Sammy Notes

Sam's "family tree", excluding all but him, Uncle Paul, and the Wright Bros.

I stretched things a little. When we say we are related to someone, we usually aren't including by marriage.

Sam knows he's related to William Bradford. He likes this a lot. (And he recognizes that since he's adopted, he's related to two family trees.)

Uncle Paul is related to the Wright Brothers! Cool! So now Sam is too, though unconventionally. (And Katie enjoyed pointing out she's related to the Pilgrims. :-)

In Sam's mind, he's quite related. He drew the diagram above to demonstrate that while he and Uncle Paul are both related to the WB, you can see by the relative lengths of the sides of the triangles, Paul's just a little closer than Sam. :-)

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Tonight Sam says, "When you're like twelve you can decide if you want to follow God or be, like, a villain?"

Nice to know he remembers that stuff about deciding for Jesus when he's older. But... villain? So he expresses some curiosity about whether he might enjoy being a villain. I point out that villains have no friends because they are mean to other people. Hope that sank in.

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Sam thinks limousines are the best cars in the world. He also watches Scooby Doo.

Sam: Do limos have seat belts?
Us: Um, yes.
Sam: What about phantom limos?
Us: We have no idea.
Sam: What are phantom limos?

The old bait-and-switch, eh? Yep, he's still got the moves.