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…
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…
The Six-Year-Old wins another round
On a recent Saturday afternoon, The Six-Year-Old and her father were tucked up on our couch reading The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1) by Franklin W.…
Jedi Word Tricks
The caffeine consumption at Caterpickles Central has gone up considerably since we decided to move to Chicago. Mommyo’s alone has more than doubled. Naturally, The Six-Year-Old…
The Six-Year-Old goes bowling
The Six-Year-Old simply adores candlepin bowling. And I adore her running commentary as she does it. The Six-Year-Old bowls, hoping as Six-Year-Olds will, for a strike…
The Six-Year-Old Negotiates: Episode 2, The Tooth Fairy
This week, the Six-Year-Old lost her first two teeth. Or rather, The Six-Year-Old went to the dentist and the dentist pulled them out for her. That bit was a little rocky, but once we were home again, my daughter spent the rest of the day happily speculating about what her buddies at school would say when they saw her. There was a slight bobble at dinnertime, when she realized that the Tooth Fairy would come and take away both of her teeth overnight. That’s when the negotiating started.
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