Month: August 2010

This week’s lesson for saying and phrases is the Golden Rule. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” I did great with it the first day and answered all the questions correctly.

Yesterday, our review day, I decided I didn’t want to review the topic. I knew it and decided enough was enough.

So, when asked what it means, in my own words, I answered: “if you do something to me I get to do it to you.” My parents, apparently being daft, needed an example. I told them “if you push me along out the door, I get to push you along out the door.”

My parents where still confused until I let slip the logic behind this “tit-for-tat” (or eye-for-an-eye) interpretation:
1. I accept everyone follows the Golden Rule.
2. If someone does something to me, they must think it’s fine to have it done to them (since otherwise they would be violating the Golden Rule.)

So, when at a pool play date this morning and I got whacked a few times with my little kickboard, I grabbed it and whacked right back saying, quite loudly, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!”

My parents keep rolling their eyes at me and face-palming. I can’t understand why. How’s my logic and interpretation broken of this saying not correct?

It is a bit taller than the old one but has WAY more features. We LOVE it!

Saturday we had a very active family day. We spent the morning at the neighborhood picnic. There was a HUGE water slide but I REFUSED to go down it. Mommy coaxed me into one time and I was DONE. I was a bit off and then Mommy noticed I had a rash head to toe. Possibly Fifths Disease again, maybe something completely different. Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said since I have no other symptoms other than being grumpy I am probably going to live and be just fine! 🙂

After the picnic we went down to Tyrone Mall for a Kidgits event. We got some free school supplies and a small colorful backpack. I was very excited. But the best was yet to come. We went to Haslams! My favorite bookstore down in St. Petersburg. I picked out nearly $100 in new books! WOW! We also found a Letterbox in Haslam’s and it even had a hitchhiker inside! VERY COOL!

I love my new books. Many are Magic School Bus science ones and one was a Fantasy and Mythological Creatures JigSaw Puzzle Book! I really love the jigsaw puzzle book. I learned about a new animal called a bunyip. It is an Australian Aboriginal Fantasy creature that lives in the water areas there and eats people! It is now causing nightmares!

Sunday I had a fun playdate with a few friends at the playground. My rash was looking better when we got there but when we left it flared up again. But I felt fine so I got to keep playing.

Here are some photos of the rash… you really can’t tell much of it on camera. It is red and lacy.

My cheeks.

My arm.

My back.

Another shot of my face.

Today we went to the library for another drum circle. This time I took my trusty headphones and things went MUCH better.

I sat right in the front row and banged my drum to the music.

They asked for volunteers to come up and dance. My hand shot into the air! I was so excited to be picked as a dancer.

I had a very silly time dancing in front of the entire room.

I did get bored sitting in the chair and opted for kneeling on the floor to drum. The chair was just not comfy because I had to lean forward the entire time to play the drum.

This morning we went to East Lake Library for the annual “Fire Truck Hose Down”. There were about 100 kids running around but the truck was running late. It was almost 30 minutes late to an hour long event! By the time the truck arrived a lot of the parents had packed up and left. There were only about 15 kids left. My buddy, Aran, and I watched them flush the hydrant and then hook up the hose to spray.

We got to meet the firemen and have a quick talk about fire safety and then running through the hose safety.

We all ran out into the field.

Here comes the water! RUN!

This was so much fun. The man with the hose was very good at his job. He was pretending we were the fire and was chasing us to put us out. He would open the valve more when we raced to the other side far away from him. He could STILL get us wet. Pretty tricky!

Waiting in line to use the hose.

This thing is heavy! I tried to shake it all over but it nearly knocked me to the ground. Good thing the man was holding on to it.

The field got muddy pretty fast and a few of the older kids were sliding in it. YUCKIE!

Me… pretending I am a fireman and squirting the hose at Mommy.

At the end it was time to clean-up. All the kids left!!!! Ummmm… guess that leaves it up to me to clean-up. I raced over and started helping them drain the hose.

I was the only kid that offered to help. Mommy was very proud! 🙂

I stayed until the little hose was all wrapped up and ready to be put away. I got a BIG high five from the fireman.

I thought the fireman was cool but I would still rather be a paleontologist!