Wednesday, August 04, 2004
YEP, ALL THE KIDS HERE ARE ABOVE AVERAGE
Our block had a party last night, along with 760 other blocks in the Twin Cities.
There were awards for all the kids--little ribbons. The seven year old got "Best Artist" which, since she takes her drawing very seriously, at least bore some semblance to reality. The napless three year old really should have scored "Best Monster" but they didn't have that one on hand. Instead she was given "#1 Kid," a nice meaningless catch-all slogan. But she acted as though she had just been annointed MVP. She bellowed "NUMBER ONE KID!!!!" fifteen or so times when she got home.
Of course, we used it. "Number One Kids always brush their teeth before bedtime." "If you keep screaming like that, you won't be the number one kid any more."
It kind of worked, but not well enough for me to stock up on those ribbons.
There were awards for all the kids--little ribbons. The seven year old got "Best Artist" which, since she takes her drawing very seriously, at least bore some semblance to reality. The napless three year old really should have scored "Best Monster" but they didn't have that one on hand. Instead she was given "#1 Kid," a nice meaningless catch-all slogan. But she acted as though she had just been annointed MVP. She bellowed "NUMBER ONE KID!!!!" fifteen or so times when she got home.
Of course, we used it. "Number One Kids always brush their teeth before bedtime." "If you keep screaming like that, you won't be the number one kid any more."
It kind of worked, but not well enough for me to stock up on those ribbons.
