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Tag Archives: sproing cats
The Sproing Cat’s Guide to Hunting with a Giganotosaur
This morning, when I came downstairs intent on rustling up a bit of breakfast, I found my daughter’s kitten class already well underway. This morning’s lesson was on hunting with a Giganotosaur, and seemed to consist mainly of my daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says, Science
Tagged dinosaurs, giganotosaurus, hunting, sproing cats
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Sugar Does a Body Good
The Four-Year-Old, munching contentedly on a milk chocolate pumpkin: “Mommyo, do you know why Sproing Cats eat a lot of sugar?” Mother: “No.” The Four-Year-Old, licking the last of the chocolate off her fingers: “Sproing Cats need a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says, Health
Tagged candy, fur, halloween, Health, sproing cats, sugar
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“Why is it called Fifth Disease?”
The Four-Year-Old was diagnosed with Fifth Disease last week. Fifth Disease is one of those deliciously mild childhood illnesses that nearly all of us get at one point or another, that are most contagious before any symptoms appear, and that … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged childhood illnesses, dancing, Fifth Disease, Infectious disease, lacy rash, rash, sproing cats
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In which I discover that my four-year-old has a lair
Preschooler, eying my Eeyore mug: “Everybody knows about Eeyore, Mommyo. You know, I’ve even seen Eeyore.” Mother: “You have? Where?” Preschooler, nonchalantly: “Oh, in my hunter’s lair.” Mother: “Really? Where is that? Behind the blanket rack?” Preschooler, giggling: “No, silly, … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says
Tagged Eeyore, hunter's lair, imaginary friends, proscrastination, sproing cats
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Review: Little Labs Weather Beginner Experiment Kit
Little Labs Weather Beginner Experiment Kit By Thames & Kosmos Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, LLC, 2007 (English translation Thames & Kosmos, LLC, 2007) Age Range: 5 and up This kit is one of the items I picked up earlier this summer from … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews: Books
Tagged Anne Geddes, books, Cat, sproing cats, Tortoiseshell cat, William Wegman
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Book Review: The Cat’s Pajamas
The Cat’s Pajamas: 101 of the World’s Cutest Cats By Rachael Hale Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 2009 Age Range: All Ages From reading this blog you might think that my four-year-old daughter was simply obsessed with dinosaurs, but that is … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews: Books
Tagged Anne Geddes, books, Cat, Mulberry, Rachel Hale, sproing cats, The Cat's Pajamas, Tortoiseshell cat, William Wegman
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Michael Howell
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