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Saturday morning poetry
Posted on September 17th, 2011 1 commentGone are the days of Saturday morning cartoons that I enjoyed as a child. Instead, my kids are eager to start their weekend with video games. Their current favorite is Lego Universe. And since we’ve connected a “media PC” to our TV, they love to play on the widescreen.
Of course, they know they have to practice violin before any game play begins. That’s why I was awakened at 7 a.m. this morning with the strands of Perpetual Motion and with a clicking metronome set at 104 beats per minute!
When I finally made it downstairs and found the two younger boys enjoying their game, Luke greeted me with this poem he wrote about his Saturday morning experience.
Hi mom. Hi dad.
I hope you don’t mind
that I came down the stairs
and didn’t didn’t inquireas to your opinion of
the matter which I face.
Should I come down the stairs
as if in a raceto try for the PC
without even giving
my brother a chance,
or would you be nayingan action so bold …
instead of staying in bed
where it’s warm and not cold
to not hurt my eyes in the midst of my head?The bait was too much.
I came down the stairs,
but I practiced my violin
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Teenager!
Posted on September 1st, 2010 1 commentToday Luke passed an important milestone and became a teenager. We celebrated with photos and a family dinner and lots and lots of Legos. I don’t think he’ll ever outgrow Legos!!
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Demonstrating Legos Mindstorms
Posted on November 28th, 2009 No commentsLuke recently participated in the MLC Forensics Meet, doing a demonstration speech on Lego Mindstorms and earning a blue ribbon in the process. We thought you might enjoy the watching speech.
Get the Flash Player to see this content.And here’s Luke with the rest of the all blue 2009 St. John’s Forensics Team!