Simon is reading Science magazine over breakfast. He comes to a graphic showing something relating to nerve endings and lipids. Jay explains that this is explaining something going on in the body.
Simon: "so there are lipids under our skin?"
Jay: "yes"
Simon: "Bapa said there was sugar and water and blood. I guess he doesn't know about lipids."
Jay:
Simon: "we should call and tell him."
Me: "well we can't call him now, he's in London."
Simon: "aren't there phones in London?"
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
on communication
two from today:
1. Simon, this morning, appropos of nothing (as far as I could tell). "In olden times, like in 1920, they had letters but they didn't have exclamation points, commas, or periods. You had to guess when the sentence ended."
2. As we pulled up in front of the house we watched a storm coming in. We could see the dark grey clouds, we even saw some flashes of lightening. Then the wind picked up. Simon: "The sky can't talk so it uses the wind as a message."
1. Simon, this morning, appropos of nothing (as far as I could tell). "In olden times, like in 1920, they had letters but they didn't have exclamation points, commas, or periods. You had to guess when the sentence ended."
2. As we pulled up in front of the house we watched a storm coming in. We could see the dark grey clouds, we even saw some flashes of lightening. Then the wind picked up. Simon: "The sky can't talk so it uses the wind as a message."
Monday, June 11, 2007
Refense!
Location: The basement. We are playing a soccer-like game involving a giant inflated ball.
David: Okay, I'm on offense now.
Simon: Then I'm on onfense.
Later, Simon has the ball and is headed toward my goal.
David [chanting]: Defense! Defense!
Simon [as he kicks the ball]: Refense! Refense!
David: Okay, I'm on offense now.
Simon: Then I'm on onfense.
Later, Simon has the ball and is headed toward my goal.
David [chanting]: Defense! Defense!
Simon [as he kicks the ball]: Refense! Refense!
Friday, June 8, 2007
wouldn't it be nice
It's evening. We're sitting in Simon's room. Simon (for some reason) is cutting apart the plastic ruler with photos of all the US Presidents on it he has received from Ruth for his birthday.
He has gotten as far as cutting off the edge that has the markings for inches. He is holding the remains of the ruler (with the oval-shaped President head images) in one hand and the scissors in the other hand.
He is poised to cut.
He looks up at me: "we're trying to get rid of George W. Bush, right?"
I nod in agreement.
"ok, then!" he says, and chops W. right out of the ruler. "done!"
He has gotten as far as cutting off the edge that has the markings for inches. He is holding the remains of the ruler (with the oval-shaped President head images) in one hand and the scissors in the other hand.
He is poised to cut.
He looks up at me: "we're trying to get rid of George W. Bush, right?"
I nod in agreement.
"ok, then!" he says, and chops W. right out of the ruler. "done!"
Friday, June 1, 2007
the scientific impulse
my thought of the day.
So, for the past few weeks Simon has been interested in underwater exploration. He has this book about a treasure-bearing ship (the Atocha) that sank and about the scientists/explorers who use signal magnetometers and sonar something-oters, etc. to find the treasure. He's been making signal magnetometers, etc. out of index cards and searching for underwater treasure in the house.
so it got me thinking this morning--it's just kind of funny, right? Instead of being particularly interested in dinosaurs, I mean, he liked them, but wasn't obsessed, he was fascinated by paleontology. He liked the tools: the picks, the brushes, etc. He always wanted to dig for fossils at museums that had that option, rather than look at the dinosaur dioramas. He stood and stared at the paleontology diorama at Natural History forever.
And instead of being particularly interested in pirates/pirate ships (again, he likes them, but isn't obsessed) he is absolutely taken with the tools that scientists use to find the treasure years later! He's reading all about these magnetometers and talking about them as if they're just the coolest things in the world.
ok it just struck me as kind of cool.
So, for the past few weeks Simon has been interested in underwater exploration. He has this book about a treasure-bearing ship (the Atocha) that sank and about the scientists/explorers who use signal magnetometers and sonar something-oters, etc. to find the treasure. He's been making signal magnetometers, etc. out of index cards and searching for underwater treasure in the house.
so it got me thinking this morning--it's just kind of funny, right? Instead of being particularly interested in dinosaurs, I mean, he liked them, but wasn't obsessed, he was fascinated by paleontology. He liked the tools: the picks, the brushes, etc. He always wanted to dig for fossils at museums that had that option, rather than look at the dinosaur dioramas. He stood and stared at the paleontology diorama at Natural History forever.
And instead of being particularly interested in pirates/pirate ships (again, he likes them, but isn't obsessed) he is absolutely taken with the tools that scientists use to find the treasure years later! He's reading all about these magnetometers and talking about them as if they're just the coolest things in the world.
ok it just struck me as kind of cool.
timeline of the world
Simon, this morning at breakfast:
"So. Here's the thing about times. There's Ancient Times, which is like 1900 BC/BCE. Then there's like 1790 AD/CE which is Olden Times. Then there's 2000 AD/CE which is New Times, that's what we're in."
"So. Here's the thing about times. There's Ancient Times, which is like 1900 BC/BCE. Then there's like 1790 AD/CE which is Olden Times. Then there's 2000 AD/CE which is New Times, that's what we're in."
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