Warp Speed...Ain't Happenin'

Noah had his first homework assignment of his school career his first week of school. To help generate ideas for creative writing on their journaling days, each kiddo had to fill out a Me Tree. On one side, we helped Noah think of his favorite things (food, friends, interests, etc.). On the other, he was to find magazine pictures of things that interest him. Easy enough.

Or so I thought.

If you know Noah, it should come as no surprise that he cut out pictures that were related to sports and video games. He had the Aggies, sports equipment, Wii, Playstation 3 and Nintendo DS covered. All things that mean Brian can't deny his paternity very six year old stuff of interest.

Then he spotted a full-page ad and insisted he wanted it on his page.

Now, it's only kindergarten and I certainly don't want to be "that" parent that hinders their child's creativity and initiative when it comes to doing their own homework. But, for this, there needed to be an intervention.

And, naturally, the kiddo wanted to know, "WHY?" On the spot, the only thing I could think of was that I didn't think it was a good idea because it was too large to fit on his tree and, um, would cover everything else up and, um, wouldn't he rather put his twenty seventh picture of a video game on there instead?

I was able to refrain from saying...

AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A PICTURE OF A LIFE-SIZED MAXI PAD, NOAH.

I think the "warp speed" was the hook. You can't tease a kid with a product that promises warp speed anything. This thing even looks like it's about to take flight. Wings expanded, sparkly stars in the sky. All things that get pilots and little boys excited. Not sure why it's marketed to women this way. Of all the things I look for in a solid maxi pad, "warp speed" never occurred to me.

But, really.

Ain't happenin', Son.

(I do, however, thank you for generating an idea for this blog).