Reason #2491 why watching football is more fun with the Four-Year-Old

The Patriots receiver is flying down the field, ball in hand just yards shy of the goal, Baltimore Ravens in hot pursuit. The Four-Year-Old jumps up…

Aloha

The Four-Year-Old, on learning that Hawaiians use the same word to say hello and goodbye: “How can you tell one Hello-ha from another?”

Breakfast at Caterpickles II

Rainy winter mornings when The Four-Year-Old wakes up early and there are guests in the house simply scream for complicated breakfasts. This is especially fun when The Four-Year-Old is in a measuring and stirring sort of mood.

Driving while parenting

The Four-Year-Old, from the back seat of the car her mother is driving: “Daddy is a really good driver. He doesn’t even run over anybody!” Related…

An Interview with The Four-Year-Old

I’m borrowing this idea from Susan, a friend of a friend who writes theskyislaughing, a blog mostly about her adopted daughter, Selam, but also about writing,…

In which The Four-Year-Old dips into phrenology

The Four-Year-Old, surveying the world from her car seat: “Mommyo, why are some trees called evergreens?” Mommyo: “Because they keep their leaves all year round and…

Ouch

The Four-Year-Old, laid up with a sore throat just before Christmas: “Mommyo, when my spit and my throat meet, they get into a fight.”

In which The Four-Year-Old uses Siri to send her first text

For those of you who have not yet met Siri, it’s a voice recognition application that you can use to operate the latest generation of iPhones.…

In which The Four-Year-Old gains a new appreciation for my age

The Four-Year-Old, interrupting her parents’ discussion of what to do with our out-of-date technology: “Mommyo, do you really have the first Kindle ever made?”

Mommyo, glossing over the fine print* with her usual wild abandon: “Yep. And your Daddyo has the second Kindle ever made.”

The Four-Year-Old, with a gasp: “You’re that old????”