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I mean to do this regularly, then forget.
July 10:
The tent is set up in the front yard and the weather is pretty decent. Therefore, obviously, 3 children are building a fort in the living room.
July 8:
Signs you might be an over-educated upper-middle-class twit: your 8 year old makes miniature New Yorker magazines for her Polly Pocket dolls.
July 6:
"Mom, could you use a didgeridoo as a piss shooter?" "Mom, what's a piss shooter?" (He means a tube for shooting darts, it turns out, not pee.)
July 5:
I got a packet in the mail today about Casper's camp at Local University next week, exclusively focussed on the details of dropping off and picking up a child using a car. No mention at all of what building the camp is based in, or what to do if you might be (heaven forbid) walking. I guess we'll turn up at the line of cars and ask!
July 2:
Boy playdates are very different from girl playdates (most of ours involve our near neighbors, both girls); they've been playing Star Wars using shark teeth as vessels for half an hour now. And who teaches them to make the space laser noises, anyway?
July 1:
In milestone news, I have deposited my firstborn at sleepaway camp. (For 2 nights only.)
June 28, 9:45pm:
Bedtime at this point, given the recent summer solstice (so, sunset after 9pm), and the generally summer laziness, is a cruel joke. Casper was up until 11pm last night, and both are still up right now.
June 26:
Dillo got a haircut today - he was in serious hobbit mode - and I swear he looks about a foot taller now.
June 24:
The theme if this weekend's camping trip was raccoons. Fat, sassy, aggressive raccoons.
June 21:
"Mom, can I get those jeans leggings?"
"We can look at them when we do fall school shopping, but the last time you tried on skinny jeans you didn't like them."
"Well, I will still wear bootcuts sometimes, but skinny jeans are my way of saying, 'hello, other girls, sometimes I can be like you.'"
June 18:
The best part of today was Dillo's description of an animal he got to touch at zoo camp: it's small, and it's very soft, and it lives in the mountains, and it jumps around, and it takes dust baths! (Can you guess?)
June 16:
You haven't lived until you've watched your 8 and 5 year old kids try on the stripper heels in DSW. (They actually fit Casper. She wears an adult 5.5-6.)
June 14:
Casper has fallen in total love with The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook (found at the library) and when I pointed out it was a) by a woman who lives in b) Athens GA she just about expired from joy. Now if only there were a sequel...
June 14:
"No, what do seeds come from that's NOT plants. What did the first seed that ever grew come from?"
"Honey, I don't know the answer to that."
"Then look it up! Write, 'What did the first seed that ever grew on earth come from.' It's probably 725 million years old."
June 13:
It's very very hard to write a blog post about library linked open data while supervising a 5 year old gluing glitter to a box. Must get up earlier tomorrow and get this finished.
June 12:
Packet of mixed-color pipe cleaners: $0.99. 1/4 yard each of swirly night sky and green crushed velvet fabric: $3.23. Boxes lying around their rooms: free. Hours of diorama entertainment: priceless.
June 11:
This afternoon: 1) I let the kids watch 2 hours of Tom and Jerry cartoons. In my defense, they were in French, so it was educational, right? 2) Now they are playing Tom and Jerry, and Dillo just lured Casper out of her mousehole using a piece of cheese on a safety pin on a string.
July 10:
The tent is set up in the front yard and the weather is pretty decent. Therefore, obviously, 3 children are building a fort in the living room.
July 8:
Signs you might be an over-educated upper-middle-class twit: your 8 year old makes miniature New Yorker magazines for her Polly Pocket dolls.
July 6:
"Mom, could you use a didgeridoo as a piss shooter?" "Mom, what's a piss shooter?" (He means a tube for shooting darts, it turns out, not pee.)
July 5:
I got a packet in the mail today about Casper's camp at Local University next week, exclusively focussed on the details of dropping off and picking up a child using a car. No mention at all of what building the camp is based in, or what to do if you might be (heaven forbid) walking. I guess we'll turn up at the line of cars and ask!
July 2:
Boy playdates are very different from girl playdates (most of ours involve our near neighbors, both girls); they've been playing Star Wars using shark teeth as vessels for half an hour now. And who teaches them to make the space laser noises, anyway?
July 1:
In milestone news, I have deposited my firstborn at sleepaway camp. (For 2 nights only.)
June 28, 9:45pm:
Bedtime at this point, given the recent summer solstice (so, sunset after 9pm), and the generally summer laziness, is a cruel joke. Casper was up until 11pm last night, and both are still up right now.
June 26:
Dillo got a haircut today - he was in serious hobbit mode - and I swear he looks about a foot taller now.
June 24:
The theme if this weekend's camping trip was raccoons. Fat, sassy, aggressive raccoons.
June 21:
"Mom, can I get those jeans leggings?"
"We can look at them when we do fall school shopping, but the last time you tried on skinny jeans you didn't like them."
"Well, I will still wear bootcuts sometimes, but skinny jeans are my way of saying, 'hello, other girls, sometimes I can be like you.'"
June 18:
The best part of today was Dillo's description of an animal he got to touch at zoo camp: it's small, and it's very soft, and it lives in the mountains, and it jumps around, and it takes dust baths! (Can you guess?)
June 16:
You haven't lived until you've watched your 8 and 5 year old kids try on the stripper heels in DSW. (They actually fit Casper. She wears an adult 5.5-6.)
June 14:
Casper has fallen in total love with The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook (found at the library) and when I pointed out it was a) by a woman who lives in b) Athens GA she just about expired from joy. Now if only there were a sequel...
June 14:
"No, what do seeds come from that's NOT plants. What did the first seed that ever grew come from?"
"Honey, I don't know the answer to that."
"Then look it up! Write, 'What did the first seed that ever grew on earth come from.' It's probably 725 million years old."
June 13:
It's very very hard to write a blog post about library linked open data while supervising a 5 year old gluing glitter to a box. Must get up earlier tomorrow and get this finished.
June 12:
Packet of mixed-color pipe cleaners: $0.99. 1/4 yard each of swirly night sky and green crushed velvet fabric: $3.23. Boxes lying around their rooms: free. Hours of diorama entertainment: priceless.
June 11:
This afternoon: 1) I let the kids watch 2 hours of Tom and Jerry cartoons. In my defense, they were in French, so it was educational, right? 2) Now they are playing Tom and Jerry, and Dillo just lured Casper out of her mousehole using a piece of cheese on a safety pin on a string.