As you may guess the number one reason I married my husband is because he can make me belly laugh daily. We are not in it for the looks, the money (um…teacher), or the high society (cue the banjos)….we are in it for the crazy laughs we can have. So needless to say the family is slightly sarcastic and we bond best when we laugh till we cry.
Today we decided to take the kids to see the new Chipmunk movie. They are 9 and 11. My 9 year old started crying when we announced the family outing at breakfast. Why you ask would a 9 year old boy cry over some family fun? It means that he has to get off his computer. Trust me, I was holding back my tears too. My husband (ultimate computer genius) knew immediately that the child was having computer withdrawals just coming to the table to eat breakfast as a family. So we had a LONG (2 minute) discussion about healthy boys and being addicted to the computer etc.
Well let me introduce you to my computer genius son…
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| This was 2 years ago |
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| showing his official badge |
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| his 9th birthday cake was his computer game character with a shirt that said I heart nerds. |
Needless to say he LOVES all things computers from playing them to fixing them to…well….BLOGGING!!!!
Today he started a new blog about his FAVORITE game EVER. It is called Roblox. Did you hear me? My nine year old woke up and started a blog. {{gush}}
Well on the way home from our movie, my son and I were talking HTML and he was saying the script outloud in the car. It sounded something like this: “Then I type game dot workspace dot Head semicolon parenthesis then another parenthesis remove” While he is saying his HTML code outloud, my husband interrupts and says, “BACKSLASH NERD!”
It fell silent in the car for about 2 LONG seconds then we all burst into hysterics.
Then when we got home he came out to tell me his favorite game in the world gave him a 24 hour ban for directing their traffic to his blog. Amazingly he didn’t cry…he was a little too impressed with himself for getting traffic on his blog. (Yup-He’s just like me-stat crazy)
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| just took this one today. |
If you want to check out his blog click HERE (He would be CRAZY excited to see his STATS go up-it’s genetic apparently.)
I am pretty sure I am breaking the teacher blog rules BIG time by bragging blogging about my son so I am going to blog my December Currently with my buddy Farley at Oh Boy Fourth Grade now!
Link up HERE with Farley for your Currently December too!
also…I made my Top Ten Reasons You know Christmas is Near into an official linky because my bloggy friends were playing along! Check it out and then get your sarcasm on and link up!
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Klinger Cafe' says
December 18, 2011 at 2:55 amoh my I hope blogging about your kids is not a rule because if it is I break it allll the time (maybe that's why I don't have 900 followers:/) Maybe I need a list of rules because there sure seems to be a lot of them…who made these rules exactly and who says we have to follow them? Do you think your son could find out for me??? lol glad we're not the only sarcastic family around!
Holly says
December 18, 2011 at 3:09 amOh *my* goodness…
A. Your son is adorable and you *know* I will be checking out his blog just as soon as I finish here!
B. I made your currently list – that made my day more than you know!!!!!
C. I want to meet up, I want to meet up!
D. Loved your top 10 – I'll try to unleash my inner-witty and link up tomorrow!
Thanks for making me smile! 🙂
Holly
Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
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Jen R. (The Teachers' Cauldron) says
December 18, 2011 at 3:15 amhahaha!!
ok…
a) WE totally did NOT get married for the money either – teacher and firefighter! HELL-OOOOO poor folk!! ha!
b) I TOTALLY busted out laughing when he started his html talk…b/c I TOTALLY do NOT get that language! I know how to cut and paste when/where I need to (only SOMEtimes)…and that's about it! But I LOVE your husband's response best of all! haha!
C) phineas and ferb are highly annoying!
D) I sure hope blogging about your kids is against the rules…b/c I do it all the time (and I even sneak in the hubsters when I can)
E) awww – thanks for stalking me! 🙂 I'm sure for the few months that I'm off, I'll be stalking…at least once a day – ha! can't wait to get back to running either – yea!
♥ Jen Ross
The Teachers' Cauldron
Jen R. (The Teachers' Cauldron) says
December 18, 2011 at 3:17 amack!! D) should be I hope that blogging about your kids is NOT against the rules….yeesh! My hands can't keep up with my brain/mouth! hehe
Jen R. (The Teachers' Cauldron) says
December 18, 2011 at 3:18 amand oh yeah – SO wish I could be part of the meet-up!…ok, I promise…that's my last comment…on here anyway! ha!
