Guest guest Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Happy post Thanksgiving all! We survived going to Mobile Al. No one laughed at the 1 eyebrowed boykin. I finally stopped cracking up when I discovered he had also shaved his arm pits. OK?! My chuckle. Return trip: as we approached Atlanta to where one could see the skyline in the distance, DJ shouts " Look, look it's New York City " as he points to the skyline. Ahem. I told him that it is ATL Georgia not NYC. Master DJ proceeds to go humpf & loudly proclaim that it is New York City on planet earth. Guys, he argued with me all the way home (another hinney crunching hour) I pointed out signs that said Atlanta. Did not happen to have a globe or map on me. Sigh, I finally told him to ask Mr. P his teacher on Monday & said we'd look at his states coin map and the google when we got home. Did not look at map or google until the next day. He finally hushed after I pointed out where NY is versus where we were in GA. I casually mentioned that we had been in Mobile AL to see grandmother as I pointed out AL. I went away, glad to not hear about NYC on planet earth... Next thing I hear is frusterated sounds so I go to DJ at his computer. Where I discover he is " driving " his little avatar on google satelite street map from our city to what appeared to be INTO the Gulf of Mexico (Florida way) Apparantly he had managed to get from our house to Fl in an attempt to get to Mobile Al. Oh wait for it. The amazement chuckle is still ahead. So I get him pointed out of the gulf & showed him how if he put our address in & his grandmother's address he'd have a better trip. So I go away again to finish cooking dinner nearby. Start hearing sighs again so I go over & find that he has made it to Mobile Al. However, the google is showing no picture of grandmother's house. Because there is no photo of it to show. She lives in one of those historic register houses (1917)in an older part of town that I suppose is not interesting to the eyball in the sky. So I try to explain this. Master 1 eyebrow, shaved pits DJ proceeds to again try to argue with me in Martian. Sigh. Try explaining critical thinking skills to my DJ. Try getting across that just because every other place he has ever google drove to shows the buildings but not grandmother's house. Then to add insult to injury, google/MAC impaired me moved his little person somehow & ended up who knows where way in downtown Mobile... I copped out after that one & RAN to finish dinner. Next thing I hear is " No. No. Nope. Hmm. Nope. AHA! " Several times. So of course I go check. What to my wondering eyes should appear but the tree lined street that leads to Grandmother's house & DJ pausing his poor weary little avatar at every side street to look at the street sign or landmark. Patiently & carefully (albeit on the wrong side of the street sometimes-poor little run over google avatar) Until he finds the M___ Street sign that grandmother lives on. And turns right. (Still no picture of her house though which really perplexed him...I think he cursed in Martian) My child drove from our house on Sunday to Mobile AL on planet earth & found his Grandmother's street despite a detour into the gulf & despite mom getting him lost. Freakin drop jaw amazing. Kris, mom to a newly argumentative 15 year old that gets very annoying about it despite having few words. Sigh. Planet earth, indeed. LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 That's really funny. I think you should take DJ to New York city as a reward for being so creative. Lori _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of kaprisock Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:16 PM To: Subject: Sharing a chuckle or two Happy post Thanksgiving all! We survived going to Mobile Al. No one laughed at the 1 eyebrowed boykin. I finally stopped cracking up when I discovered he had also shaved his arm pits. OK?! My chuckle. Return trip: as we approached Atlanta to where one could see the skyline in the distance, DJ shouts " Look, look it's New York City " as he points to the skyline. Ahem. I told him that it is ATL Georgia not NYC. Master DJ proceeds to go humpf & loudly proclaim that it is New York City on planet earth. Guys, he argued with me all the way home (another hinney crunching hour) I pointed out signs that said Atlanta. Did not happen to have a globe or map on me. Sigh, I finally told him to ask Mr. P his teacher on Monday & said we'd look at his states coin map and the google when we got home. Did not look at map or google until the next day. He finally hushed after I pointed out where NY is versus where we were in GA. I casually mentioned that we had been in Mobile AL to see grandmother as I pointed out AL. I went away, glad to not hear about NYC on planet earth... Next thing I hear is frusterated sounds so I go to DJ at his computer. Where I discover he is " driving " his little avatar on google satelite street map from our city to what appeared to be INTO the Gulf of Mexico (Florida