FIRST, watch the video.  It’s very short, I promise.

OK.  SO, the Kindergarten scholars at the girls’ school do a final report on anything they want.  I wrote about it here: The Other Fake Pegasus. Oh honeys.  The reading, the interviewing, the typing.  She wanted to type her own Reference page and her own Introduction…and on, and on.  She’s 5! She can’t type!  But type she did.  At one point I actually lost my patience with my FIVE year old for not being diligent about her Reference page. Don’t worry, I slapped myself in the face for you.

The big report was yesterday.  She wanted to take a presentation board, a movie clip, and a toy.  Done.  Here is a key component to this story: Sara wanted to watch her presentation and be present for moral support.  I thought she was fibbing and wanted to show off in front of younger children, but I was wrong.  Honest to God, she wanted to dress up and show her sister some love.  It started like this:

“Mommy, I already know what you are going to say, and I asked my teacher and Kelly’s teacher already if it was OK.  It’s first thing in the morning and I’ll only miss a few minutes of Language Arts.  Mrs. B. says if it’s OK with you, send her an email, and it’s OK with her. See?  I took care of it.”

WOW.  Wow.  I’m kind of glad I didn’t sell her to the circus last week.  A huge thank you to the school’s Child Psychologist for talking me out of that plan.

Sara is in the front row in the very fanc-ay blue dress, playing with her sash.  What is more impressive than Kelly MAKING UP an answer about our “special computer” which magically researches mythical creatures, and what you cannot see in this video (go ahead, watch it again….these 2 should be in the kiddie CIA) is SARA FED HER THE ANSWER.  They told me about it on the way home.  Kelly invented the “special computer” on the spot, and Sara mouthed the words “fairy and mermaids” to her so she would be able to drive home her point. She barely moves.  They are sisters speaking telepathically. Impressive.

Do we have a mythical-centric computer?  Of course we do.  Greg went to Radio Shack (it took 3 trips and a coupon), ordered some special wires from Tiger Direct, put 11 holes in my wall, and built a computer the size of a Jackson Pollock painting which can MAGICALLY research made up things.  We desperately needed it because the internet only holds verified facts. I LOVE the little scholar who asked the question, and Kelly swears (this month) she’s marrying him.  I hope so.  He’s perfect in every way.

What’s so sweet is that I’m pretty certain they think their answer is true.  Daddy builds most things around here.  He put a mobile server in the minivan so they could watch all of their movies while driving across the country.  He creates electronic working what-nots out of thin air.  I’m not going to bore you with the lengths he went to while trying to rescue the Dustbuster (Zed’s dead baby. Zed’s dead).

I’m sure they assumed because this young scholar indicated he was unable to research fairies, that their great and invincible Daddy had made it possible for them.  Daddy is in charge of our computers.  Of course they are special.  What started out as a Greek Mythology Report and a bullshit answer turned into a little love letter to their Daddy.  Awesome.

*A special thank you to the Mommies who gave me permission to post this video. You aren’t just my mythical friends,  you are my REAL friends.  I don’t need a special computer to tell you I appreciate your generosity of spirit. And super-duper special big thank you to the teachers who videotaped this hilarious part of Kelly’s Q&A session, and sent it to me with the words, “blogworthy?”  OH YES, yes it is. I cannot imagine a world without the beauty of Sara & Kelly’s Kindergarten experience in it.*