Alternafolkpop

If you are a Five O’Clock People fan, don’t click here because you’ll find that you, like me, just missed one of their first shows in years. Frowning emoticon.

On Ethnicity

Aidan (almost six):  I’m half Portlandish and have Seattlish.

It’s All Vietnamese To Me

Over the weekend, my mom visited from Seattle and we took her to one of her favorite Portland spots – a Vietnamese restaurant renown for their pepper salted squid – Thien Hong.  

As with most ethnic restaurants, the menu had selections listed in English and in Vietnamese.  We were still deciding what to order when the server came with our round of water.  Paige (4) looked up from her menu to the server and stated…

“You know we can’t understand this, right?”

LOST

All I know is that between now and the premiere of the next season of LOST, one could conceive and have a baby.

And, thanks to Dave, here are many theories surrounding the finale.

What do you think?

Senior Picture

The Dollar Store

Makaena:  I love the Dollar Store.
Ian:  Why do you love the Dollar Store?
Makaena:  ‘Cuz you can buy all those beautiful, cool, breakable things.

Paige’s Prayer

“Dear Lord. Thank you for this day. A lovely day. A day. Amen.”

(Synonymous parallelism?  Synthetic parallelism?  Something else?  You make the call.)

Paigeology

“Mom?  Every man needs his own woman, right?”

Picnic

Mindy told the kids that she’d like to take them for a picnic in the park.

Paige:  We can go to the place with the statues and the grass?
Mindy (trying to figure out where Paige is talking about):  With the statues and the grass?
Paige:  With the rocks.
Mindy (still trying):  The rocks?
Paige:  The place where the people go to die.
Mindy:  You mean the cemetary?
Paige:  Yeah!

A Conversation

Aidan:  The last time daddy played, he was Luigi.
Makaena:  Luigi?  Who’s Luigi?
Aidan:  Mario’s brother.
Makaena:  Oh yeah!  I get it.  Mario Brothers.
Paige:  A wedgie?  Who’s a wedgie?