sotired

[ciroccoj]

• wake up way too early
  
• freak-out for Daniel
  
• Justin claims Daniel "doesn't act his age"
  
• pancakes for parents, oatmeal for children
  
• explain the concept of province-wide testing to Daniel, using Shakespeare, Chaucer, Harry Potter and Narnia as examples - no, really
  
• gardening for all
  
• lunch for all
  
• drive to Bayshore for rain jackets with kids while Chris studies
  
• try to explain concept of 'racial purity' to both children; children remain somewhat mystified
  
• drive around trying to find parking
  
• everybody and their frigging dog out at Bayshore
  
• find parking, no wallet
  
• *&%$
  
• drive back, feeling nauseated
  
• lie down while children play
  
• Chris done studying, drive to IKEA for new dishes
  
• everybody and their grandmother and grandchildren and frigging dog's grandchildren out at IKEA
  
• buy dishes, yay, happily live close to cliff/quarry to toss old ones over
  
• home, change, drive out to Orleans for tsunami/food bank fundraising concert, still nauseated
  
• at concert from 5:30-10pm
  
• I love choirs, but not 12 in a row
  
• no dinner, but lovely munchies after concert
  
• drive home
  
• wind down by reading fic
  
• lj update
  
• bed

Comments

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

I'm curious as to how you described racial purity to the littles.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Came up because of Harry Potter, of course, as Daniel and Justin wanted to know why Voldemort wanted all of the Muggle-borns dead. And whether all the pureblood wizards hated Muggles and Muggle-borns. And if so, why. And if not, why not. God deliver us from overly curious children.

The nice part was we'd just been talking about genes (dominant/recessive, how come Mama & Daniel have brown eyes & hair, Daddy and Justin have blue eyes & blond hair, etc) so I was able to explain that some people believe your genes are the most important thing about you. And that although we've told the boys that we are all part nature, part nurture, to many people the 'nature' part far outweighs the nurture, and they assume things based on your nature. Like, for example, if your skin is dark, they assume you must be lazy/stupid/inferior/etc. Or if your parents are Jewish, even though you yourself may believe in Christ, since your genes are still Jewish, you're still dishonest/sneaky/etc.

Daniel asked a bit about Hitler (?!), and I think he got it, a bit. At least, he was able to tie it in to his original question and answer for himself why, in the world of Harry Potter, the fact that Hermione Granger is Muggle-born is still more important to some people than the fact that she's a very good witch.

Justin remainded puzzled. He didn't understand the whole 'Jews are all sneaky' 'blacks are all dumb' thing. I think it has to do with being five, and being surrounded by a lot of colour in his daily life. The concept of generalising large group of people based on appearance or some other random trait is a little nonsensical to him, I think.

Have I mentioned how glad I am that my kids are growing up in Ottawa?

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

Hey, I figure Ottawa's a much better place than the US. ^_^

Thumbs up to the littles. Even if Justin doesn't really understand why people would hate certain groups of people, it's still so cool that he doesn't do that already at the tender age of five.

::grin::

[ninja-kat.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, my day also involved Bayshore (11:30-4:00) and IKEA (4:14-5:00). Didn't bump into you though...or I would have happily joined you in some dish-chucking - or picked those plates up for you. (I was ordering a replacement kitchen cabinet door.) These are the green ones that you've had since the wedding, right? From 'Martha'?

Hope you are recovered from your whirlwind day and are feeling less nauseated.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Huh. We never made it out of the Bayshore parking lot, but we were there around noonish, and went to IKEA right around when you were there. Big store, isn't it?

And yes, they're the Martha dishes. They've served us long and well, but it's time for them to retire :)