Your Moment of Reading
This week, Daddyo read The Five-Year-Old John D. Fitzgerald’s The Great Brain.
In which The Five-Year-Old learns all threats are not created equal
The Five-Year-Old, on being denied a third episode of Wild Kratts: “Mommyo, if you don’t let me have any more tv today, I’ll read thirty books…
“How long can jellyfish sting after they are dead?”
Last Christmas, when The (then) Four-Year-Old was surveying Panama City Beach for a likely spot to construct a landing pad for Santa and his reindeer, she came across a jellyfish. Naturally I panicked. “Don’t step in that! It might sting you!” The (then) Four-Year-Old, practically: “But it’s dead.” “Doesn’t matter, it can sting anyway.” The (then) Four-Year-Old, curiously, “How long can jellyfish sting after they are dead?”
Beware the vegetarian T. Rex
Overheard at a local park: The Five-Year-Old and I playing at dinosaurs out in the wild. Mommyo: “I’m a triceratops.” The Five-Year-Old: “OK. I’ll be a…
“How do imaginary time machines work?”
Um… With your imagination? Any one got a better answer for The Five-Year-Old? She doesn’t like mine. Related Articles: Time Machine project for a child’s birthday…
In which The Five-Year-Old teaches her father to write
The Five-Year-Old, waiting for her dinner to arrive: “Daddyo, do you want to play tic-tac-toe with me?” Daddyo: “Only if you draw the X’s for me.”…
Caterpickles BREAKING NEWS Alert: Rogue pony steals 5YO’s imagination.
The Five-Year-Old, yelling from the top of the stairs: “Mommyo! Come quick! It’s an EMERGENCY!” Mommyo, panicked, drops the pan she’s been washing in the sink…
Bath Day
Mommyo, disentangling her fingers from the hairs’ nest on the back of The Five-Year-Old’s head on a recent Sunday morning: “It’s bath day today, I think.”…
Happy (Belated) 100th Birthday, Fenway Park!
Sorry I’m late. Mommyo and I have been busy. Those Yankees were really rude to spoil your party like that. Love, The Five-Year-Old Related articles: 100…
The Five-Year-Old Does Yoga
The Five-Year-Old in Tree Pose: “I’m a little wobbly. But that’s ok. I’m like a tree in the wind.” Related articles In which The Four-Year-Old invents…
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