NEWS FLASH: IT’S HERE!!!! SEE THE MUSIC VIDEO FEATURING PHARAOH ROBERT, HIS PYRAMID AND HIS EGYPTIAN WALKING SISTER, LAUREL CADE, AT THE END OF THIS POST. BE PATIENT WITH THE BEGINNING. ROBERT INTENDED THIS TO BE ABOUT HIS PYRAMID BUT HIS FATHER TRIED TO MAKE IT ABOUT ROBERT THE RELUCTANT.
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What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars’ worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret Â
I get at least that much pleasure from mine. Lately, 5 year-old Robert has been generating pleasure and entertainment at an alarming rate.
His fascination with Egypt seems endless. He got over Max and Ruby, The Wiggles, Transformers and even Spiderman in less time than he has spent pursuing his interest in this ancient country and its culture.
Last week, he wrote a short story as part of a school assignment. Of course, his chose for his subjects Egypt and a pharaoh.
Later, he enlarged this (very brief) story into a play (one act) whose star role was played, of course, Â by none other than Robert Charles, Himself.
He and his mother made his costume, a tunic ( read: pillowcase) with a wide circular paper collar, tie sash belt and wristlets .
Pharaoh Robert chose to pose for this playbill in front of the stairs that go to his homeschool classroom. The staircase is reminiscent of the pyramids he saw last week at Epcot, though, he was quick to point out,  this sort of pyramid with stairs would be Aztec, not Egyptian. Continue reading
