Applied Vocabulary: “What does camouflage mean?”
cam·ou·flage [kam-uh-flahzh]: noun* the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy concealment by some means that alters or obscures the appearance a…
Wordless Wednesday: One last hurrah at the Shedd Aquarium
Yeah. I’m going to miss summer too. Related Links: Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles What’s Wordless Wednesday? Recently I discovered Wordless Wednesdays through the blog, 5 Minutes…
Wordless Wednesday: Look who’s in time-out
When I wandered out into the Room of the Very Many Couches on a recent morning, I found this: I don’t know all the details behind…
More fun with idioms
Overheard in the bike lock aisle of our local Target on a recent Saturday… Mommyo, sentimentally: “Daddyo, fourteen years ago today we were packing for our…
Wordless Wednesday: World’s Biggest Dragonfly
Look who I found when I wandered out into our parking lot one afternoon this summer. Man, bugs get big here. Related Links: Wordless Wednesday on…
Wordless Wednesday: The Basil Patch at the Chicago Botanic Garden
A week or so ago, some friends invited us out to the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was a gorgeous day, and in my usual camera-impaired style,…
Geeky typography humor
Daddyo, interrupting his interpretative reading of The Hardy Boys’ The Mark on the Door, “Mommyo, you have to look at this. It’s the world’s longest dash.”…
Driving while parenting, Episode IV
Daddyo to the driver of the gold Jaguar cutting him off on I-90 in the midst of Chicago rush hour traffic: “Oh sure, bring your expensive…
The Six-Year-Old turns the corner
The Six-Year-Old, diving into her fifth Diary of Wimpy Kid novel in as many days, “Mommyo, I never used to read long books but then I…
Tonight’s Evening Fete is Canceled
With another birthday just a few days away, it’s time for the annual airing of my cranky old lady persona. I’ve broken out the cat-themed jigsaw…
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