It's an old pic of Logan. I found it just messing around in the computer. He's always adorable.
I was very excited to find this article because it featured my coworker, Mandy Herbert and her son. Atleast I know what to get him for Christmas, right? =P
Posted on Thu, Oct. 12, 2006
BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS
The Wichita Eagle
When an 11-year-old boy can rattle off the earned run averages of every pitcher in Major League baseball, you might not flinch.
When he can tell you everything about an ocean liner that sank in 1912 -- from its dimensions to the number of lifeboats onboard to the number of people who died -- it seems a little more, well, unusual.
Fifth-grader Blake Herron is, according to his mother, "obsessed with the Titanic."
Since watching the blockbuster movie on DVD a few years ago, the 11-year-old from Valley Center has checked out dozens of books, memorized trivia and even spent birthday money on a Titanic replica, which he rams against ice cubes in the bathtub to re-enact the ship's demise.
"We had no idea it would turn into this," said Blake's mom, Mandy Hebert. "You don't hear about too many kids caring that much about an old boat."
Maybe not. But when we asked readers recently to tell us about their children's passions, several parents revealed somewhat quirky kid passions -- pigs, buses, weather, cheetahs, even stoplights.
Child development experts say passionate interests aren't all that uncommon among young children. It's just that some topics seem weirder than others.
"If someone said to you, 'Oh, my child is obsessed with Pokemon,' or 'He knows everything about sports trivia,' you'd probably just think, 'Yeah, I had a brother like that,' " said Perri Klaas, a Boston pediatrician and co-author of "Quirky Kids" (Ballantine Books, 2004).
"Many, many children seem capable of going into some subject, at least for a while, with this really, really powerful hunger for the details. And depending on what the interest is, it can look more or less unusual to the adult world."
Like many educators, Klaas urges parents to embrace their children's interests, whatever they might be, and use them as a springboard for learning.
"The world is full of little boys who understand math because of the baseball thing," she said.
"There are quite a few professors of history who can point their career back to something that captured their interest in childhood."
Ten-year-old Sarah Holmes' obsession with pigs started randomly enough -- when her father brought back a stuffed-animal pig from a business trip. Sarah, who was 3 at the time, named the pig Porky and took it to bed.
"There was no rhyme or reason, she just fell in love with it, and it just kind of took off from there," said Sarah's mom, Teresa Resko.
Now pigs are "her thing," Resko said. Her collection grew -- pig statues, pig pajamas, piggy banks, you name it. And Sarah can't stand the thought of eating bacon or ham.
Her two older brothers discovered that if they mimic the dog in the Beggin' Strips dog-treat commercial -- where the dog says "bacon, bacon, bacon!" --Sarah will squeal and run to defend her pigs, Resko said.
Most local parents who called or wrote to tell us about their kids' crazes said they sometimes grow weary of the obsessions. But they'd also heard that strong passions -- particularly unusual ones -- are a sign of giftedness.
Klaas, the "Quirky Kids" author, said gifted children sometimes tend to have "areas of remarkable expertise." But intense interests don't guarantee genius status, any more than they might signal more worrisome conditions, such as Asperger's syndrome.
"I always think it's really interesting and take it as a sign of intelligence whenever a child wants to delve into a subject so deeply," she said.
"At the very least, it's a sign of intellectual independence and a desire for learning, and that can serve them well throughout life."
Posted on Thu, Oct. 12, 2006
Quirky kid obsessions
Children's passions -- however bizarre they may be -- can be a springboard for learning.
When an 11-year-old boy can rattle off the earned run averages of every pitcher in Major League baseball, you might not flinch.
When he can tell you everything about an ocean liner that sank in 1912 -- from its dimensions to the number of lifeboats onboard to the number of people who died -- it seems a little more, well, unusual.
Fifth-grader Blake Herron is, according to his mother, "obsessed with the Titanic."
Since watching the blockbuster movie on DVD a few years ago, the 11-year-old from Valley Center has checked out dozens of books, memorized trivia and even spent birthday money on a Titanic replica, which he rams against ice cubes in the bathtub to re-enact the ship's demise.
"We had no idea it would turn into this," said Blake's mom, Mandy Hebert. "You don't hear about too many kids caring that much about an old boat."
Maybe not. But when we asked readers recently to tell us about their children's passions, several parents revealed somewhat quirky kid passions -- pigs, buses, weather, cheetahs, even stoplights.
Child development experts say passionate interests aren't all that uncommon among young children. It's just that some topics seem weirder than others.
"If someone said to you, 'Oh, my child is obsessed with Pokemon,' or 'He knows everything about sports trivia,' you'd probably just think, 'Yeah, I had a brother like that,' " said Perri Klaas, a Boston pediatrician and co-author of "Quirky Kids" (Ballantine Books, 2004).
"Many, many children seem capable of going into some subject, at least for a while, with this really, really powerful hunger for the details. And depending on what the interest is, it can look more or less unusual to the adult world."
Like many educators, Klaas urges parents to embrace their children's interests, whatever they might be, and use them as a springboard for learning.
"The world is full of little boys who understand math because of the baseball thing," she said.
"There are quite a few professors of history who can point their career back to something that captured their interest in childhood."
Ten-year-old Sarah Holmes' obsession with pigs started randomly enough -- when her father brought back a stuffed-animal pig from a business trip. Sarah, who was 3 at the time, named the pig Porky and took it to bed.
"There was no rhyme or reason, she just fell in love with it, and it just kind of took off from there," said Sarah's mom, Teresa Resko.
Now pigs are "her thing," Resko said. Her collection grew -- pig statues, pig pajamas, piggy banks, you name it. And Sarah can't stand the thought of eating bacon or ham.
Her two older brothers discovered that if they mimic the dog in the Beggin' Strips dog-treat commercial -- where the dog says "bacon, bacon, bacon!" --Sarah will squeal and run to defend her pigs, Resko said.
Most local parents who called or wrote to tell us about their kids' crazes said they sometimes grow weary of the obsessions. But they'd also heard that strong passions -- particularly unusual ones -- are a sign of giftedness.
Klaas, the "Quirky Kids" author, said gifted children sometimes tend to have "areas of remarkable expertise." But intense interests don't guarantee genius status, any more than they might signal more worrisome conditions, such as Asperger's syndrome.
"I always think it's really interesting and take it as a sign of intelligence whenever a child wants to delve into a subject so deeply," she said.
"At the very least, it's a sign of intellectual independence and a desire for learning, and that can serve them well throughout life."
I dunno know who's idea it was, Matt's or Jennifer's (the other Jennifer =P) but it was a great one. Logan's been taking swimming lessons. They actually have a coworker that so happens to be a swim instructor and so far as I can tell she is awesome.
Logan used to panic whenever he got a splash of water in his face - and that's while he's in a bath tub. From all the videos Matt and Jennifer have been taking he's really improved a lot on that. My little baby boo is all grown up!
Logan used to panic whenever he got a splash of water in his face - and that's while he's in a bath tub. From all the videos Matt and Jennifer have been taking he's really improved a lot on that. My little baby boo is all grown up!
This paper was actually printed September 20, but with the same old "I'm busy" excuse in hand I left it to Ching to take the picture and upload so I can shamelessly thief it from her =P Thanks Ching!
So I'm slacking on my homework tonight (shrug) no biggie. I got stuck on creating a new layout for Logan's blog. As well, with all the great new pictures I couldn't help myself.
Okay, now I'm done for the day. (Crosses fingers.)
Okay, now I'm done for the day. (Crosses fingers.)
This is a quick double post to both mine and Logan's blog. Today was Mom's Birthday Luncheon and it was as fun filled as expected. Tons of food, and a lot of goofing around. Wayne and Becky attended so it was extra special. I am definitely tired, but I need to stay up longer and do some homework. Enjoy the pictures!
I want to thank my mom for being there and taking all these great pictures. I hope everyone else enjoys them as much as I did.
