PROUD MOMENT

My boys school had a poetry contest and all the children had to participate. After they memorized their poems they performed in class with three outside judges. They then took the top three from each grade to compete against another school! KYLE was chosen. They all did a good job and we were proud of each of them. Mike was home and able to go and see kyle perform, he remembered every word and said it with a smile. He didn't want to compete and was scared the whole week, he even said he thought he would be sick on Thursday. Here he is competing and here is his poem.

My parents have the flu today

They both are sick in bed

and thoughts of things to do today

are swimming through my head

My nimble brain is burgeoning

with ways to misbehave

I'll give my brother's teddy bear

a hair cut and a shave

Perhaps I'll make a mud pie

in my sister's stupid hat

attach my mother's earrings

to the puppy and the cat

Hang carrots from the ceiling

stuff bananas into shoes

then set the clocks to different times

it's certain to confuse

I'll switch the salt and sugar

scatter meatballs on the rug

put spaghetti in a closet

and refrigerate some bugs

I'll paint my father's underwear

an iridescent blue

my options are unlimited

my parents have the flu