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.<\/p>\n
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.).<\/p>\n
Then he had to give a talk to the class.<\/p>\n
Uhm, what I wouldn’t give to have a video tape of the whole thing???<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
hahahahahaha<\/p>\n
Go, Cash-man. Good job, little man.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
I got monosyllabic answers to my questions.<\/p>\n
“So how did it go?”
\n“Good.”
\n“Was it fun?”
\n“Yes.”
\n“Did people laugh at the potatoes?”
\n“Yes.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading