Driving home, we pass the paper shop with balloons tied outside on a sandwich board. (Yes, the same place that used to give away balloons, up until that helium shortage last year.)
“I want a balloon! Can I have a balloon today?”
We keep driving.
“Mommy!”
We keep driving.
“What?”
“Can I have a balloon? PLEASE?!”
“No, not today.” [...]
“A person’s a person, no matter how small!”
Yes, it opened yesterday (big) and being the movie loser lover I am, I took Kid to Horton Hears a Who.
Sure, it was colorful, silly and most importantly, less than 90 minutes long, but there was this message.
And they kept repeating it.
And while laughing nervously, I [...]
Some parents worry about where their kids will go to kindergarten this fall. Not me. When you wake up each morning staring at the bricks of an elementary school, you have no doubts about where. Especially since the three elementary schools on this island are supposedly top-knotch.
While I know where Kid will [...]
It’s bedtime. Time for potty, teeth-brushing and pj’s.
A door slams.
BAM!
(small female voice from inside the bedroom, shouting)
I’ll put on my pj’s, but I want you to stay OUTSIDE!
(pause)
So you won’t see my naked BUTT!
(larger female voice from outside the bedroom, shouting)
I MADE that BUTT, and I’ll look at it anytime [...]
noun:
1. A petty falsehood; a fib.
2. Pretentious nonsense.
Mr B did not tell a whopper. This was no fib, plumper, porker or tarradiddle. There was definitely no deceit, mendacity or fabrication.
– “Looking back”, Western Mail, May 11, 2002
Tarradiddle is of unknown origin.
First off, note that this is NOT a verb. I know, I know, you [...]
Given my grumpiness lately and Kid’s around-ness with winter break, I recently decided to check out Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful by Louise Ames. It’s part of a child development series of books (Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-To 24-Month-Old, Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender, etc.). They may be somewhat dated, but [...]
This is me.
With 3 whole days before PRESCHOOL starts again.
At any given moment, I blurt:
“Could you just STOP TALKING for ONE minute?!?”
“Step AWAY from the dog!!” (dog growling)
“Get OFF ME!!”
(or the hub’s own) “Stop REPEATING! You’re REPEATING!”
Yes. It’s a real pleasure to be around us, with this post-holiday, sticky, slimey, stinky [...]
