Home School “Saying and Phrases” lesson gone awry…

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?

This explains my behavior somedays…

Mommy and Daddy love me very much. However, Daddy says that my name must be periodically influencing my behavior.

Yes, you read that correctly.  The only anagram for my name in common use is: “bothering”.  Yup.  “Bothering”.  Daddy did a face-palm and rolled his eyes when he typed my name in.

(This is from the WolframAlpha Widgets website: Anagrams)

Pico Rojo rocks!

Daddy is stealing my blog space to make a shameless plug for Pico Rojo. They have awesome charcoal rotisserie chicken and amazing fried plantains (and flan too!!!!) Mommy and daddy love the place. They don’t ever want to share with me (just kidding, they would but I’m in a mac and cheese rut.)

Pico Rojo is open until 9 at night during the week and 9:30 on Friday and Saturday and 8 on Sunday. Well worth going to. They are in the plaza on the southeast corner of Enterprise and McMullen Booth road that has a Blockbuster in it.

Anyway, daddy says thanks for the use of my blog!!!

The Bi-Polar Vegetarian… or is it Bi-Polar Carnivore?

On the way home from VPK:

“Mommy, Daddy, why do people kill animals in Australia?”

Mommy and Daddy are perplexed and ask “what type of animals are we talking about?”

“Kangaroos”

Mommy and Daddy explain how Kangaroos can be used like cows – to produce meat for people to eat.

“People shouldn’t eat meat. I don’t want to eat meat anymore. No one should eat meat.”

I continue to express my absolute conviction to being a vegan.

Mommy and Daddy explain how that’s just fine, but we’ll have to make sure we eat a wide range of proteins to get the right essential amino acids.

Less than 1.5 miles after my absolute conviction that the world should change and all eating of meat should stop….

“Mommy, Daddy, does steak have lots of amino acids?”

They responded that it does.

“Never mind. I want to eat steak. Steak, Mangos, and Nutella. Thank you!”

So, I’m either a bi-polar vegetarian or a bi-polar omnivore, with a carnivorous focus on nice steaks.