Green Hornet

The other night while we were watching a Batman movie Wuggie Norple said "The more I know about heroes, the more I like them." So the last time I was at the library I got a set of the Green Hornet radio broadcasts. Yesterday on the way to church (our 50 minute commute) I put them on.

Here's the plot summary of episode one:
The city council passes an appropriation bill
The bad guy (Oily Slick) sells options on a property not really under consideration by the Council.
The newspaper editor (the daylight alter ego of the Green Hornet), learning of the scam, calls the city council and recommends they consider the property in question.
The Con man, realizing he cannot honor all the options he has sold, returns the money.
Now the action starts. The Green Hornet changes into his costume, visits the members of the sub-committee convened to purchase land using the new appropriations and strongly encourages them to buy the property in question. They, hating the Green Hornet, vote against it.

Wow! All the heart stopping action of appropriations, real estate options, and committee politics.

Wuggie says quietly from the back seat "There's not really a lot of action..."

I guess the definition of "Action" has changed a lot since 1936.

Soccer

Wuggie Norple just started indoor soccer. It's his first season. A good friend of his plays in this indoor soccer league, and he loves to see his friend, but there are challenges too. At the end of practice he is very red and sweaty. I don't think he has run around for an hour non-stop since he was 2.

Experiment

Wuggie Norple got a book of science experiments at the used book sale.

This is our second. We made Celery turn pink.

Congratulations!

Wuggie Norple challenged himself to a 3 day Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz personal best this weekend. Here's the proof that he succeeded. He says to tell you this is the second hardest race in the Grand Prix

Perfidy

Tonight while reading The Tale of Despereaux we came across the word 'perfidy' and had to look it up in a dictionary. It is the first time we have looked up a word together but oh, dear reader, it was not in Wuggie's "First Dictionary" so we had to drag out Mama's Webster's New World Dictionary. And so he learned right from the start that hard lesson about dictionaries: if your dictionary does not contain all the words you need, it is not much use at all. Next we tried some easier words. 'Palm' we tried, and 'force'. Neither were in his lovely brand new dictionary. He felt somewhat betrayed. Perfidy!

Halloween

In case you were wondering what secret identity Wuggie Norple chose for Halloween

Pomegranate

Who knew- Wuggie Norple LOVES pomegranates. He ate almost the whole thing, seeds and all.

Oh wait, I did know that, he's loved them for years. Every fall it's like a brand new amazing fruit.