Todays VLOMO moment is brought to you by the Fullerton School District and the Parent Teachers Association. Once a month they hold Movie Night at my sons Elementary School where parents and kids get to camp out in the multi-purpose room and watch a movie. The PTA sells raffle tickets and junk food to raise funds, and everyone brings camp chairs or blankets and pillows. This month it was How To Train Your Dragon, which just happens to be one of The Sprites favourite movies.
Click to Play The Very Very Very Lazy Lazy Ladybug as read by His Spriteness. One busy morning as I am rushing about the house deep in my morning ritual of putting on my cornflakes and pouring nice cold milk over a bowl of underwear, I heard a voice. It was talking, conversing, telling a story. I easily recognised the voice as that of my own child (now THAT'S parenting for ya) but it was different somehow. It wasn't whining, pleading for some sticky sugary food item he is not allowed. It wasn't crying because the house next door was painted the wrong color. It wasn't screaming, shrieking at the top of his lungs, just to see if it's true that Daddies eyeballs start to bleed from sound over 21,000hz frequency and 120db of amplitude. No, this sound was quite, peaceful, conversational. I stopped to listen for a moment, half expecting to hear a secret conversation with a new found imaginary friend, or worse. For him to be speaking in Aramai...
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