Papa Blox Treasure Chest

Here is a treasure chest. It looks like I added the pullout and manhole.

First 5k run of 2012

I just had my first 5k run of the year. Barefoot, of course. 9:58 19:26 29:07 29:50

 These are my feet.

Papa Blox Teddy Bear

Here is a teddy bear. I only added one man hole, so I did not help much. It will still be difficult. This one looks like "hello bear".

Papa Blox Alarm Clock

Here is an alarm clock. I added some pullouts and manholes.

Papa Blox Earth

I added manholes and a pullout to make this one work.

Papa Blox cup of coffee

I added some manholes. It is kind of lame, but the layout did not have much to work with.

Papa Blox Motorcycle

Here is the motorcycle by Papa Blox. I added some pull out switches to make it solvable.

Papa Blox Meat

I tried to use the minimum of gadgets to get this one. It is actually quite challenging.

Papa Blox UFO

Here is a UFO. I don't think I needed to make any modifications to Papa Blox's design to solve this one.

Running season starts

It was a beautiful 50 F this morning when I ran my first outdoor barefoot mile of the year.

Pushmo Cupcakes

Here is a Pushmo / Pullblox camera. I added the manholes. It could be more difficult than I made it.

Two interminable recurring conversations for parents

I always have two conversations with my children that will not cease in the foreseeable future. The first goes like this:

Situation 1: Yelling

Setting: After asking for the nth time for something to be done and then yelling.

Me: You must like it when I yell.
Child: No, I do not.
(Children NEVER like to be yelled at.)
Me: Then why do you wait until I yell to do what you're told? If you don't like when I yell you would do what you are told before I yell.
Child: I don't know...
(The child cannot compete with that logic.)

Situation 2: Do what I want not what you want

Me: I want you to do so and so.
Child: I don't want to.
Me: If you wanted to, you would already be doing it. Because I had to ask you to do it, I already know you don't want to. You will do it because I asked you to, not because you want to.

There is no answer for that logic, either. But, it is still recurring. I would like to think the child will eventually remember these situations, but it mostly escapes them.