August 03, 2004

My son, precocious one

Christian Lee Thompson (aka "boy", "goofball", et al), b Feb 26 1999.
This picture is a year old, but he's still just as cute.
He is tall and skinny, smiles a lot, likes to get his own way.. he's sneaky, very sharp, rides on his charisma. He can figure out anything he puts his mind to (cliche, of course) but he is remarkably finicky about what he sets his mind to. He has no problem getting gold cup in the 100cc special tracks in Mario Super Circuit, breezes through all of the levels in worlds 1 and 2 of Super Mario Bros 3, Worlds 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Yoshi's Island, he can type anything he sees in writing (including complex punctuation) but barely knows his alphabet, can't count, and can barely write his first name.

Likes: Chicken (baked, fried, grilled, sauteed, stir fried, deep fried), Corn, Tancakes, Steak, Cherries, Nanas, Pickles, Cucumber slices (?), Onya (lasagna), Enya (effective lullabyes, go fig), Winamp Visualizations, Most of the anime on Cartoon Network (he can pronounce more zany things in Japanese than I can), an inordinate amount of wresting and pillowfighting, Bowling, Sliding, Homestar Runner, Jumpaline, Carnival Rides, Tricycling, his friends and family.

Dislikes: Rice, pickle slices in his hamburger (he'll pull them out and give them to me or to Momma), soggy cereal, dehydrated milk, white bread (?), messes, having to be have (yes that is two words in our family, for some odd reason :), being in trouble, being bored, any televised entertainment that fails to be animated, doing work when he's not in the mood (sometimes suprisingly he is), getting the sun in his eyes, hurting himself trying to pull off some stupid stunt, things scaring him.. ghosts, witches, banshees (the noises made by the wind), monsters, etc.. when interviewed as to what he is scared they will do to him...
Me> Are you afraid they're gonna hurt you?
Him> No
Me> Step on you?
Him> No (laugh)
Me> Take away your toys?
Him> No
Me> What are you scared they will do to you?
Him> Scare me, Scare me and make me run away

He's adorable and he'll probably make you say "Awwww" :)

Posted by jesse at August 3, 2004 12:06 AM
Comments

Why does reading this remind me of a personal's ad? ;-)

Cute, smart, kid! My daughter (5 in Jan.) is great on the mouse and keyboard, can use a Web browser with no trouble at all.

Posted by: Jake at August 3, 2004 04:17 PM

Oh yeah, but can she cook? lol

Posted by: Jesse Thompson at August 4, 2004 12:14 AM

Okay, I give... what the heck are tancakes? Oh, I got it, a 5-yo often puts different letters on the front of things, so they are obviously LANcakes, or layers of bundled fiber in asynchronous mode.

I canNOT fake geekspeak, so I'll stop right now...

Posted by: Barney at August 4, 2004 10:48 PM

Aww, don't quit now, your techono-babble is amusing to us :]

Posted by: Jesse Thompson at August 5, 2004 06:29 PM