way) Apparantly he had managed to get from our house to Fl in an attempt to get to Mobile Al. Oh wait for it. The amazement chuckle is still ahead. So I get him pointed out of the gulf & showed him how if he put our address in & his grandmother's address he'd have a better trip. So I go away again to finish cooking dinner nearby. Start hearing sighs again so I go over & find that he has made it to Mobile Al. However, the google is showing no picture of grandmother's house. Because there is no photo of it to show. She lives in one of those historic register houses (1917)in an older part of town that I suppose is not interesting to the eyball in the sky. So I try to explain this. Master 1 eyebrow, shaved pits DJ proceeds to again try to argue with me in Martian. Sigh. Try explaining critical thinking skills to my DJ. Try getting across that just because every other place he has ever google drove to shows the buildings but not grandmother's house. Then to add insult to injury, google/MAC impaired me moved his little person somehow & ended up who knows where way in downtown Mobile... I copped out after that one & RAN to finish dinner. Next thing I hear is " No. No. Nope. Hmm. Nope. AHA! " Several times. So of course I go check. What to my wondering eyes should appear but the tree lined street that leads to Grandmother's house & DJ pausing his poor weary little avatar at every side street to look at the street sign or landmark. Patiently & carefully (albeit on the wrong side of the street sometimes-poor little run over google avatar) Until he finds the M___ Street sign that grandmother lives on. And turns right. (Still no picture of her house though which really perplexed him...I think he cursed in Martian) My child drove from our house on Sunday to Mobile AL on planet earth & found his Grandmother's street despite a detour into the gulf & despite mom getting him lost. Freakin drop jaw amazing. Kris, mom to a newly argumentative 15 year old that gets very annoying about it despite having few words. Sigh. Planet earth, indeed. LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 toooo funny! shawna May all your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread. http://sewshawna.blogspot.com To: From: kaprisock@... Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:16:11 +0000 Subject: Sharing a chuckle or two Happy post Thanksgiving all! We survived going to Mobile Al. No one laughed at the 1 eyebrowed boykin. I finally stopped cracking up when I discovered he had also shaved his arm pits. OK?! My chuckle. Return trip: as we approached Atlanta to where one could see the skyline in the distance, DJ shouts " Look, look it's New York City " as he points to the skyline. Ahem. I told him that it is ATL Georgia not NYC. Master DJ proceeds to go humpf & loudly proclaim that it is New York City on planet earth. Guys, he argued with me all the way home (another hinney crunching hour) I pointed out signs that said Atlanta. Did not happen to have a globe or map on me. Sigh, I finally told him to ask Mr. P his teacher on Monday & said we'd look at his states coin map and the google when we got home. Did not look at map or google until the next day. He finally hushed after I pointed out where NY is versus where we were in GA. I casually mentioned that we had been in Mobile AL to see grandmother as I pointed out AL. I went away, glad to not hear about NYC on planet earth... Next thing I hear is frusterated sounds so I go to DJ at his computer. Where I discover he is " driving " his little avatar on google satelite street map from our city to what appeared to be INTO the Gulf of Mexico (Florida way) Apparantly he had managed to get from our house to Fl in an attempt to get to Mobile Al. Oh wait for it. The amazement chuckle is still ahead. So I get him pointed out of the gulf & showed him how if he put our address in & his grandmother's address he'd have a better trip. So I go away again to finish cooking dinner nearby. Start hearing sighs again so I go over & find that he has made it to Mobile Al. However, the google is showing no picture of grandmother's house. Because there is no photo of it to show. She lives in one of those historic register houses (1917)in an older part of town that I suppose is not interesting to the eyball in the sky. So I try to explain this. Master 1 eyebrow, shaved pits DJ proceeds to again try to argue with me in Martian. Sigh. Try explaining critical thinking skills to my DJ. Try getting across that just because every other place he has ever google drove to shows the buildings but not grandmother's house. Then to add insult to injury, google/MAC impaired me moved his little person somehow & ended up who knows where way in downtown Mobile... I copped out after that one & RAN to finish dinner. Next thing I hear is " No. No. Nope. Hmm. Nope. AHA! " Several times. So of course I go check. What to my wondering eyes should appear but the tree lined street that leads to Grandmother's house & DJ pausing his poor weary little avatar at every side street to look at the street sign or landmark. Patiently & carefully (albeit on the wrong side of the street sometimes-poor little run over google avatar) Until he finds the M___ Street sign that grandmother lives on. And turns right. (Still no picture of her house though which really perplexed him...I think he cursed in Martian) My child drove from our house on Sunday to Mobile AL on planet earth & found his Grandmother's street despite a detour into the gulf & despite mom getting him lost. Freakin drop jaw amazing. Kris, mom to a newly argumentative 15 year old that gets very annoying about it despite having few words. Sigh. Planet earth, indeed. LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 That is absolutely amazing and somewhat scary that he can find his way to grandma's now! What a kid! Shaved his armpits?! Love it. Great story thanks for sharing. My God if Luca could figure that out he'd be gone on foot walking his way to grandma's!! Jaylene mom to Luca 27 yrs old ds testing for asd. Sharing a chuckle or two Happy post Thanksgiving all! We survived going to Mobile Al. No one laughed at the 1 eyebrowed boykin. I finally stopped cracking up when I discovered he had also shaved his arm pits. OK?! My chuckle. Return trip: as we approached Atlanta to where one could see the skyline in the distance, DJ shouts " Look, look it's New York City " as he points to the skyline. Ahem. I told him that it is ATL Georgia not NYC. Master DJ proceeds to go humpf & loudly proclaim that it is New York City on planet earth. Guys, he argued with me all the way home (another hinney crunching hour) I pointed out signs that said Atlanta. Did not happen to have a globe or map on me. Sigh, I finally told him to ask Mr. P his teacher on Monday & said we'd look at his states coin map and the google when we got home. Did not look at map or google until the next day. He finally hushed after I pointed out where NY is versus where we were in GA. I casually mentioned that we had been in Mobile AL to see grandmother as I pointed out AL. I went away, glad to not hear about NYC on planet earth... Next thing I hear is frusterated sounds so I go to DJ at his computer. Where I discover he is " driving " his little avatar on google satelite street map from our city to what appeared to be INTO the Gulf of Mexico (Florida way) Apparantly he had managed to get from our house to Fl in an attempt to get to Mobile Al. Oh wait for it. The amazement chuckle is still ahead. So I get him pointed out of the gulf & showed him how if he put our address in & his grandmother's address he'd have a better trip. So I go away again to finish cooking dinner nearby. Start hearing sighs again so I go over & find that he has made it to Mobile Al. However, the google is showing no picture of grandmother's house. Because there is no photo of it to show. She lives in one of those historic register houses (1917)in an older part of town that I suppose is not interesting to the eyball in the sky. So I try to explain this. Master 1 eyebrow, shaved pits DJ proceeds to again try to argue with me in Martian. Sigh. Try explaining critical thinking skills to my DJ. Try getting across that just because every other place he has ever google drove to shows the buildings but not grandmother's house. Then to add insult to injury, google/MAC impaired me moved his little person somehow & ended up who knows where way in downtown Mobile... I copped out after that one & RAN to finish dinner. Next thing I hear is " No. No. Nope. Hmm. Nope. AHA! " Several times. So of course I go check. What to my wondering eyes should appear but the tree lined street that leads to Grandmother's house & DJ pausing his poor weary little avatar at every side street to look at the street sign or landmark. Patiently & carefully (albeit on the wrong side of the street sometimes-poor little run over google avatar) Until he finds the M___ Street sign that grandmother lives on. And turns right. (Still no picture of her house though which really perplexed him...I think he cursed in Martian) My child drove from our house on Sunday to Mobile AL on planet earth & found his Grandmother's street despite a detour into the gulf & despite mom getting him lost. Freakin drop jaw amazing. Kris, mom to a newly argumentative 15 year old that gets very annoying about it despite having few words. Sigh. Planet earth, indeed. LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 It is scary because we only go to grandmother's house (in another state)ONCE a year. I think it is possible that we have missed a couple of times due to work or life. So that means DJ-maybe- has been a total of 14 times. He is 15 years old & in hospital too much & his mama was dying his 1st year of life to go until long after he was age 2. What is scary to me is that he could do this & do some other things equally amazing but not be able to answer (or ask)a question, wipe his hinney or not walk in front of a moving vehicle, etc... Then there is the whole OMG what else can he do or what does he know that none of us has a clue about?! At this point I am not sure which is scarier. Oh wait! Something even scarier than those things is the factoid that he woke up one day during the holidays acting like a full on pubies teenager. Ahem. Arguing with me in martian as well as one word utterances. IGNORING my commands (heh)like I was not even standing there. Actually ignoring me & running to daddy thinking he could butter dad up & get whatever XYZ thing I would not give in to (like head banging)... Takes some skill to realize who is the marshmellow in our house about particular things..a skill that dear son DJ has apparantly mastered. Lovely. Although I have 2 grown sons, I have zero experience with the dreadful puberties because both boys waited until they were grown men to argue with me...or have attitudes...delayed puberty... until their 20's & 30's..heh. School started back this past Monday. DJ goes until the 17th- of which 3 of those days will be early release days. Could someone please adopt me until Jan 4th? I don't eat much- just some plant based foods.... HOHOHO Kris (lol) > > That is absolutely amazing and somewhat scary that he can find his way to grandma's now! What a kid! > Shaved his armpits?! Love it. > Great story thanks for sharing. My God if Luca could figure that out he'd be gone on foot walking his way > to grandma's!! > Jaylene mom to Luca 27 yrs old ds testing for asd. > Sharing a chuckle or two > > > > > > > Happy post Thanksgiving all! We survived going to Mobile Al. No one laughed at the 1 eyebrowed boykin. I finally stopped cracking up when I discovered he had also shaved his arm pits. OK?! > > My chuckle. Return trip: as we approached Atlanta to where one could see the skyline in the distance, DJ shouts " Look, look it's New York City " as he points to the skyline. > > Ahem. I told him that it is ATL Georgia not NYC. > > Master DJ proceeds to go humpf & loudly proclaim that it is New York City on planet earth. > > Guys, he argued with me all the way home (another hinney crunching hour) > I pointed out signs that said Atlanta. Did not happen to have a globe or map on me. > > Sigh, I finally told him to ask Mr. P his teacher on Monday & said we'd look at his states coin map and the google when we got home. > > Did not look at map or google until the next day. He finally hushed after I pointed out where NY is versus where we were in GA. I casually mentioned that we had been in Mobile AL to see grandmother as I pointed out AL. I went away, glad to not hear about NYC on planet earth... > > Next thing I hear is frusterated sounds so I go to DJ at his computer. Where I discover he is " driving " his little avatar on google satelite street map from our city to what appeared to be INTO the Gulf of Mexico (Florida way) > > Apparantly he had managed to get from our house to Fl in an attempt to get to Mobile Al. > > Oh wait for it. The amazement chuckle is still ahead. > > So I get him pointed out of the gulf & showed him how if he put our address in & his grandmother's address he'd have a better trip. So I go away again to finish cooking dinner nearby. Start hearing sighs again so I go over & find that he has made it to Mobile Al. However, the google is showing no picture of grandmother's house. > > Because there is no photo of it to show. She lives in one of those historic register houses (1917)in an older part of town that I suppose is not interesting to the eyball in the sky. > > So I try to explain this. Master 1 eyebrow, shaved pits DJ proceeds to again try to argue with me in Martian. Sigh. Try explaining critical thinking skills to my DJ. Try getting across that just because every other place he has ever google drove to shows the buildings but not grandmother's house. > > Then to add insult to injury, google/MAC impaired me moved his little person somehow & ended up who knows where way in downtown Mobile... > > I copped out after that one & RAN to finish dinner. > > Next thing I hear is " No. No. Nope. Hmm. Nope. AHA! " > Several times. So of course I go check. > > What to my wondering eyes should appear but the tree lined street that leads to Grandmother's house & DJ pausing his poor weary little avatar at every side street to look at the street sign or landmark. Patiently & carefully (albeit on the wrong side of the street sometimes-poor little run over google avatar) > > Until he finds the M___ Street sign that grandmother lives on. And turns right. (Still no picture of her house though which really perplexed him...I think he cursed in Martian) > > My child drove from our house on Sunday to Mobile AL on planet earth & found his Grandmother's street despite a detour into the gulf & despite mom getting him lost. > > Freakin drop jaw amazing. > > Kris, mom to a newly argumentative 15 year old that gets very annoying about it despite having few words. Sigh. Planet earth, indeed. LMAO! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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