Let the dog in!

adjective:
1. Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
Lachrymose is from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima.

As parents, we learn new lachrymose things all the time from our kids.
No clean Hello Kitty shirt? WAAAAAAHHHH!
No RED popsicle? WAHHHHHH!
No watermelon gum? WAHHHHH!
Yesterday, I learned […]

My fab nursing abilities apparently come with an expiration date…..
day 1: Oh, poor BAYYYYBY! Come to mommy! *hugs*
day 2: Still feeling bad? (hm, missing summer preschool morning session…oh well) Here, sit on my lap! Have a popsicle!
day 3: Hot forehead AGAIN?! Now, where’d I put that thermometer? Look, Daddy’s home from […]

noun:
The state or quality of being lenient; mildness; gentleness of treatment; leniency.
Lenity comes from Latin lenitas, from lenis, “soft, mild.”

We have a lot of lenity (a word my spellcheck is denying!) going on around here. I know because Kid a) ate a popsicle IN BED the other night, and b) ate a popsicle IN […]

As you may know (read, people, read!), we had a little road trip down to Newport, Oregon last week.
We didn’t DO that much, a fast aquarium visit –fast, because two pools back at the hotel were calling for Kid (square pool over watching otters and sea lions eat?? Kid needs to reorganize her priorities!).Little […]

noun:
A person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts.
Amanuensis comes from Latin, from the phrase (servus) a manu, “slave with handwriting duties,” from a, ab, “by” + manu, from manus, “hand.”

Okay, totally long and useless word when you have “scrivener” or “secretary” or “mommy.”
See, this has been my job ever since Kid learned about […]

adjective:
Extremely or unduly particular in standards or taste; fastidious; finicky.
Finical is probably derived from fine.

Finical, it’s like cynical with a lisp.
I like how it’s derived from “fine” but SO doesn’t mean it. Plus, what IS fine, anyway?
I say that box of painting supplies on the floor under the extra dining chair is fine. […]

Just the usual bedtime chat this weekend:
“And so you came out of Grammy’s tummy?”
“Yup.”
“And I came out of YOUR tummy!”
“Right!”
“I was IN your tummy when you were in Grammy’s tummy?!”
“No. Later. I had to grow up and become a lady first (snickering not necessary). THEN I could have a baby.”
(we […]