Saturday, October 18, 2008

The Chicken Dance and The Hokey Pokey

Today we went to Oktoberfest in Tulsa. We have never gone before but it looked like fun with the usual food, rides, games and crafts. Well, some of these folks take it seriously getting all dressed up in German or Irish wear and the dancing and music is abundant. As you all have seen Akins loves to dance, and sing for that matter, but recently he has started to get a bit shy which I am disappointed about. Today I learned it is simple to bring him back to his roots of song and dance all we need to do is seek out an Irish or German festival. I had no idea that the Chicken Dance or the Hokey Pokey was such a big deal! Let's just say that after at least 42 times of doing each of these songs I think Akins almost has it and now I too am over being shy about dancing in public. Of course it is at moments like these I am both disappointed (for Akins) and grateful (for me) that we did not bring the camera. Ahhhh - next year!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Dr. Suess is Whacked!

A while back some friends sent Akins some Dr. Suess books and I read them of course thinking the whole while "what kind of drugs was this guy on"? Akins listened back then and never said a word. Now that he has a better grasp of English he is asking a lot more questions. The other night we made the fatal error of embarking down the Dr. Suess book road again. Here's kind of how it went...

Akins: What's him?
Mommy: A Whump.
Akins: What's a Whump do?
Mommy: Uummm - I'm not quite sure.
Akins: What are you talking about?
Mommy: Ummmm - I'm not quite sure.
Akins: Who's he?
Mommy: Mr. Fox Socks
Akins: He can blow the house down?
Mommy: Ummmm - No that is the Big Bad Wolf.
Akins: Oh. What's a Fox do?
Mommy: Well, he's smaller than a wolf, he's not mean and he lives in the woods.
Akins: Oh. Is he mad? (Pointing to the man in the book who Mr. Fox Socks is trying to get to say all of this nonesense).
Mommy: Yes.
Akins: Why?
Mommy: Because he is tired of Mr. Fox Socks trying to get him to say all those crazy words.
Akins: What's the beetle do?
Mommy: The Tweedle Beetle? Ummmm... he paddles. !$#!%@
Akins: Why?
Mommy: Ummmm....I don't have a clue.
Akins: Why he chunked the Fox into the bottle?
Mommy: Because he mad at him.
Akins: Why
Mommy: Because he doesn't want to say all these funny words.
Akins: How did he chunk him into the bottle?
Mommy: Ummmm...I guess through the little hole.
Akins: How?
Mommy: Ummmm...I don't know it's just a story.

Needless to say story time took a long time and included a few points where he was getting pretty frustrated with this nonesense. Now back to my original question, what kind of drugs was Dr.S uess on? Clearly very strong ones! I think for now we will table the Dr. Suess stories until Akins can understand fully the storyline of a "normal" book. Not to mention I can't get "Two Hump Whumps and Tweedle Beetles out of my head!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Junk Food

Today I needed to stop and get gas on the way home. Directly across the road was the "evil" Arby staring us in the face. Lorea says "Is it bad that I want Arby's". I told her to think about it while I was pumping the gas. I get back in the car and we are off for the 5 for $5.95 special. $12.91 later we are off to pick up Akins. When he gets in the car we show him the Arby's bags. The conversation then goes like this.

Akins: "What's that".
Mommy: "Junk food".
Lorea: "Smell it".
Akins: "That's not junk food"
Mommy: "Oh yes it is. It's bad for your body but tastes so good".
Akins: "You teasing"?

We get home and lay out our feast. The conversation continues...

Mommy: "Akins, you like junk food"?
Akins: "It's not junk".
Mommy: "What do you think junk is"?
Akins: "Trash".
Mommy: "Very good, so this is called junk food because it is bad for our bodies but it tastes soooo good". It's like putting trash in our bodies".
Akins: "Oh, I like junk food".



Mommy:

Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Bread Truck and Polar Bears

Okay, so here are two pretty funny stories:

THE BREAD TRUCK -

We went to breakfast at the local cafe on Saturday. As we were leaving the bread delivery was coming and the truck was parked with the back roll up door open. As we walked up to our car Akins says "Wow, Mommy look". "Yeah, honey it's a bread truck, do you want to look at it"? So, we go over and look in the back of the truck and Akins says "Sandwiches"! I said "Yeah, the bread truck brings the bread to Sam (the owner of the cafe) and then Sam uses the bread to make sandwiches. Pretty cool huh"? Then he wants to look at the front of the truck which has those sliding doors that you can leave open when you drive. Akins checks it all out and then says "Mommy, I like that truck".

Now a lot of little boys might like this truck, but a little boy who has been deprived of food and who continues to have some food issues like insisting that we take even the oddest of foods home with us in a to go box - like pancakes - no one gets their pancakes to go, well, no one except for us. That little boy REALLY likes the bread truck!

POLAR BEARS -

Most of you have probably heard of that group that seems to be largely comprised of elderly folks who go swimming in the coldest of waters. I mean really cold with ice floating in it for example. This group is called the Polar Bears. Well, I am pretty certain that Akins is warming up (no pun intended) for his membership to that club one day, as he went swmming today in the pool which is registering 70 degrees and he insisted it was warm. One future Polar Bear in the making! Brrrrr! He tried to get Grandma to go but she was not having any of it.