the puzzling day of the kung fu lion kid.

i arrived to work this morning and found that i was nannying a completely different child. he had suddenly learned kung fu and was totally into doing puzzles. okay, so not really...but since going to see The Karate Kid yesterday, the kiddo has been totally into being a cobra-charming kung fu kid. and lucky for me, i've gotten to witness these moves and attempt to follow the insanely detailed stories he imagines. also lucky for me, i arrived to find him working on building a lion out of puzzibits. as neat of a toy they are, they are extremely difficult for even a highly dexterous 22-year-old to assemble. so, while the 7-year-old practiced his kung fu, the 22-year-old was left to assemble a 3D "lion" (or hamster?) out of small, connecting hexagons. my fingers still hurt. however, the lion made the kung fu kid happy, and that made the nanny happy. and accomplished.

(we call this navajo kung fu)

rawr.