Seven Quick Takes Friday

1. What do you call it when you ignore your 5 year old and he breaks Styrofoam into a million teeny tiny pieces, each statically charged to cling to everything else in the house?

Unattended consequences.

2. Did you know that 3 out of three repairmen who visit your house will find having a life sized giant squid battling a shark on the ceiling to be... odd?

But none of them will mention it.

I find that odd.



3. We have completed The Great Migration!  The redoubtable Bill spent quite a bit of the week changing over all of our computers (three for three).  I was waiting for David Attenborough to show up and start narrating: "This CPU looks harmless enough, to be sure, but lurking unseen within the case, we have another matter..."

4. Actually, I feel as though a lot of my life would benefit from David Attenborough narration.  This is also the fault of the indefatigable  Bill, who has recorded several hundred David Attenborough documentaries for me.  We are HUGE fans!  In case you've missed him, this is why:

5. We had our First Day of No School!

This is an annual event in which we celebrate that the summer crowds are gone at all the parks and museums.  Or maybe we are celebrating that we aren't tied to the school schedule.  Or, maybe, I'm just celebrating that I get to be with my kids.

At any rate, we went off with another family of homeschoolers to Watkin's Park.  Our kids call the place, "the big enormous playground with the little tiny zoo."  The zoo (nature center) is made up of injured raptors, and a wide assortment of exotic pets that outgrew their owners.  So fun!

Here Choclo and Oob watch the turtles.

6. Mxyl started his 3D modelling class!  His first assignment was to take a dozen, randomly sized and placed eggs, get them all the same size, and put them in a basket. The eggs and basket were made by the teacher and started out in black and white.

Homeschoolers, what can you do?!

7. Happiness is... Reading with Dad!

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