Once. Bang. Twice. Bang. And again. Bang.
What does Archimedes have to do with
...The Great 5.7 Head?Directly, little. But indirectly it's like this: Plotnik and Ducknik are both getting antsy to be somewhere else. They had long been planning a trip either to
Argentina, or
Syracuse. Syracuse is on the island of Sicily (blue ocean, black olives, eggplant with red peppers). Argentina is on the Southeast coast of South America (beef, empanadas, more beef).Syracuse is the ancient Greek colony defeated by Rome in the Second Century BC. Syracuse is also where Archimedes lived. Only last week they used some high-falootin' laser-guided techno shmeckno to read one of Archimedes' writings for the first time in a thousand years. The Great Plotnik wrote about that event for AOL. It did not make him want to go to the Exploratorium to see the event, but it did make him want to go to Sicily.
But then came NEWS about BABY. Now, Plot and Duck are going nowhere for awhile. Is it worth it? OHHHHHH YEAH! The Great 5.7 Head is in town for the weekend, and this morning, this very morning, as she was walking down the stairs Plotnik was walking up the stairs. As they passed, 5.7 said: "Listen, Grandpa," and Plot put first his hand and then his head on her belly. Right there, on the stairs, in the land between the old world and the new world (Oh, all right, between the main floor and the lower floor), the baby kicked Plottie right in the ear. Once. Bang. Twice. Bang. And again. Bang.
posted by DAK @ 9:19 AM
3 Comments:
So you're still getting beat up? I'm impressed with the little Grandnik, and of course you don't want to go anywhere right now because he or she will be a lot more fun once he or she is O-U-T! And I'm sure the Great 5.7 head will be glad to get her forehead -- um, fivehead -- back.
PS I loved the photo of your mom. She has great hair!
PlotPa! You are going to be such a good grandpa. Argentina and Syracuse (I grew up near Syracuse Kansas, and cannot imagine anyone wanting to vacation there - good thing there are other Syracuses) will always be there. Grandkids are WAY more special.
You had better get used to it. Grandkids ARE a constant kick in the head. The best part comes in a few years when Mommynik and Daddynik want a weekend alone and Grandmanik and Grandpanik are enlisted to take babynik to Sea World or, Plot-forbid, middle class America-nightmare-vacationland-in-Anaheim. That will truly be a weekend to look forward to!
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