Against our habits Leiiani and I watched a movie. Not a kid one. If you watch it with a 6 year old make sure to turn it off at or before 1h 20 (which I didn’t I waited until the first occurrence of the word eugenics) and watch the rest at night (which I haven’t yet). But you really should watch it. If it turns worse I’ll update the post tomorrow.
I had a link to the movie here but it was removed. The official website is here.
Found a new link.
Anyway, Leilani promised not to have night mares, and asked a lot of questions, and a few times I had to pause it to answer. One time the person interviewed tried to make sense of the power hunger of the ruling elite by saying: “… they think We are so much smarter than the rest, we really know how it’s done, we know what’s good for them we should rule the world…” and Leilani said: “You know I really believe this. We are, we do. We should rule the world.”
In the end, after watching the whole thing, talking with others about it and mentally digesting it, I find that there are too many topics and too few results or conclusion. It has lots of elements, some of which really appealed to me, and others I was willing to tolerate in the hope of getting more of “my” topics. I would not have listened to the whole Illuminati story, had it not been preceded with Tessla’s ideas and tauruses and crop circles. Having heard it it does sound plausible though. The end of the movie I thought was rather weak, but I still think it’s worth watching…
Leilani loved it though. When we went to the ATM at the bank the next day she commented: “I don’t want to go near a bank. You would not believe all the mean things they do. They actually take people’s money. And then they give them rotten oranges.”
Yesterday’s first lesson was on the computer. My aunt had sent a sweet email with animal pictures that had delighted Leilani (and I was grateful it was not in Power Point). Leilani wanted to write a Thank-You note. While I made breakfast Leilani managed to type:
Liebe Jutta!
Danke fuer alle die herzigen Bilder. ich hab die komischen sehr gemocht!
alles liebe
Leilani
(Dear Jutta,
thanks for the sweet pictures, I liked the funny ones a lot.
Love
Leilani)
There were about 8 typos, and after I showed her how, Leilani fixed half of them herself. I have to point out that she spelled “komischen” almost correctly, I’m very proud of her. Typing is going very well anyway because the d-b and q-p problems go away, and the j is always facing the right way.
(And for the German speakers: Grossschreibung kommt als naechstes dran – Capitalization is next)
(And for the English speakers: I believe English spelling is way too hard and confusing for kids that age. I’ll start on that later, and after I had some phonics training myself…)
We arrived a bit late for dinner on Friday, but we had everything ready to go.
And we let them watch TV. As we all know it turns off the brain and makes people look like zombies. Kids look like little zombies, still scary though. Leilani, in case you ask why we don’t let you watch TV that often: That’s why.
We started Sunday with a breakfast that included Andy’s crepes, fruit salat and Nutella and a memorable nut-nutella sauce (made by Amaya). Most of the morning was spent cleaning and packing, then the kids got a snack and we set out on the Berry Flats trail:
There was a guava tunnel
Beautiful orchids near the cabins
And many mushrooms. Derick found a Sulfur Shelf that I took home, but we didn’t eat it, as the pore surface was orange and I could not verify the rumor that that’s the way they are in Hawaii. Here a less edible Amanita Muscaria:
The roots of a fallen Redwood made a good climbing gym
And then we reached the fairy houses.
The kids pulled up (invasive) ginger from areas where it was sparse
And this tree is an old friend of ours:
That were me and Leilani when she was 9 months old
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A starfish stinkhorn
Before we left the kids played on the meadow
