Not terribly long ago, I posted about how William, upon recognizing he had left the water running in the sink for an extra couple of seconds, lamented that he had "killed polar bears."
This is a very environmentally-savvy youngster.
Yesterday he was pulling a paper towel off the rack, and the roll was stripped bare.
"Oh no!" he cried. "I used the last one! The world is going to end."
I didn't get it at first. I thought he was just being silly. So I said, "Boom." (The world has ended, exploded.)
"No, no, no," he explained. "It's not going to explode, it's going to get warm."
This is the same seven-year-old who gritted his teeth when I told him I might need surgery on my toe (didn't in the end) and said, "Oh, I don't know, surgery is expensive."
I can't decide whether this is a good thing ... or a not-so-good thing.
~Emily
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Poor Polar Bears
While brushing his teeth the other night, William left the water running for an extra two seconds.
"Darn, I killed polar bears," he said.
Okay, if nothing else has convinced me that kids hear what you say, this did the job.
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin will not eat meat, seafood, foods with vitamin D-3, foods with gelatin, or foods with the enzyme rennet. He fishes through the rubbish bin for items that just might possibly be even the slightest bit recyclable. He is prepared to kick global warming in all the right places. And he talks a lot about the environment.
I have made a list of potential colleges to attend next year or the one after that. This is quite exciting to me, I must say. Most of them are in Minnesota, but one is in Wisconsin and another is down in Maryland. I have been to Maryland, and liked it enormously. I have never been to MN or WI but really want to visit.
Also, I want to leave Rhode Island. I've lived here my whole life and there are, frankly, so many things I don't like about it.
As a closing note to this rather erratic post, I have a new book to review for VOYA. It is truly wonderful -- a thrilling change from the last couple of dreadful reads.
Let's see ... anything to say about the weather?
Cold, colorless, and dead. Yay.
~Emily
"Darn, I killed polar bears," he said.
Okay, if nothing else has convinced me that kids hear what you say, this did the job.
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin will not eat meat, seafood, foods with vitamin D-3, foods with gelatin, or foods with the enzyme rennet. He fishes through the rubbish bin for items that just might possibly be even the slightest bit recyclable. He is prepared to kick global warming in all the right places. And he talks a lot about the environment.
I have made a list of potential colleges to attend next year or the one after that. This is quite exciting to me, I must say. Most of them are in Minnesota, but one is in Wisconsin and another is down in Maryland. I have been to Maryland, and liked it enormously. I have never been to MN or WI but really want to visit.
Also, I want to leave Rhode Island. I've lived here my whole life and there are, frankly, so many things I don't like about it.
As a closing note to this rather erratic post, I have a new book to review for VOYA. It is truly wonderful -- a thrilling change from the last couple of dreadful reads.
Let's see ... anything to say about the weather?
Cold, colorless, and dead. Yay.
~Emily
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