6thGrader and 4thGrader have a new favorite show: Phineas and Ferb on the Disney Channel.
We were first introduced to Phineas and Ferb courtesy of Kidzeyes when 6thGrader got to preview several episodes in the fall as part of a Kidzeyes survey. We were hooked from the first episode and looked forward to the launch of Phineas and Ferb on the Disney Channel.
Phineas and Ferb are brothers who have the whole summer ahead of them - 104 days of summer vacation (come on, sing along if you know the words...) and they face the age old question of what to do with all those days ahead of them. They are lucky boys because their parents haven't over-scheduled them or booked them into camps and programs for the summer; they are left to do what kids ought to do in the summer -- find their own adventures!
Phineas and Ferb have a sister Candace (voiced by Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale) who has a crush on Jeremy the hot-dog-stand-guy (voiced by another Disney Channel star, Mitchell Musso). Candace is always trying to rat her brothers' out to their mom (doing what older sisters do best), but somehow Phineas and Ferb always manage to not get in trouble for their (sometimes mis-)adventures.
There's a sub-story in each episode involving their pet, Perry the Platypus, who is really a secret agent whose main mission is to stop the evil Dr. D.......
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 07, 2008
"What kind of guy are you?"
On the way to school the other day, I noticed a sign that the local area soccer organization was having sign ups soon. I asked 4thGrader if he wanted to play this season, just like I ask him every season about every sport. He had the same answer as always - NO!
Just like always, I asked him "Why not?" and just like always he said he didn't like it, he didn't know how to play, and he wasn't any good at it. I said perhaps we had failed him and his brother by not playing sports in the yard so much, that perhaps they'd had too much unstructured time in the yard as little guys. He said no, that wasn't it - it's just that he's "not a sports guy."
"Not a sports guy? Well, that's ok - you can be whatever kind of guy you want to be," I said. "What kind of guy are you, then?"
I should've guessed his reply. "A Technology guy."
I told him that he can be whatever kind of guy he wants to be and that no one else can tell him what kind of guy to be.
His dad says if he'll end up as wealthy as Bill Gates and those other "Technology Guys" then we'll be all set!
Just like always, I asked him "Why not?" and just like always he said he didn't like it, he didn't know how to play, and he wasn't any good at it. I said perhaps we had failed him and his brother by not playing sports in the yard so much, that perhaps they'd had too much unstructured time in the yard as little guys. He said no, that wasn't it - it's just that he's "not a sports guy."
"Not a sports guy? Well, that's ok - you can be whatever kind of guy you want to be," I said. "What kind of guy are you, then?"
I should've guessed his reply. "A Technology guy."
I told him that he can be whatever kind of guy he wants to be and that no one else can tell him what kind of guy to be.
His dad says if he'll end up as wealthy as Bill Gates and those other "Technology Guys" then we'll be all set!
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