What is your favorite movie or TV show?

Pokemon

What is your favorite animal?

Animal. Animal. Animal. Depends. Does it have to be alive today?

No.

Ok. Uhmn. Then the Meg

Meg?

Yah. The Megalodon

Oh. OK!

What is your favorite food to eat?

Favorite food… waffles!!

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Cookies and cream

That is a really good flavor!

What is your favorite toy?

I don’t play with toys that much… other than Legos

What is your favorite outfit?

Outfit?

Ya, what’s your favorite thing to wear?

Sweatpants

Lol! Truer words have never been spoken

What song do you love?

So many!!! I’ll tell you the top three

I’d love the top three

“The middle”. “God’s plan”. “Friends”

Who is your biggest hero?

My mom!

Really?

Ya.

Oh my God. Why? Why am I your favorite hero?

You help me a lot.

Thank you! You’re making me cry

What are you really good at?

Reading. Reading. Writing and Art

Where do you wish you could go on vacation?

Ugh! So far though. Korea.

Korea? Really? Tell me why.

Because one of my friends lives there, and I’d like to see what it’s like there.

That’s kind of cool! I can show you some pictures if you want to see!

Yes!!!

What would you buy if you had $1000?

Nothing. I would save it up for a lot more

Ha! Ok. If you had 1M what would you buy?

A house. For shelter

A house for shelter? That’s actually a really good investment.

If you could have a wish, what would it be?

Can I have a house. [giggles]

No.

Can I have a pool?

Ok??? No. You can’t. But that can be your wish.

What do you want to do when you grow up?

Aw, man! Write a book

What do you think the book would be about?

Like a series of mythical creatures. I might even turn it into a show!

That sounds fun!

What do you hope to do before you turn (X+1)?

What do I hope to do? Surf!

Did you say Surf?

Ya.

That’s a pretty good goal!Go once? Or go more than once?

More than once!

Wow! That’s an aggressive goal

Give me a piece of advice…

For what?

For anything. Like tell me something wise

Don’t get drunk!

Lol! Yah. That’s a pretty good piece of advice. Alright we’re done now. Thanx, buddy!

I’m not a home-made Halloween Costume person — I love me a good online order instead! However, earlier in the summer I saw a video of a guy that made Transformer costumes for his kids, and my brain, in contrast, said: I wanna do that!

I spent a good amount of time in my youth loving paper castle making to a point I started creating my own forms. I now know there’s a whole universe of Papercrafting out there, but using said past skills (and a whole bunch of Amazon boxes I began storing), I set out to turn Storm into Bumblebee.

I’d say I did pretty good!

He enjoyed the school parade where he got to transform a few times. Meanwhile, Trick-or-Treating was semi-ok. He transformed for the first few houses and then realized it took too long, and just showing up expanded was good enough.

That costume’s enough to keep me “good” for a few years, I say!

For a couple of years now I’ve been making friends with our sous vide. I’m also trying to expand my horizons into cooked fish. Generally, I don’t do cooked fish : it’s too easy to overdo and it tastes “not so good” once it hits that dry stage. The sous vide on the other hand has removed that fear, so cooked salmon is a now more common occurrence at our house. Shane’s still out on it, but someone else has discovered a taste for it.

I was worried a whole filet might be too much for him. He put it down like it was going out of style.