Top O’ The Mornin’

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Hunter brought in a project to school he has been working on for a while.  A leprechaun trap!  I can’t wait to see how it went over.  As we unloaded it from the back of the van his friends were all so curious about this contraption he was bringing to class.  He built it from cardboard boxes, bits and pieces of things around the house and a few Irish decorations he bought at the craft store.  Very fun!  Hunter loves building things and for a while he wanted to do a breakfast making machine.  As he was describing what he wanted it to do, I had a flash of familiarity and we went to youtube to watch this classic sequence from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.  I don’t know how my kids had gone so long never seeing it, since it is quoted so often on their Dad’s side of the family.  After seeing this clip we dug it out of the dusty VHS cabinet and watched it after homework the next day.  They loved it, and are starting to work their favorite quotes into everyday conversation.  Just like their Daddy…

9 Comments

  1. korby
    Mar 17, 2008

    Looks GREAT Hunter!!!

  2. Heidi
    Mar 17, 2008

    It’s true, my life is filled with Pee Wee quotes. All of the links on my post today have Pee Wee quotes.
    “Spearamint or Fruit?”

  3. Auntie Lauralee
    Mar 17, 2008

    Here’s a leprechaun that I caught for Hunter!
    He’s a cute one.
    http://users.zhonka.net/manorbooks/pictures/Leprechaun.jpg

  4. korby
    Mar 18, 2008

    Hunter was it a HUGE hit? I am sure it was/

  5. Heather
    Mar 18, 2008

    Wow, so fun! Hunter, I love your amazing ideas, I’ll bet this was a huge hit at school yesterday! And I love that you got to see Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, that movie is a classic! How do you think Ciel got her nickname Frances! “Why just this morning Frances was…FRANCES!!!” Gotta love it.

  6. Erica
    Mar 18, 2008

    Very creative Hunter! My boys would be in awe over that invention.

    I forgot all about Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. That was a classic.

  7. Melly
    Mar 18, 2008

    I forgot it was St. Patricks day, Welly was sick all day and that was enough for me.

  8. Hunter
    Mar 19, 2008

    My class thought it was really cool. I will write about it on my blog http://ribbityribbit.blogspot.com/

  9. Amy's Dad
    Mar 20, 2008

    I love that invention, Hunter! Make sure to ask the leprechuan for his pot o’ gold.

    I used to love watching PeeWee when your mom was young, but she just rolled her eyes and said he was dumb. His breakfast machine was awesome. Here’s a similar kind of invention that is very cool:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2VCfOC69jc&