Our Little Worker Drone

The rumors are true. We have been secretly been putting our son through the "CIA Super-Child Program"... well, we couldn't afford the "CIA Super Series CDs" that give children encyclopedic knowledge and super human strength... but we decided to start with the "CIA Worker Drone CDs" and see how we like it first.

The first part of the series convinces the child that cleaning can be fun. As the commercials claim, he started sweeping the floor after only one week of listening to the CDs.

These are some photos taken of Ammon washing the dishes. One day he just pulled the chair up to the sink, then pointed and grunted until Mommy turned the water on and put some soap on the scouring pad.

He was vacuuming soon after that.

By the end of the series a child is supposed to be thrilled to do mindless work like ditch digging or data entry.

We are thinking of upgrading the program to the "super series" after he finishes the lessons: "mow the lawn with a smile unlike your father" and "shovel the snow like the happy little elf you are".

Whirlwind Trip

About 30 hours of travel one way usually isn't worth it when you have to turn around and come right back, but it was worth it to me. I am not going to say that the trip was pleasant, but I will say that we made each of our four connections, our six peices of large luggage made it to our destination, and none of us sustained any major injuries. I have to admitt that we weren't looking forward to any of it, but we made it to where we were headed, and we were able to make a friend on our connecting flight from Minneapolis to Salt Lake.

I'll write about the rest of the trip in another post soon to come.

Now that I am back in Japan, I will have the displeasure of being away from my wife and son in addition to everyone else I care about for the next two and a half months. However, I will do my best to keep busy and be upbeat.