After-action report: visit to Game Point in Conway, AR
The boy and I happened to have time to kill in Conway this afternoon (while mom was at a work-related function – things being what they are right now, she’s about the only one with work-related functions to attend), and not far from our hotel was a massive store with all sorts of video game logos in the windows: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii… whoa, wait, a vintage Atari logo? Since Little E is already my video gaming buddy (it just so happens that most of the games reviewed in Phosphor Dot Fossils these days are picked by him almost at random, which explains why recent reviews there have been such an eclectic mix) and an avowed Mario fan, we made it a point to visit this place called Game Point.
Sadly, this photo was taken as we were back at the car, so it doesn’t show the giant Atari logo … Read more
Little E: I’m going to turn into… a peach!
The other night, while we were playing with Little E’s train track construction set…
An actual conversation from right around bedtime tonight:
A bizarre conversation tonight when I got home…
Toward the end of tonight’s bath, Little E went through this elaborate ritual of trying very intently to hang his wet washcloth on the bathtub’s hand rail. I asked him if this meant he was ready to get out of the tub.
Said on the drive home:
Let me preface this by stating that I don’t know where any of this comes from… but it sure made for an entertaining evening.
During a dicussion on the drive home from day care, while I was trying to explain the relationship of rain to the clouds in the sky, Little E offered his own theory: