Yeah, I can’t say I’d ever heard of a “kindergarten graduation” until I came State-side, but maybe I just wasn’t hanging around people with kids? I don’t know – it seems a little silly, but it helps her see how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Return of the Play-Doh! They love playing with it whenever they get the chance, and will frequently ask about getting it out when we’re heading out in half an hour, or just before bed – because timing is a specialty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are moments when true spiritual awareness and enlightenment shine through in my girls. Aaaaaand then I realize that they were having an entirely different conversation that we were. Oh, well, I’m not expecting to be raising the next Budha[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There have, of course, been times when the language that we think they say really is what they said… and those are generally chronicled somewhere in the archives of this comic. That said, there are plenty more times when what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Given a choice, she’d much rather use markers – the kind that are fully washable, of course – but there are times when I’m not able to watch her closely enough to let her use them. It’s not that she’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We were watching a movie called “Leap” about an orphan girl trying to break into ballet in 19th century Paris. I pretty much could’ve watched it blind-folded, given the amount of commentary Kia put forth. I know she has a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The girls really know how to tire me out, especially when “they” are getting exercise. To be fair, both of them will run themselves to exhaustion playing out in a field, just running around, but I guarantee you that I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While I can fully appreciate the desire to fact check – we need a LOT more of that in the modern world – I would’ve thought that the lack of a car at the house would’ve been sufficient evidence to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The girls both love their daddy time, which is awesome, but it does mean that when one of them has a class or something, they want me to take them… and the other one wants me to stay. Someone’s getting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’ve mentioned that we like doing Nerf gun shootouts, right? Well, after having some friends over with their teenagers – who brought their own weaponry – the girls were eager to expand our arsenal. When I say “girls,” I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…