Holly says
December 18, 2011 at 3:28 amJen, I'm cracking up with your A, B, C {do you see the "leftover 5" in my post? I switched from numbers to letters because letters just "felt right". OY. And we have two teachers in this family so we are definitely NOT rolling in the dough – integrity? Yes – dough? No!
Reagan I SOOOO wish I were really close enough to meet up – I'm in Michigan! 🙁 You girls will have to post pics. Who all is meeting?
Holly
Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
P.S. I'm following your son's blog…hope that makes his day 🙂
Sue says
December 18, 2011 at 4:33 amThat is amazing that your son started his own blog and that he figured out how to get his stats up…..maybe he could give me some advice.
You have me a bit nervous…..are there rules for blogging???? I just blog for fun.
Sue
theverybusykindergarten
Lindsay says
December 18, 2011 at 4:46 amHi Reagan- I am a new follower! I love your Christmas projects! I might be able to meet up with ya'll in SA over the holidays. I am from Houston but will be in town visiting my family. Come check out my blog.
Lindsay
msnoren.blogspot.com
Jill says
December 18, 2011 at 4:51 amYour son's blog is too cute. I love his poll on the side and that a choice is "kinda failing" – haha!
Marvelous Multiagers!
Jennifer says
December 18, 2011 at 5:37 amLove your son's blog! Had never heard of Roblox before, but I'm showing it to my 9 year old son now! We're not in it for the money either – teacher and military, plus 4 kids! Oh well, our "platoon" has so much fun laughing and being silly together that we don't need any more money!
I have to disagree about one thing though…I'm kind of a Phineas & Ferb fan! I mean, their inventions are so creative and I loove Isabella – "Whatcha doing?". Not to mention it's one of the only shows left without sexual innuendo and crude humor, sigh.
By the way, was the movie any good? Thinking of going tomorrow – my 5 year old loves Chipmunks! and I hope it's not against the rules to blog about your kids because I do it all the time too!
Jennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
Jen R. (The Teachers' Cauldron) says
December 18, 2011 at 1:54 pmha! Holly…I DID see that and wondered why it was there 🙂
A Teacher's Treasure says
December 18, 2011 at 3:36 pmI stalked your son's blog!!!! 🙂 what a cool kid!
Happy Holidays!
❤ Mor Zrihen ❤
A Teacher's Treasure
Amanda says
December 18, 2011 at 4:10 pmReagan, I love your little guy, and I have decided that I would like to have him in my class. He has a great vocabulary, as evidenced by his blog, so I know we would have great fun together! Hahaha!
Kristin says
December 18, 2011 at 4:10 pmI love that your son is following in your footsteps!!! Nerds, UNITE!! 🙂
I noticed you're at 943. Dang, girl!!!! Way to go!!! 🙂
I'm so so so jealous that you and Farley are going to meet up. I'm super happy for my meet up with Hadar and a few others but I'd love to meet up with you two, too. I can't wait to hear all about it!!!
A Teeny Tiny Teacher
Kim says
December 18, 2011 at 10:37 pmHi Reagan:
I left a comment on your son's blog. Amazing what kids can do these days… although I only understood a few words on the whole page!
Maybe I need to study Dolch words for technology–I am in need of remedial tutoring.
And Gaming? Well, that's another planet entirely. My gaming experience ended when Yahtzee and Uno were the "new" games…
Merry Christmas!
Kim
Finding JOY in 6th Grade
Conchy says
December 19, 2011 at 12:24 amI did not understand anything about this post… 🙁 I’d love to start my own blog, but I don’t know how…
We got smart boards in our classrooms last year during the 2nd semester. This year I just couldn’t remember anything!!!! Not even how to start it! One of my students (first grade) showed me!
Do you have any advice on how to learn about blogging??? Would appreciate any. (Maybe send your son to me for Winter break?) Just kidding.
Thanks!
Conchy Marcano
[email protected]
oh' boy says
December 19, 2011 at 6:24 pmREAGAN.. I love your son… he sent me a PERSONALIZED message!!! lol
Katie says
December 21, 2011 at 4:32 amI would so love to meet up with you and Farley over the break. I am a little less than an hour away! So excited about the possibility!
Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher