Mommyo meets Mr. Cuddles
Remember last year, when The Nine-Year-Old went to Grandma and Grandpa Summer Camp and sent back a photo of her snuggling a spry young alligator named Mr. Cuddles?Well this year, she insisted that Daddyo and I tag along.
Oops! I went on a blogging vacation and totally forgot to tell you…
So embarrassing. As is my habit here at Caterpickles Central I am shifting to a super light blogging schedule for the month of August so that…
It’s hot
The Nine-Year-Old just ran into my Office-away-from-the-Office with this horrifying heat wave update: “Mommyo, I can’t alliterate! It’s so hot I’ve actually lost the ability to alliterate anything!” Truly, heat waves are harder on the young. But as is usually the case, Shel Silverstein has the best words to describe our day.
Your Friday Construction Update: Gaslights
This week, while swapping out the cloth-bound electrical writing in our new bathroom for something a bit newer, my contractor paused just long enough to show me the piping for the even older gaslights that used to illuminate the master bathroom.
Caterpickles Central has become a construction zone
Somehow I had failed to appreciate the extent to which remodeling the bathroom next door would affect my office. See that black screen under the dust…
Happy New Year!
We’re taking a day off today for a Family Togetherness It’s a New Year Movie and/or Holiday Fun Marathon (I’m not really sure which we’re doing since…
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for sticking with us for another year!
Wordless Wednesday: The Eight-Year-Old helps the University of Chicago get into the Guinness Book of World Records
Last week, in an effort to keep patients safe and prevent infections, the University of Chicago hosted the #BigWashUCM — 24 hours in which the various wards and ICU units across its three hospitals strove to achieve perfect hand hygiene. I know what you’re thinking… How could they possibly know?
Happy Thanksgiving!
My daughter was underwhelmed by the Plymouth Rock when she first saw it. “Mommyo, is that the real Plymouth Rock?”
Teaching The Eight-Year-Old to be a savvy spender, Part II
Here at Caterpickles Central, we believe that everyone in the family works together to keep our household functioning without expecting any particular compensation beyond having clean silverware to eat with, the ability to walk through the house without tripping, and clean clothes to wear.
So when we decided four years ago that The (then) Four-Year-Old was old enough to receive an allowance, we didn’t ask her to do any chores around the house to earn it. Instead, we decided to use the allowance simply to teach her how to manage money.
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