Wordless Wednesday: “Wait for me here, Tigery”
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“Is Chicago really the windiest city?”
Shortly after being carried off by a wind gust on Michigan Avenue, The Eight-Year-Old naturally wanted to know whether Chicago really was the windiest city in America.
Just another weekend at Caterpickles Central
Mommyo, frustrated while waiting for Daddyo’s iPad to download a dragon game for The (then) Seven-Year-Old: “Wow, is Daddyo’s iPad always this slow?” The (then) Seven-Year-Old:…
Reading breaks out
Daddyo, sleepily, on a recent Friday night: “Shall we have Family Togetherness A-Team time? Or should Reading break out?” The Eight-Year-Old, excitedly: “Let’s have Family Togetherness Reading of…
Wordless Wednesday: The 8YO’s Amaryllis
This winter, The Eight-Year-Old got into gardening in a big way. The timing was a bit unfortunate, seeing as how we live in Chicago. But we got her an amaryllis bulb, and let her take full responsibility for tending it in our sunroom.
“Why didn’t they ever haul up the Titanic?”
The Eight-Year-Old, like most of us, is fascinated on some level with the Titanic. After last week’s discussion of the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and…
Bacon vs. prosciutto
Mommyo, passing the plate of appetizers around the table: “The Seven-Year-Old, would you like some prosciutto? It’s like bacon, but doesn’t need to be cooked.” Daddyo,…
What’s The Eight-Year-Old reading this week?
Our semi-weekly survey of the tidbits that cross The Eight-Year-Old’s desk. Caterpickles Central is all abuzz with news of the bobcat that caught a shark and the three new dwarf dragons discovered in South America. And and she read a few books too.
Wordless Wednesday: Oh man, please don’t tell The Eight-Year-Old!
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“What’s flotsam?”
On a road trip somewhere in the Midwest, The Eight-Year-Old asked, “What’s flotsam?” My husband promptly answered, “Jetsam’s brother.” I was all set to file this under Funny Stuff My Husband Says and use it as a quick and easy blog post, but then my husband had to ruin it. “But I bet they have technically different meanings. Mommyo, why don’t you look it up?” So, what is the difference between flotsam and jetsam anyway?
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