{"id":2970,"date":"2015-03-14T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2015-03-14T18:31:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T23:31:07","slug":"wheres-waldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=2970","title":{"rendered":"Where’s Waldo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 1987, a UK Author named,\u00a0Martin Handford<\/a>, created some children’s books. \u00a0They were illustrations that were very small and colorful. \u00a0They were of people, animals, places and things. \u00a0In each illustration, you would find one, and only one, Waldo.<\/p>\n

Your mission was to find Waldo.<\/p>\n

\"Waldo.1987\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe some of you have tried to find Waldo in those books. \u00a0I was not too terribly successful in my efforts to find Waldo, that is, until #1 Daughter got a hold of our Where’s Waldo book.<\/p>\n

#1 Daughter was born in 1988 and #1 Son in 1989, right when the Where’s Waldo fever was at it’s peak.<\/p>\n

When they were close to Kindergarten age, MFH (My Favorite Husband) purchased the two their very first Where’s Waldo book. \u00a0They spent hours pouring over the pages trying to find Waldo.<\/p>\n

#1 Daughter eventually laid exclusive claim to the book until she found every single Waldo. \u00a0After she had found Waldo, she said we could have our turn.<\/p>\n

That kid guarded that book like it was gold. \u00a0Spent hours going over each and every page, peering intently, trying to locate Waldo.<\/p>\n

Finally, one day, she announced that she had succeeded. \u00a0She had found all the Waldo’s and handed the book over to her very impatient brother. \u00a0He had been waiting a looooong time for his turn at that book.<\/p>\n

Shortly after #1 Son had gained possession of the book, I heard screaming coming from both kids. \u00a0They were arguing and it sounded serious. \u00a0I hurried to where the commotion was taking place.<\/p>\n

#1 Son had the Where’s Waldo book. \u00a0He was waving it around angrily. \u00a0#1 Daughter was standing her ground. \u00a0She didn’t seem to think there was any problem but #1 Son was most indignant!<\/p>\n

Finally, I got to the source of the argument.<\/p>\n

#1 Daughter is very thorough. \u00a0Meticulous, if you will. \u00a0In her quest to locate every. single. Waldo. she had left nothing to chance. \u00a0After she had successfully located Waldo on a page, she had taken a permanent marker and circled Waldo. \u00a0That way, she wouldn’t forget where he was!<\/p>\n

Made perfect sense to her.<\/p>\n

It made #1 Son very, very angry!<\/p>\n

Haha!!!<\/p>\n

We ended up purchasing another Where’s Waldo book just for #1 Son. \u00a0He got dibs on it first and returned the favor to his sister.<\/p>\n

Ah, kids…<\/p>\n

Here’s a pic from a Where’s Waldo book. \u00a0Happy hunting!!!<\/p>\n

\"Wally---Gobbling-G_2346215b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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