What’s The Nine-Year-Old reading this week?
The 9YO’s been reading every Roald Dahl book she can get her hands on lately. She also watched the BBC version of Pride & Prejudice for the very first time this week.
Wordless Wednesday: Birdwatching
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“Do we really have to refrigerate ketchup?”
Over dinner one Sunday night, the subject of ketchup came up. Specifically, the various ways of storing it. Mommyo had always refrigerated ketchup bottles after opening them, so The Nine-Year-Old was somewhat shocked to learn that once upon a time (and even now in certain households) ketchup was not refrigerated.The Nine-Year-Old, aghast, “Not even after you open it?”Uncle Phil, Ketchup Maven, “Not even then.” Naturally, The Nine-Year-Old wanted to know: Do you really have to refrigerate ketchup?
“What’s The Nine-Year-Old reading this week?”
A short and sweet, we want to get back to reading because it’s summer but we have to tell you about these two great books first sort of post. This week, we’re loving A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass and The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan.
Wordless Wednesday: Flame of the Millennium
Flame of the Millennium by Leonardo Nierman, glimpsed as we zipped by on I-90 (the Kennedy Expressway). Related Links: More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles Much better…
Caterpickles Central has become a construction zone
Somehow I had failed to appreciate the extent to which remodeling the bathroom next door would affect my office. See that black screen under the dust…
Happy Father’s Day, Daddyo!
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What’s The Nine-Year-Old reading this week?
This week, The Nine-Year-Old continues to plow through Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series, and Mommyo takes a firm stand against the 9YO’s plan to build a coop on the back deck to house her future pet Chickensoraus.
Wordless Wednesday: Cows on trucks are awesome
If I had to be stopped in traffic anywhere, might as well be here. Related Links: Wordless Wednesday: Cows on Cranes (Caterpickles) Wordless Wednesday: Cows on Skyscrapers…
Late Night at Caterpickles
It’s summer, so of course, it must be time to visit the Caterpickles Way Back Machine. Today’s story comes from the Summer of 2013, when The Nine-Year-Old…
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