So I had a plan for today, but somebody woke up early. He asked what I was doing, so I explained. Naturally he wants to help. So here are 3 questions from the munchkin:
- What were you for Halloween?
- How would you train your dragon?
- The Praying Mantis Bug! (Not a question, but he demands I write it.)
- Do you like Charlie Brown? (He’s going to the Peanuts movie again.)
Not as challenging as they usually are, but it should be fun.





He’s such a little cutie! I really like his number three demand – for some odd reason it makes perfect sense.
1. The PenWitch 😛
2. I’m untrainable.
3. The Praying Mantis Bug! 🙂
4. Love Charlie Brown.
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We debated for a few minutes that #3 wasn’t a question, but he insisted that the bug get a mention.
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Great picture Let’s see, Spiderman, I’d hire Cesar Milan, so is it praying or preying?, of course I like Charlie Brown.
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Praying Mantis. I think it’s because of how its arms are up and bent forward. Kind of looks like it’s praying.
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Got it, thanks. I got a neat photo of one when I was on the coast. We have them here too, but I’m always too busy to enjoy them.
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I don’t see them around here. Once or twice in my entire life. He saw a monster one in the Goosebumps movie, which he will not be quiet about.
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I seem to remember an old 50’s movie about one too. I caught it in late night reruns as a kid.
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I think I remember Godzilla fighting giant Praying Mantises too. They seem to be fairly popular creatures.
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We have a ton of them in our garden. Funny little creatures. They’ve inspired one of my shorts, if you remember (http://wp.me/p6TDSX-TR)
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Good one. Funny how they’re know almost entirely for cannibalism.
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Thanks! The female of the species and all that 🙂
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Nice questions!
1. What were you for Halloween?
I was Mad Hatter Mickey Mouse. No, really. I have the hat to prove it. I love your Olaf costume!
2. How would you train your dragon?
Very carefully. I would hope the dragon would be as nice as Toothless.
3. The Praying Mantis Bug!
A very cool bug.
4. Do you like Charlie Brown? (He’s going to the Peanuts movie again.)
Not as challenging as they usually are, but it should be fun.
Yes. I love Charlie Brown.
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He just got a Toothless from Build-A-Bear, so he’s into dragons. That and Peanuts right now. I think the Bug comes from the Goosebumps movie.
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Has he seen the How to Train Your Dragon movies? Or would they be too scary? I loved those movies! I haven’t seen the Goosebumps movies. I used to read the books ages ago. Is the movie good?
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He’s seen them. We only own the first one though. Goosebumps is the new one in the theater, which is supposed to be very good. My wife took him when his friend wanted to go. I wasn’t at the play date, so I didn’t see it. It’s weird what kids fear though. He’s scared of the villain from ‘Tangled’, but loves Godzilla.
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What were you for Halloween? A mean ole man who dropped toothbrushes in trick or treats bags.
How would you train your dragon? I would take its favorite food and every time it obeyed a command I would give it a little piece.
The Praying Mantis Bug! I had one in my garden once, and she ate the head off her husband. (I think they were fighting. t least it looked like fighting)
Do you like Charlie Brown? I love Charlie Brown and Snoopy
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1. So cruel. 🙂
2. You’d have to buy knights in bulk then. Probably at Costco.
3. The funny thing is that the head-eating is actually rare. I read an article that said the original test was flawed. They did it again with less or no lighting, which led to the cannibalism not happening.
4. Everyone should love Charlie Brown. He’s a great kid. 🙂
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Knights Ha ha ha.
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1) I was a part-feline mad scientist.
2) I’m not sure, but there would probably be treats involved and coos of “Who’s a good dragon?” when it does what I ask.
3) The Praying Mantis is awesome!
4) Yep, I like Charlie Brown. 🙂
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1. Didn’t see any of those around here. Shame.
2. Treats do seem necessary.
3. They are rather creepy looking though.
4. He’s really become timeless.
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Lol – I had to laugh at the “Who’s a good dragon?” 😀
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Lemme play, lemme play! lol
1) I played the cantankerous old fuddy-duddy, stayed home with the lights off. Watching movies on my laptop.
