She totally blew us away when she came out with that sentence. Yes, she really said it! My mom was even there as witness! Okay, not the most credible of witnesses, but still. She asked so politely that I really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, so I haven’t actually heard this conversation take place, but I’m certain that this is about how it goes. And, yes, I have had the immense pleasure of stepping in cat gack in the middle of the night while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actual conversation. Yes, my wife is weird. And insane. At least she’s always entertaining 😉 I’m wearing a Michigan Geocaching sweatshirt, which actually rates as one of my nicer ones (meaning that I won’t wear it to work). Stacy’s got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This actually happened last week and the phrase “holy crap” hasn’t been used with such frequency since the pope got the trots. Could she have done this on a weekday, when grandma would’ve had the esteemed pleasure of cleaning up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shortly after our train trip a couple months back, Kia took to calling me Tom as often as (or more so than) daddy. We figure it was because she got used to hearing everyone else call me by name and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My initial response wasn’t intended to be snarky, I was just picturing the name with a very different spelling than she was. After that… well, come on, how could I possibly ignore an opening like that? 😀 Anyway, the name[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I only wish you could hear how sweetly she says “okaaaay.” It’s adorable… and I’m not just saying that ‘cause I’m dad. ;P She started with that a couple months back, then a month or so later added “of course”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This has been a frequent game of hers, of late. She’ll bring something to one of us, hold it out then, as soon as we take it, she says “Mine!” and pulls it away. Then she’ll do it again if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously… I would pay good money for a baby-talk translator. Kia actually has a pretty decent vocabulary by this point (I’d say upwards of a hundred words that she can actually use properly, plus a few parroted words that I’d[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, those are hair picks. Yes, we’re poking each other with them and adding sound effects. And, yes… we’d probably still be doing it if Kia wasn’t there, but the fact remains that she was there, providing a great excuse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…