Mental Math
Mother, graciously interrupting her own story to introduce the cast members to The Four-Year-Old: “We are talking about my cousin, who you probably don’t remember, because…
The trouble with nature shows
The trouble with nature shows is that watching them makes the Four-Year-Old very curious. Which means I spend an awful lot of time looking at pictures of things I wish I didn’t knew existed. But they also prompt some wonderful questions.
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…
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The Four-Year-Old, interrupting her parents’ discussion of what to do with our out-of-date technology: “Mommyo, do you really have the first Kindle ever made?”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????”
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