no medals for participation (age 5yrs 7 mos)
Recently Max wanted to play chess. He's getting the hang of the moves and learning a lot, but quickly put me in my place by noting,"You're making smart moves, just not super smart moves. I'm not trying...
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10 yr old, older brother: "Max, you need to clean this mess up!"Max (age 5): "I don't have time!"
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Sometimes at dinner, we'll go around the table and ask what each person is most thankful for from that day (and also least thankful for). Recently during Max's turn, he said:"I'm thankful for...
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we could take them (age 5 yr 9 mo)
Max saw a picture of the University of Kansas mascot and then reflecting on how Baylor defeated them in football this fall, said, "probably Baylor beat them because their symbol isn't that fierce."
View Articlebreakfast musings 2.19.14
While eating breakfast this morning, Max said, "I wonder why they don't sell King Cobras for pets? When will I be able to get my own snake as a pet? I'll talk about it to mom."
View Articlenasty, big, pointy teeth!
Our boys will one day attend Midway High School (the Midway Panthers), but apparently Max (our 5 year old) thought they could have done better on choosing a mascot. During a recent car ride he said, "I...
View Articlechoir musings (age 5y 9m)
Recently Max asked me the church choir that I direct: "Is your choir really good? Like 100% good? Why don't you ever sing normal songs?" After probing about what he meant by normal, he said, "you know,...
View Articlevocabulary magic (age 5y 9m)
Max suggested that we should go to the park, because "it would 'exploreyistic' and it would also be good for us because it would have 'nature-air.'"
View ArticleI knew it was valuable
On our way to Taos Ski Valley, Max said, "why can't we go to black jewel?" Ann wins the prize for deciphering- he was talking about black diamond ski runs!
View Articlelet it snow
Max: Does Taos get the most snow in the world?Dad: No, there are places that get a lot more snow.Max: Do you know what place gets the most?Dad: I'm not sure.Max: When you find out, will you let me...
View Articledetails of hunting
Max: Do people hunt deer to eat them?Ann: Yes. It's wasteful if they don't eat them.Max: What about for decoration? Like their head on the wall?Carter: What are you going to do with the other part of...
View Articlea cheese by any other name...
Dad: How is it that you like pizza, which always has cheese on it, when you don't like cheese?Max: Chese on pizza is not technically the square kind.
View Articlea look inside Max's mind (age 5 yrs 10 mos)
While we were brushing Max's teeth last night before heading off to bed, he said, "Is my brain like a cafe of thinking? Have I told you about the slots in my head where my ideas go to rest? If they are...
View Articlesobering reality and gratitude
Disclaimer: These posts are mostly supposed to be a place to record and share what Max thinks and says, but today's post has a little more commentary from his dad. (don't worry, there's a quote from...
View Articlethe darker side of librarianship
Out of the blue while riding in the car yesterday, Max (age 5yrs 11mos) said, "What if a librarian stole people's jelly sandwiches for no reason...that would be bad."
View Articlepeach cobbler, you call this?
Recently while eating at Rudy's BBQ and having their delicious peach cobbler, Max (even though he's had this a million times before), said, as if he'd never encountered the miracle of peach cobbler:...
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technology and sharing (age 6 years)
One of things Max wanted for his birthday was a desk for his room. He was busy setting it all up and getting it organized and then made a "pretend computer," a laptop that he created with paper, tape,...
View Articletil death do us part (age 6 yrs)
While getting ready for bed recently: Max: When you die, do you not have to worry about taking care of your teeth?
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