In which The Five-Year-Old plans to be sneaky
After hearing how a very young Gran would sneak out of the house when her mother wasn’t looking and hide in the woodshed, The Five-Year-Old was…
How you know it’s time for a haircut
The Five-Year-Old: “My bangs tickle my eyes. They make me laugh even when I haven’t had a silly thought!”
Reason #40592 to talk to your child about your day
The Five-Year-Old: “Daddyo, do you know that every time you tell me about the ICU my mind grows? My mind grows a hundred million times a…
Tigery’s Tale, As Told By The Five-Year-Old
Ever wondered what Tigery’s life was like before she came to live with us? Pull up a chair. The Five-Year-Old has a story she’d like to tell you.
A good photojournalist is always prepared
Last weekend, Mommyo found The Five-Year-Old in the entryway busily stocking her backpack with gear for our trip to the New Bedford Summerfest, and as Mommyos…
The Five-Year-Old Goes to the Movies: The Cat From Outer Space
On Father’s Day weekend, my husband asked The Five-Year-Old if she would like to watch his favorite movie from when he was just a Five-Year-Old. Naturally she did, so he hunted down The Cat From Outer Space, courtesy of Netflix.
“Where do all the silent p’s go?”
After hearing Daddyo explain to The Five-Year-Old that in words like ‘pneumonia’ and ‘pteranodon’ the ‘p’ is silent: Mommyo, facetiously: “Where do all the silent p’s…
Kitty paleontology
Daddyo, on finding pellets of dried play-doh on our dining room table: “What’s this?” The Five-Year-Old, informatively: “The poop of the first kitties to ever walk…
Snap out of it, Mommyo!
Another in my backlog of Mulberry posts: On the drive home from putting our cat Mulberry down last March, Mommyo, plaintively: “I don’t think I’m going…
Plotting with The Five-Year-Old
Overheard at an undisclosed location, a mother and her daughter making plans for Father’s Day: Mommyo, enthusiastically: “As Daddyo would say, The Five-Year-Old, that plan is…
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