2) I opt for the easy-maintenance dragons. Sculptures and stuff like that. I have seen both How To Train Your Dragon movies, and really liked them!
3) Praying Mantis? If I could train them to eat all the flies that get in the house, I’d have a whole family of them! 😀
4) I like Charlie Brown well enough, but like Snoopy better, because he’s closer to Scooby Doo. 😀
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1. Does that work? Forgot to put the lights on this year and kids still showed up.
2. I preferred the first movie, but the kid loves them both. Sculpture dragons seem easier to maintain. Less burn marks too.
3. Interesting idea. People usually go with spiders, but praying mantis would be unique.
4. Need to test the kid on Scooby Doo. At some point they started dealing with real monsters.
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1) What were you for Halloween? I wore a suit and pretended to be a lawyer. Wait, I do that every day, don’t I? Still counting though.
2) How would you train your dragon? Let my wife run him into shape. She has lots of practicing making unruly things (our three children) act appropriately.
3) The Praying Mantis Bug! Loved the Praying Mantis in Kung Fu Panda.
4) Do you like Charlie Brown? One of my all-time favorites. Wish my children were still young enough and un-cool enough to go see the movie with their dad.
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1. More terrifying than a zombie. 😉
2. I like that plan.
3. We just showed him that movie. He didn’t make it to the end though.
4. Dreading the day the kid is ‘too cool’ to go to the movies with us. Then again, I’ll play dirty and try to see them first.
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1. An elf. The forest kind!
2. With lots of candy and polygons I guess.
3. They are yuck! Recently, I was returning my munchkin home and I noticed one on his pants. I have never seen one before in my country. Needless to say I got creeped out, knocked it off and stepped on it. I felt really bad afterwards
4. Yep. Im even compared to him a lot, because since I am 6 months old I cannot sleep without my Mr. Towel and I used to lug him everywhere I went.
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1. Poor sea elves never get attention. 😀
2. Cyber dragon?
3. Ouch. I remember being told as a kid that it was illegal to kill them or something. Explained as them eating the bad bugs.
4. My son has his blankie. Oddly enough, he doesn’t relate to Linus. Pig Pen is his favorite.
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If I tried to go the sea elf route, everyone would just think I am Ariel, cause of the hair
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Good point. Though there are worse things to be.
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Love it! Going to steal this for tomorrow’s blog post! 😀
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Have fun. 🙂
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Great photo!
1. Pirate
2. I’m not sure how to train my dragon–at least not now.
3. Not sure
4. I love Charlie Brown, grew up with Charlie Brown, and I’m a Charlie Brown fanatic. Did I say I love Charlie Brown? 🙂
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1. Should there be a Captain in there?
2. I’m sure there’s info online to help.
3. Same here.
4. I’m thinking you love Charlie Brown. Not sure why I jumped to that wild conclusion. 😀
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Great to have family involvement.
1) What were you for Halloween? –I was a cat.
2) How would you train your dragon? –I would have a guard-dragon to defend my home.
3) The Praying Mantis Bug! (Not a question, but he demands I write it.) –One of the scariest creatures known to humanity.
4) Do you like Charlie Brown? (He’s going to the Peanuts movie again.) –Who doesn’t like Charlie Brown?
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He had fun and it entertained him long enough for me to fully wake up. 🙂
1. Cat seems to be popular this year.
2. Sounds better than a loud alarm.
3. Unless you wear big boots. 🙂
4. I’ve met a few. I try not to trust them.
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Love this post and all of the responses 🙂 I’ve got one more question for you…is that a Swedish flag I see in the picture?
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Yes. My sister was there and brought my son back a flag. Tiny stuffed reindeer and a cape with a dragon on it too. We’re not sure where he put the flag.
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Oh my gosh! He’s so cute!
Love Olaf and Charlie Brown…both are so huggable.
Ellespeth
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Thanks. That was from last year, but he demanded I use that one.
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