September, 2014
March, 2017
Lily
Post 331: Lego iPhones
We try really hard to keep the iphone and any media usage near zero. Thanks to our beloved school philosophy, it is pretty easy to do. Of course there are moments when we give in and let the kids have a look at something, but what I love is that they don’t give up and just make there own.
Luke started it quite a while back, but now Lily is also making Lego iphones.
Lovely methinks.
Post 330: Lily talk
I love how everything Lily talks about blends together. Much of it driven by her desire to replicate “all things Luke!”. Breakfast the other day:
What would you like?
What did Lukey have?
Tortilla with refried beans cheese and an egg on top.
(Confused)
Kinda like a egg in the whole.
I’ll have an egg in the whole.
(I start to prepare)
Can I have it sandwich style?
Well, an egg in the whole is kinda like by itself , I mean the egg is already inside the bread?
(Silence)
Ok, soft boiled then.
Daddy (confused, but I just moved forward)
And don’t cut off the bones.
Post 326: Mork the Flying Cat
The photoshop may be mine, but EVERYTHING else is pure Lily Apple Cline
A mild mannered child of nature
Transforms herself (like out of nowhere, I’m not kidding) into Mork The Flying Cat
Have a good day and keep an eye out overhead
Post 325: Logic beyond words
Example One:
I am quite taken with Lily’s resolute logic many times a day, thought I would share a few moments. Today she saw a sign and asked:
“what’s that?”
Dad: “A sign for no smoking”
Lily: “Why?”
Dad: “Because smoking is no tallowed in many places, in my opinion it should not be allowed anywhere, it is very bad for you. But it IS allowed in some places.”
Lily: “like in a fire.”
Example Two:
We open a well known and recent favorite book. She sees this image
And asks, “How did they get in the box?”. To which I say I have no idea, there is no apparent way to get in. We turn the page and she says:
“Oh, it is just right there (indicating the proximity to the ground), they just climbed right in”
The list could go on. I know this is not unique, it makes me think of the book: The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship. A book talks about the idea that we are born with full knowledge, we are as smart and as filled with know-how as is possible, but that “learning” the ways of the world slowly removes all that purity until we are left with the closed mindedness of the world around us.
Oh well.