Geez, is it that time already?

Well, it’s funny. I was planning to do a celebratory post today, but my feelings got in the way. You see, my boys went back to school today after fully EIGHT WEEKS of school holidays! And I have been so looking forward to it.

[see A Day in the Life of a Work-from-home Dad during School Holidays to tap into just some of my pain].

As much I love them, there’s stuff I just have to do as a business-owner and it’s been tough to plan it let alone action it for the last 2 months…

…so here I was – all ready to whoop it up. Then it hit me…

My eldest son starts High School today.

That once-babe-in-arms who vomited on the teenage girl at church, that little blondehaired tearaway who once theorized that time gets into clocks through a pipe at the back, that kid who used to willingly listen to Winnie-the-Pooh stories complete with Dad’s silly voices. He’s a High Schooler.

I’ve come over all nostalgic.

I’d love to write one of those informative posts where you give your own tips for helping your kid to adjust to High School or to a new school. I may still do that.

But right now… I’m just a mess of pride, nostalgia and surprise!

He’s a bloody high schooler, for goodness sake!

“You know, the Guy with the Long Testicles…”

I love it when kids mispronounce things. Especially in public. Like what happened at the park this morning…

It’s one of those idyllic Australian summer mornings -although I’m sitting in the shade of a European tree – mild temperature, no cloud, slight cool breeze. Families playing happily around me. My son and his friend are off playing Jedis and I’m reading my latest mindless fiction acquisition.  

The two boys appear at my elbow, asking my help in deciding what their Jedi names should be. After I make a few suggestions – which are completely dismissed of course – Youngest Son’s friend says that he wants to be a certain character (a minor Jedi) who I can’t recall.

In his frustration to describe the character to me, he eventually blurts at the top of his voice “You know, the guy with the long testicles on his head!”

What episode of Star Wars was that in? I think to myself.

“I … think you mean, tentacles,” I chuckle, “Yes, I know who you mean now…” (See photo below).

Glad I worked that one out quickly…

Thanks to fellow blogger Tanya for recently recording a similar incident that made me  chuckle also. You can visit Hard Teats for the full story…

…Oh, and here’s that Star Wars fellow we were discussing earlier.

“Hey fella, nice haircut!” 

Parodies – The Trilogy

Just my way of posting 3 Star Wars Parodies in one sitting. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you can never have enough Star Wars parodies!

Episode I: Monty Python and the Black Knight of the Sith

Episode II: Star Wars Gangsta Rap

“There’s a city in the clouds where they’re keepin’ ma crewe,

“A Jedi’s gotta do what a Jedi’s gotta do…”

Episode III: Star Wars Help Desk

(TheMolk may relate to this one)

DadLabs: The Milk Man

I’d Like to Have an Argument Please

My wife Ninja and I are about to see the Monty Python musical Spamalot.

No longer will I be jealous and envious of The Molk, who’s seen it and bought his family flying cow merchandise.

For those of you who haven’t or won’t be seeing it,  here’s a Python sketch to cheer you up… 

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05EmK66Gsk[/youtube]

B_G

Oldest Son: Dad, is there such a word as bog?

Yours Truly: Yes, that’s a word. [Thinks: where's this going?]

Oldest Son: If you take the letters b & g and put every vowel between them, it makes a word. Bag, beg, big, bog, bug. Cool, huh?

Yours Truly: That’s … cool, son. Sure. [Gives him a warm smile, but thinks: ... Neh?!]