Unique
It is my son's "special week" at school. He brought home the class mascot, several books, and a request from the teacher for baby photos and a few written sentences that reveal what makes my son unique.
He's special, all right, but my first instinct was to make up wild claims.
My son has a peg leg and a glass eye.
My son has a deep love for squash.
My son once ate a telephone.
My son wants to be a botanist when he grows up.
My son walks faster backward than forward.
My son was named after a famous pirate.
I sent the paper in this morning with suitably bland "unique" things, but I can't stop making up stuff for this kid. It is a little disturbing.
Comments
Ha! Hilarious!
My kids used to eat a phone all the time. One of those toy cell phones with buttons to push, that played nasty electronic songs. They chewed on it constantly when they were babies -I probably have pictures somewhere.
Are you going to tell us what you really said?
Posted by: SheilaC | January 30, 2007 11:35 PM
Didn't your son develop a new zebra hybrid in Uganda?
Posted by: jenn2 | January 31, 2007 7:50 AM
I can't but laugh...you're way too creative for your own good :)
Posted by: Jenn S. | January 31, 2007 9:26 AM
I don't know how you even think up stuff like that! No wonder your kids are wildly creative; the acorn doesn't fall far from the oak tree. (Or something like that.)
Posted by: Stephanie C. | January 31, 2007 12:38 PM
I remember being in Jr. High and having to answer the "What do you want to be when you grow up?" question (a lot). I would always refer back to "I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you." when in a pinch. (that's a spy reference incase anyone was going someplace dark and scary with that one)
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Posted by: Diva Dee | January 31, 2007 1:39 PM
What? Don't all the (type A) parents invent "unique" stuff? My kid spoke fluent Mandarin Chinese at 18 months? My child has managed her own stock portfolio to beat the Dow by 15% and toilet trained herself by 6 months?
When my child had her special day, we sent in a photo of her dressed up like Sleeping Beauty, lying on her back, with her tongue hanging out of her mouth--because that's how princesses sleep, I guess.
Posted by: Cate Ross | January 31, 2007 9:15 PM
I think the unique of your son should translate to a positif way.
Posted by: Tanto | March 4, 2007 7:38 AM