Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Grandpa Bob's Treasure Map

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

24 November 2010

Grandpa Bob's Treasure Map

Buzz: Hey Mum, look at this picture. Did Dad draw it?

Me: What is it? (Sees that it is a complex geometrical problem:)

Me: Oh, that would be Grandpa Bob. Definitely not Daddy.

Buzz: I've traced over all the lines.

Me: Good on you.

Buzz: It's a treasure map. Why did Grandpa Bob draw a treasure map? Where is it? What is in the treasure? How does Grandpa Bob know about the treasure? Was he the one who buried it?

Me: Wha? What do you mean, it's a treasure map? How do you know?

Buzz: Because there's an "X" there.

Me: Ah.

5 comments:

Allegro ma non troppo said...: Oh my, I'm rolling around laughing at the image of our mathematical Dad trotting around burying treasure and drawing maps.

Buzz - I love your imagination!; 24 November, 2010 19:52
Givinya De Elba said...: I did explain that X was not treasure - it was a number. You had to follow all the clues to find out what number X was. He seemed underwhelmed by that.; 24 November, 2010 19:58
Swift Jan said...: Just caught up on all your latest posts. Rather than comment on all of them I will just do a general one here (dont get online much lately)

Wow Buzz is clever!! I can see why it looks like a treasure map!

I too had an epic fail last week and had to resort to maccas. Only I ruined the quiche! How does one ruin quiche?

Back flip. I want to go too!; 24 November, 2010 23:25
Hippomanic Jen said...: I love it! I know what the treasure at "x" is. It is your Buzz. Definitely.; 25 November, 2010 15:08
Caitlin said...: Clever kid!; 26 November, 2010 23:03

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24 November 2010

Grandpa Bob's Treasure Map

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