Is this going to be about skiing?
(which we have actually done quite a lot of over the last few weeks and I'm sad to say I am the last non-snowboarder in the house)
No.
About gum then?
(Santa brought the boys a Hubba Bubba book this Christmas instead of a Lifesaver book, much to Luke's great surprise and joy and I believe he had his way chewed through that entire book in about 43 minutes)
No.
This is going to be about comic books.
Specifically, comic books written and illustrated by 10 year old boys.
Complete with an "about the author" addendum on the back page.
(Author: Jacob O
Age: 10
Food: Tacos
Drink: pop
Sport: soccer
Computer: Pirates online
Subject: PE
Best friends: Sky & Brady)
The only thing lacking was a posed photo of him on a hillside, with a book and his dog.
(Here's the best I can do - it's too freakin' cold out to get the hillside shot. And the dog is too lazy to get up and pose for a photo (again...all learned in the home...)
This particular comic book was written with the help of his friend, Brady. I should clarify and state now that this was actually a series of comic books.
They are based (very) loosely on the Veggie Tales movies (and by "based on", I mean the only thing they really have in common was that the lead characters were fruits and vegetables).
Jacob was in charge of developing the vegetable characters and story lines (they were the "good guys") and Brady the fruits (the "bad guys" - which in retrospect, considering the loathing we hold for most foods green in this house, that should have been the opposite. But then, perhaps I am just not digging deep enough into the complexity of these writings).
Now all that was simply to lay the context for this conversation in the car on the way to school:
Jake: I can't wait to see Brady's section of our comic book. It is going to be AWESOME!... It was pretty violent though (shudders a bit)
Luke: With (wider than usual) eyes and a little gulp of fearful excitement "Is there blood?"
Jake: In a completely matter of fact tone, replies, "No blood........just juice".
This is the same kid who on more than one occasion has had "creative writing" sent home with sub par marks due to lack of creativity.
Somebody's looking very Harry Potter-ish in that photo! And apparently it's so much easier to be creative outside of school...
Posted by: Fern | January 15, 2009 at 10:21 PM
I need to get my hair cut. I have the same 'do as an 11 yr old boy...so sad.
And perhaps you should show "The Vegie Team" to his teacher. Too often the topics they're given to write about are dead boring to a kid!
Posted by: Christine | January 16, 2009 at 08:43 AM
Love the author photo!
So sad about SS. What will you do now?
Posted by: Kelli | January 17, 2009 at 06:03 PM
OMG, that is so funny! Do we get to see an advanced copy? Love the photo of him. He looks so pensive. :)
Posted by: Jennifer Miller | January 20, 2009 at 12:50 PM
That is so cute. My DS does this all the time... writes and draws comic books.
Posted by: Christine Hertel | March 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM