If you draw a preschooler a mouse
If you draw a preschooler a mouse, She’ll tell you he looks hungry, and ask you to draw him a plate of cheese. When you draw…
How to get your child to hate St. Patrick’s Day
And maybe vegetables. Mommyo: “It’s St. Patrick’s Day, The Five-Year-Old, do you know what that means?” The Five-Year-Old, excitedly: “The leprechauns filled my pot with leprechaun…
Leprechaun money
It’s School Vacation Week again (well really more of a School Vacation Long Weekend), which in our family means a visit to a painting room of…
Happy Birthday, Santa!
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“When cats eat mice, do they eat the bones?”
Our cat Mulberry was an exceptional mouser. As far as I know, though, she never actually ate any of the mice she ate. But on learning that owls eat the bones along with the rest of the mice, my daughter naturally wondered if cats ate mouse bones too.
In which The Four-Year-Old tells it like it is
The loss of a pet is tremendously sad. But even in the most heart-breaking moments, life with The Four-Year-Old forces you to make room for laughter.…
In which The Four-Year-Old Invents a New Yoga Pose
The Four-Year-Old: “Mommyo, did you know I have a helicopter pose?” Mommyo: “You do? Can I see it?” The Four-Year-Old, jumping up and down: “All you…
The Plausible Cheering Squad
For various reasons my attention lately has not been directed toward housekeeping, and my house shows it. I’m not a perfectly neat person in normal times,…
“How do you know what Sparky says?”
Early Friday morning, well before sunrise, The Four-Year-Old clambered onto the couch next to me, her sleeping friend Sparky in hand. In what I thought was…
I can’t believe I just said that
Overheard in the Caterpickles Transport Pod (while parked in a parking lot)… Mommyo: “The Four-Year-Old, don’t eat the whole bag of M&Ms or you won’t have…
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