I’m sure you’ve all been waiting a long time to see her smack me again, so you’re welcome! Also, thanks to Laurie for setting that conversation up, with Kia’s assistance; she was riding in the backseat, wedged between the girls’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My daughter’s already picking up on geek humour and references – hell, yeah, I’m proud! For one thing, it means she can understand the jokes that Stacy and I make (excluding the, uh… “adult” references, so far), but it also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As my brother can attest, reading can be an addiction – I mean, he actually read an encyclopedia when we were kids, just because he had nothing else handy. Kia’s no better. If there are words, she’s going to read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Context is key… and I’m apparently locked out. Now, I’m assuming that it has something to do with the pair of inflatable orcas that they have, but I still think that I’m missing out on some important information as to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was describing Kia’s very distracted, “Sunday drive” mentality towards bike rides to my mom and she tells me that she’s the same way, that’s why she never got into riding motorcycles (watching the scenery while driving high speeds isn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kids grow fast… what’s up with that? They also like to hold onto clothes that they’ve obviously outgrown. And, yes, also clothes that are way out of season. They’ll wear Halloween and Christmas themes year-round, no problems. Weird kids. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They try the hide-and-scare thing in several places (ie. the same several places multiple times), but waiting outside the bathroom seems the silliest – I mean, they have no idea how long I’m going to be in there. ;P Even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fourth wall? What fourth wall? Seriously, though, we barely drive anywhere as a family anymore, since she works from home and we don’t generally do any kinds of errands as a family thanks to the whole pandemic thing, which makes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arwyn really had a great time, but became bored very fast when we stopped looking at toys and doing officially fun things. Then again, the day had been pretty non-stop until that point, so maybe it was just the sudden[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Easter egg hunts are always amazing in terms of how easily they go right past the obvious, then find the ones that are actually sort of hidden. All good fun, though, and the girls were actually willing to help each[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…