Cashel had to give a talk in his class about his ancestors and where his family came from. The whole class has to do this project.
He interviewed my parents on the phone (multiple times – he had to call back and FOLLOW UP on a couple of points he wasn’t clear on – hahahaha) – and wrote down the answers to his questions about our ancestors (“Where did we come from in Ireland?” “Why did we come to America?” “What did our ancestors do in Ireland?” Etc.).
Then he had to give a talk to the class.
Uhm, what I wouldn’t give to have a video tape of the whole thing???
Apparently, he did really well. He gave his talk. And he closed with a bang: He passed out raw potatoes to the entire class. Each student got one. Nothing like a PROP to make history come to life! THIS IS WHAT MY ANCESTORS ATE. EVERY STINKIN’ DAY.
hahahahahaha
Go, Cash-man. Good job, little man.
I tried to talk to him about it on the phone today but he wasn’t really interested in re-living it. You know … His whole vibe was: “that’s the PAST, Auntie Sheila. I gave the talk THREE DAYS AGO.”
I got monosyllabic answers to my questions.
“So how did it go?”
“Good.”
“Was it fun?”
“Yes.”
“Did people laugh at the potatoes?”
“Yes.”
Cashel’s got his priorities straight. Live in the PRESENT. But Auntie Sheila, with her pestering questions about an event from ANCIENT HISTORY needs a little work on hers.
See, I never ask my kids questions they can answer with one word… Not that it makes a difference:
What did you learn in school today? “Stuff” or “Nothing” is the normal answer.
hahahaha
That’s a good point, though – especially with phone conversations, always a challenge with cashel. It always works better when I ask him for his opinion on something, or ask him to give me a movie review of something he’s recently seen, or whatever.
Hey! Ancestors?!!
*Note.. need to revise menu in the yurt*
Video a must :)
I want a potato from Cashel!
I wonder what all the kids DID with their potatoes??
What did the random mom think when she found a potato in little Stewie’s backpack??
So hilarious. We LOVE Cashel.
Oh, and yeah, talking to the nephews on the phone?
Impossible! Unless, you’re right, you ask for an opinion. A few years ago, my younger nephew prattled on at such breakneck speed and in such dizzying DETAIL about the Harry Potter book that we’d BOTH just read, that I actually began to question if I’d really read the damn thing. How did he remember all that STUFF? HOW??
And that was the moment I became very old.