Aodán's Poem


Proof that summer vacation is not just watching television and playing video games...
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I loved this poem and wanted Aodán to illustrate it or perhaps write another, but he told me that writing that much caused his hand to hurt, and maybe if he had a typewriter... don't know the significance of the boxed words. If it's hard to read it's:
I've watched a silver shark
Glide across the sea
But I've been kinda wondering
will it actually harm me?
after drawing this picture Aodán expressed some reservations that perhaps he was "too much like a girl" because he liked some things girls are supposed to like, like beautiful flowers. Being very secure in my son's masculinity, I was actually grateful for the chance to discuss why some things are considered "girl-ish" or not.
ok, this must prove that Aodán really is a boy. The intense and everlasting interest in robots is something I sort of understand but must admit was not part of my childhood. Don't know if this comes through or not but there's a little yellow-headed purple guy in the lower left corner and thought bubbles coming out of his head to where the robot is. I believe the robot is holding some sort of scooter or motorcycle.

Little thumbprint boy is handing a little thumbprint girl flowers.

Aodán's other big enterprise this last week has been writing "relax" on popsicle sticks/tongue depressors and then decorating them and calling them "relax sticks". He tried to sell me one for a dollar this morning, but since he'd already given me three free samples, it just didn't work.

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Sun - June 29, 2003 at 12:53 PM      

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