Mommyo messes up The Seven-Year-Old’s schedule … AGAIN
The Seven-Year-Old, angrily, to the sound of much paper sloshing around underfoot: “Why does she mess up my schedule like this? I have a schedule book…
Wordless Wednesday: I can’t believe I forgot about that
Canelo crawled into my lap while I was working this afternoon. Within seconds my keyboard was covered in cat hair. The Cat Hair Ejection Fraction is…
Overheard on a recent Saturday morning
Mommyo, grabbing her coffee mug by its body: “Oh! That’s hot!” The Seven-Year-Old, sagely: “That’s why they invented handles, Mommyo.” Related Links: More funny stuff my daughter…
Wordless Wednesday: The Seven-Year-Old finally gets her kitten
Introducing Canelo, our new super sweet and snuggly 4 month old kitten.
The Seven-Year-Old goes shopping
Overheard at Bass Pro Shops… The Seven-Year-Old, excitedly: “A hot dog steamer? That’s my dream machine!” We’ll make a camper of her yet. Related Links: “What’s…
What do you serve to a party of dragons?
It’s March, which means that any day now, The Six-Year-Old will morph into The Seven-Year-Old. The Six-Year-Old is slightly obsessed with dragons (and their Viking trainers) at the moment, thanks to Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon books, so we are planning a dragon (and Viking)-theme birthday party for her. Naturally, the topic of what kind of birthday cake we should serve came up.
Dinosaur Pet Guide
Last week, one of our favorite Norwood correspondents alerted me to this Dinosaur Pet Guide by John Conway (via I Love Charts). Although my daughter’s preferred pet (a Giganotosaurus) doesn’t appear on it, I think it’s safe to assume the experience of owning a T. Rex would be pretty similar.
Classic Caterpickles: Daddyo’s Winter Survival Tip: “Don’t taunt the hand plague.”
I’m desperately hoping that this renovation doesn’t morph into another Project Bob disastrophe. Remind me to tell you that little horror story sometime. For now, here’s…
(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: Turtle on Trial
Over the weekend, The Six-Year-Old put her turtle on trial. She has not yet made the full list of his nefarious deeds public, nor has the…
“How do you make snow cream?”
Pretty much the only thing my husband likes about winter is snow cream, so when we heard that Governor Patrick had declared a snow emergency for Massachusetts, we stocked up on condensed milk and vanilla so that we would be fully prepared once the snow finally arrived.
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