bragging rights

My Bean is fairly awesome, as you know, obviously, however, of late his awesome has been focused on spelling and reading and being academic literary Prep student of the decade.

This isn't in comparison to others in his class or others of his age. Just in Jelly Bean terms, and, to me, that's him being the best he can be.

And I'm super proud.

We're on holiday and long-term readers know this tends to cause us both some levels of stress. But despite that and the fact that the tropical oasis break we were looking for has been a little cluttered with monsoon, litter and images of animal abuse, there's been no tears from me these holidays (except going to a friend's wedding related normal smooshy tears) and the Bean has coped fairly well.

And I'm super proud.

And today we went for a long drive all over the island, we bought a fair trade hammock, in rainbow colours although The Bean pointed out to the sales clerk that "maybe it's made of Thai rainbow colours as there's no pink in it and the song says 'red and yellow and PINK and green.' Not 'red and yellow and orange and green.'" She didn't really understand or acknowledge his obtuseness, his accent, his lack of scientific accuracy or his racism. She just told him not to drink in it or stick his fingers in the holes in the weave.

I wasn't so proud of him then.

And then after dinner tonight, he wrote a story about he and I, on his iPad.

And I was SO SO PROUD!!!

Things The Bean has said:

1. TB: Dogs are like kids they always want to play, but cats are not keen.. They like naps and sleeping and going nuts..

2. Face painting.

TB: See this camouflaged fish

Me: Can people be camouflaged?

TB: Yeh when they paint their faces they can hide in the jungle and stuff.

TB: When I was a rainbow cat I was camouflaged.

Me: Hehehe yeh I guess.

TB: Only the rainbows could see me.

3. Making smoothies 1

Me: When I'm around is the only time you can use the whizzer, otherwise it could chop your fingers off.

TB: And then we'll have fingers in our smoothie.

4. Making smoothies 2

TB: Why do they call it a smoothie, it's not smooth it's slow

5. With a big blue piece of material.

TB: See this its a gulper bag it has tiny eyes but a ginormous mouth..

It eats at the deep abyss

It can even eat humans because they are medium

Some are even tiny

You can't escape it with your escape action

(Dragon runs past)

It can even eat your pet cat!

6. 6am

TB: Mama!You can really appreciate this picture with the light on

7. 6:05 am

Me: This is a great picture

TB: Yeh, I'm an artist

8.

TB:  That is rare isn't it?

Me: Yeh that's right.

TB: Rare means it doesn't happen very much

Me: Where did you learn about rare?

TB: David Attenborough, remember when red light is rare in the abyss?