Better late than never

Some favorite recent quotes from Creed:

Stella had lashed out at him for some misdeed. She screamed incomprehensibly while simultaneously rubbing her shoulder. He remained cool as a cucumber and without skipping a beat said "Um, I speak English. Here is a gibberish-to-English dictionary. Use it."

I was doing my best to keep up with the Kardashians the other day when one character requested a private conversation with another. As they exited the room and carried on their conversation in hushed tones, Creed observed out loud "They don't want to have a private conversation. They are on national t.v., for crying out loud! This is not a private conversation!"

He loves politics, history, and current events.

Sometimes parenting him is like being on a roller coaster. He is the happiest happy kid and also the grouchiest grouchy kid in the house. Does that make sense? He is a ball of creative, energetic passion.  He has been remarkably more self aware ever since we tamed him, though.

The kids in his class this year decided that he and another girl were the best artists in the class. They even organized a contest to decide who was the best between him and this girl. He sold many of his drawings to classmates at the student store. Seriously, his friends were giving him cash for his art.

By the way, Creed turned 11 in February. I alluded to it in another post, but now I am finally getting around to posting his birthday interview.

An Interview with the Birthday Boy

Favorite Snack: Goldfish

Favorite Dinner: Chicken Soup

Favorite Cuisine: Japanese

Favorite School Subject: HIstory and Writing

Favorite Hobby: Drawing

Favorite Book: (thoughtfully) I don't know, I like a lot of them. Maybe . . . Hunger Games and Harry Potter?

Favorite Sport: Basketball

Favorite Band: The Aquabats

Favorite Movie: Napoleon Dynamite

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Personality Trait in Yourself: That I am strong and sensitive. I found that in a fortune cookie once.

Would Like to Develop More: be more good lookin'

Favorite T.V. show? SpongeBob

Favorite game: Settlers of Catan

Biggest Regret: I don't have any

What is the hardest thing you have ever done? That dumb science fair project. I did NOT like that.

What is the thing you have done that makes you most proud? when I ran a mile in under 7 minutes and did 8 pull ups in a row. (I don't know when he ran a mile in under 7 minutes. I can't get him to do anything lately!)

What is your goal for this year? to write a book outside of school

What would you like to teach younger generations? the value of a dollar

What are you most looking forward to this year? graduating from elementary school and going to Montana this summer

If you could have dinner with any three people, who would they be? It would be you, dad, and eddie, but then I would feel bad that I didn't include Sara and Scott. So, Eddie, Sara, and Scott. They are awesome. Sorry, mom.

If you could have three wishes, what would they be?

1. a billion dollars
2. my own personal spaceship
3. the ability to fly

What are you most worried about? that I won't get a good job when I grow up and that I might die before I am done living my life.

What would you do with a million dollars? donate some to charity, pay tithing, buy my own computer with a bunch of games, my own car with a chauffeur, a huge house, and waste the rest of it on little trinkets.

What do you want to be when you grow up? An author

At this point, the interview was over. He was concerned and said "But mom, you didn't ask me what my superpower would be?" 

So,  Superpower: heat vision