Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Five things

Five easy pieces
Last year, we had to scramble each Monday morning for the must-see item for Anna’s weekly show and tell time in kindergarten. She was a bit bummed this year to find out that:

1. No snacks in first grade and

2: no show and tell.
However, Anna was pretty stoked to find out that she would be able to bring in her “Me bag” as part of the class’ get to know you time. A green backpack was sent home with the instructions to find five items that represented the student. Anna picked some interesting items:

1.       A ring bought in Ann Arbor by her mom. She and her sister each have one.

2.       A magnetic princess/doll dress up set bought in Saugatuck when we were on vacation this summer.

3.       An Easter sticker book (still figuring that one out)

4.       A picture of her and Eli on Grandpa McMillen’s John Deere tractor

5.       A book on a girl who has two dads.
She and Tod spent the better part of the evening searching, and then editing her finds. At first, it looked like Winona Ryder’s purse, crammed to the brim with random items from her room and from Eli’s room and various other locales around the house.

There was also a worksheet that asked simple but informative questions such as: Favorite food? Pancakes. Favorite color? Pink, natch. What do you want to be when you grow up? In a band and a Doctor. I have to say that if I were to have this assignment right now, I am not sure what five items would best represent me.

How about you readers?

What five items best describe you?


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5 comments:

  1. amy bethSeptember 28, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    aw! <3 such sweetness. 5 objects? omg.
    1. my framed print by jack teagle of a zombie skeleton elvis that reads 'elvis lives' (because i love absurdly awesome art and artists)
    2. car keys to lazarus (my car that was declared totalled and repaired and is a 97 mercury tracer that has been loyal and wonderful)
    3. pussy galore's heart shaped dog tag (she's my oldest pet and was a stray i took in and she's a tough broad)
    4. a blood sugar test meter (sigh - type 1 diabetic)
    5. my macbook (my office and constant companion)

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  2. BullkidSeptember 28, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    going to take that challenge on and post.

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  3. KenSeptember 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    1. Yarn, in pure wool, pure alpaca, and a llama/wool blend

    2. Knitting needles.

    3. Maddy Prior & June Tabor: Silly Sisters (CD)

    4. A book. The Dispossessed (Ursula K. LeGuin) is one of my favourites, or maybe Two or Three Things I Know for Sure (Dorothy Allison)

    5. A pink triangle enamelled pin I have

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  4. MandySeptember 28, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    At the risk of sounding like Ken (who seems a cool dude):
    1. Yarn--sock weight in a soft merino/alpaca with some awesome handpaint colors. (I'm lumping knitting needles in with this.)

    2. my library card

    3. A picture of my family, one of those taken by my friend Jennifer last year, because she is amazing and caught the spirit of "us" perfectly

    4. my mp3 player loaded with great music

    5. a picture of my cat Annie. She was 20 when she died last year. I'd had her since I was 10.

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  5. Ur-spoOctober 2, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    I found this a marvelous question. I too will post on my 5 objects. I hope to do this soon. Thank you Anna for the inspiration!

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