Where do the weeks go? Seriously, as I get older the time seems to go faster... and faster. Since I had a birthday this past weekend (still younger than Jim) it seems like life is moving at light speed.
Anyway, Saturday was the big day so we went on a family hike up one of the local mountains. 3 hrs up, and 2 hrs down. It was a doozey. I mostly spent the walk up with the girls, and the walk down with the boy.
Boy, far and away had the best comments, but you can decide for yourself which one is better. You choices are:
#1) Just as we are starting down, Boy turns to me and says
"hold on dad, I'll be right back. I have to go fertilize the grass with my ray-gun."
I can honestly tell you I have never referred to my privates, or his privates, as a ray-gun. Ya gotta love the things they learn in school. And, honestly, it's more of a bazooka.
#2) About half way down, as we were looking for a stick that he had gotten rid of earlier on the walk
Boy:
Sigh. I really wish I had my stick back. It was such a cool stick but I had to throw my stick away.
Me:
Yeah, that's true.
Boy:
It's was so cool with these markings on it that looked like cool stuff. But Mom made me throw it away. I wish I still had it.
Me:
You do know Mom made you throw away the stick because you hit her in the head with it right?
Boy:
Yeah. But it was a really cool stick and I only hit her once and I didn't do it on purpose.
It's a really tough choice.
Anyway, as for books, this week I read
Blue Estate Volume 1,
James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems, and
Planet of the Apes Vol 1.
You can see what I thought of the rest of the books below the break.