REMEMBER THESE?
My sister had some when we were kids. And in high school she babysat them for a friend who was on vacation. Sydee saw them in a store and talked about them for weeks before I finally
decided to let her buy them with her piggy bank money. I could tell she wasn't sure if they would freak her out or not but the idea of taking sea monkeys to school for show and tell in a key chain was too good. She told me the boys were going to love it because they like gross things. Within a week they went from little clear crystals to tadpole-like creatures swimming all around just by adding water. Crazy.
I felt weird about bringing something to life, but my desire for her to experience the joys of being the envy of all her classmates and the definition of coolness for a day won out. She came home and reported that everyone wanted to see them. Kids were swarming all around. I'm so glad that she had this totally self-absorbed, need-to-be-admired moment! It reminds me of my toy clown that played the drums. I took it to school for show and tell and it was a roaring success. I marched home with that clown held high above my head, playing it's drums while a pack of kids followed me the whole way down the hill. The power of a drum beatin' clown to lift a kid up!
The sea monkeys come in a fish tank sort of thing, but you can now take some of them to school with you in this key chain and be oh so cool.
My sister had some when we were kids. And in high school she babysat them for a friend who was on vacation. Sydee saw them in a store and talked about them for weeks before I finally
decided to let her buy them with her piggy bank money. I could tell she wasn't sure if they would freak her out or not but the idea of taking sea monkeys to school for show and tell in a key chain was too good. She told me the boys were going to love it because they like gross things. Within a week they went from little clear crystals to tadpole-like creatures swimming all around just by adding water. Crazy.
I felt weird about bringing something to life, but my desire for her to experience the joys of being the envy of all her classmates and the definition of coolness for a day won out. She came home and reported that everyone wanted to see them. Kids were swarming all around. I'm so glad that she had this totally self-absorbed, need-to-be-admired moment! It reminds me of my toy clown that played the drums. I took it to school for show and tell and it was a roaring success. I marched home with that clown held high above my head, playing it's drums while a pack of kids followed me the whole way down the hill. The power of a drum beatin' clown to lift a kid up!
The sea monkeys come in a fish tank sort of thing, but you can now take some of them to school with you in this key chain and be oh so cool.
3 comments:
how funny! i remember your clown thing i used to love it!!
I even want to come and see them!
ME too!! I never had sea monkeys, I'm thinking Lex needs some now :)
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