These video courtesy of Jennifer. I guess it was taken awhile back but I'm bad at keeping up with other people's sites so I just found it. It is hilarious though.
Ray and I picked Logan up from school yesterday. After we ate Lolo decided to get his plane out. It didn't go as expected. In less than 5 minutes he already broke the wing on the first plane and the second plane ran out of batteries. A video commentary on why Logan thinks the plane can't fly, and more pictures below =D.
I don't have to go to work tomorrow and all of this weekend, so I decided to save my homework until later on tonight and went to Derby to goof off with Logan until Matt came to pick him up. We watched cartoons and attacked each other during commercial breaks =D.
Mom took pictures of us and we tried to make a four-armed-four-legged monster, and a four-armed-four-legged monster with two heads (Logan's idea).
When Matt got there Logan told us about his "long" day in school. Enjoy the clip!
To celebrate the first night I've finished my school work before 9pm I am posting pictures of Logan and Evan hanging out at Mom's yesterday after school.
Watching cartoons, and enjoying milk and cookies - the good life =P
Watching cartoons, and enjoying milk and cookies - the good life =P
So yes, busy busy. I'm catching up with a lot of school work right now, I'm starting to rethink taking on a full course load but turning back is not an option. I wanted to take a short break from homework to post my class intro. I usually keep it short and sweet, and yes I know how to spell assignment.
I have been advised that seeming not so serious on your class intro might backfire and cause the teacher to believe you to be a goof-off. But I was very serious on this intro. Logan is more computer savvy than most people might think. He will blow your mind. And if he picks up a programming language or two before 2nd Grade I'm sure Lolo will be ecstatic. Besides my teacher has already written me a lovely response saying she loved my intro, so Ha!
I have been advised that seeming not so serious on your class intro might backfire and cause the teacher to believe you to be a goof-off. But I was very serious on this intro. Logan is more computer savvy than most people might think. He will blow your mind. And if he picks up a programming language or two before 2nd Grade I'm sure Lolo will be ecstatic. Besides my teacher has already written me a lovely response saying she loved my intro, so Ha!
Yesterday I got up early so I could get two more books I needed for this semester, I got one and placed one on reserve. I ate lunch with Ray and had enough time to come back home to contemplate doing some reading assignments before heading to work.
Today I got up early to do some grocery shopping since we were completely out of food. I got ready while on the phone with Ray discussing how the kids who mow our lawn are about to break the last straw with their awful service. Ray, is not happy considering living in a patio home means you shouldn't have to worry about the lawn service. I drove to Ray's work to bring him his lunch and came back home to eat lunch myself and (I thought) relax a little before work, but unfortunately I have to drive back to Andover to get my book that arrived today.
I would pick it up tomorrow but I wanted to actually sleep in tomorrow, because Friday I will have to be up early enough to drive from Auburn Hills to the east side to pick up my friend, Becky, and drive her back to the west side to the airport by 5:30am or 6am.
Anyway, I only have enough time to complain about it, and post something I was messing around with before I got the email about my book. Hope everyone likes it.
Ah....I keep forgetting to breathe!
Today I got up early to do some grocery shopping since we were completely out of food. I got ready while on the phone with Ray discussing how the kids who mow our lawn are about to break the last straw with their awful service. Ray, is not happy considering living in a patio home means you shouldn't have to worry about the lawn service. I drove to Ray's work to bring him his lunch and came back home to eat lunch myself and (I thought) relax a little before work, but unfortunately I have to drive back to Andover to get my book that arrived today.
I would pick it up tomorrow but I wanted to actually sleep in tomorrow, because Friday I will have to be up early enough to drive from Auburn Hills to the east side to pick up my friend, Becky, and drive her back to the west side to the airport by 5:30am or 6am.
Anyway, I only have enough time to complain about it, and post something I was messing around with before I got the email about my book. Hope everyone likes it.
Ah....I keep forgetting to breathe!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday
Gates Open ......................................................................... 7:00 pm
Fly Market and Kansas Aviation Gallery .................. 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Air Show ..............................................................7:45 pm – 8:45 pm
Blues Traveler in Concert ....................................9:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Saturday
Gates Open ......................................................... 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Kids’ Concourse, Fly Market, Kansas Aviation Gallery, Aircraft Static Display, Car Show, Air-Show ................................. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Sunday
Gates Open ........................................................ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Yingling Aircraft Fly-In Breakfast for fly-in pilots ...... 9:00 am -10:30 am
Kid’s Concourse, Fly Market, Kansas Aviation Gallery, Aircraft Static Display, Car Show, Air-Show ................................ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
TICKET INFORMATION
Friday night Air-Show and Concert .................. $30
Saturday Ticket ........................................... $ 5
Sunday Ticket ............................................. $ 5
Children 10 and under FREE (with paying adult)
Tickets go are now on sale and are available for purchase at Select-A-Seat outlets, www.selectaseat.com,Wichita Festivals, Inc. and at the gate.
Parking is available at designated parking lots at Raytheon Aircraft Company, 9709 E. Central (cross street Webb). A shuttle will transport attendees to the Festival. For a map of the parking area, click here.
Visiting from out of town? These hotels are close to the Festival!
Cresthill Suites,12111 E. Central, Wichita - 316-689-8000
Hilton Garden Inn, 2041 N. Bradley Fair Parkway, Wichita – 316-219-4444
Due to security issues I won't be able to access the blog sites from work. I doubt I'll even be able to bring a laptop in the city hall building without being questioned, much less into the police records office. So this site might not be updated again until Saturday, at the earliest.
Please visit, Eli's page or my parent's page for pictures and stories since they are frequently updated.
As well, my Yahoo email address, may not be accessed as much either, so if anyone has sent letters, requests or well wishes, I will try to check them every morning before I head to work.
Thanks in advance for everyone's understanding.
Jenni
Please visit, Eli's page or my parent's page for pictures and stories since they are frequently updated.
As well, my Yahoo email address, may not be accessed as much either, so if anyone has sent letters, requests or well wishes, I will try to check them every morning before I head to work.
Thanks in advance for everyone's understanding.
Jenni
*I might not have remembered how to correctly spell their last names so I apologize.
A long time ago Logan was born with automatic buddies. Tristan and Isabelle Schoech. It's been ages since they've seen each other is what I've recently found out but no fear we have regained contact. (Well, actually Mrs. Schoech did, by the power of MySpace. Yay, MySpace!) And now there is a third little Schoech, and I've never seen her before in person, but she striking blond hair just like her two older siblings, and she is already 3 years turning 4 this Sunday. (BTW, Tristan is turning 8 on the 30th.) They are all so adorable. Ah! Melt my heart!
Anyway, Matt mentioned that everyone got so busy they've lost touch, so I went ahead and linked to her site. But since you have to be a MySpacer to view extra pictures I've stolen them to post here for those who refuse to join the MySpace cult.
Tristan, Isabelle and Kayli
Tristan
Isabelle
Kayli
p.s. Should anyone venture to click the link be prepared - Mrs. Schoech is hot! I was floored! She's cut off all her hair and it is sexy!
A long time ago Logan was born with automatic buddies. Tristan and Isabelle Schoech. It's been ages since they've seen each other is what I've recently found out but no fear we have regained contact. (Well, actually Mrs. Schoech did, by the power of MySpace. Yay, MySpace!) And now there is a third little Schoech, and I've never seen her before in person, but she striking blond hair just like her two older siblings, and she is already 3 years turning 4 this Sunday. (BTW, Tristan is turning 8 on the 30th.) They are all so adorable. Ah! Melt my heart!
Anyway, Matt mentioned that everyone got so busy they've lost touch, so I went ahead and linked to her site. But since you have to be a MySpacer to view extra pictures I've stolen them to post here for those who refuse to join the MySpace cult.
Tristan, Isabelle and Kayli
Tristan
Isabelle
Kayli
p.s. Should anyone venture to click the link be prepared - Mrs. Schoech is hot! I was floored! She's cut off all her hair and it is sexy!
