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Monthly Archives: January 2007

Potty Talk

On that note, we had the following conversation last week: Me: Time to use the potty, Doodles!Doodles: I don’t have to go.Me: Are you sure? You haven’t gone at all today.Doodles: No potty.Me: Did you know that right now this very second in California, T. Rex is using the potty?Doodles: Why?Me: Because it’s potty time!Doodles: [...]

Permanent Vacation

We’re back. We survived. I have a sore throat and the everyday life is starting to creep back in; Pie is sleeping the sleep of, well, okay, she’s not sleeping; Doodles is oversugared, overexhausted, and overwhelmed; and Adam is already immersed back in work. Everytime we go back to Miami Beach, I think, “Why don’t [...]

Beach Highlights

So what did we do on our vacation? Sigh: Captain Stoney piloted us around Biscayne Bay aboard the Triple Play and I in my foolish hurry forgot to bring a bathing suit, forcing me to don the two-piece swimsuit of my twelve-year-old cousin. Pad was supposed to nap… so Pie drifted off within minutes of, [...]

Doodle Speak

Preschooler conversation #1:T. Rex: Hi.Doodles: Hi.T. Rex [holding up a purple matchbox car]: This is my car.Doodles: Um, um, I have a truck! At home! It’s purple. And has yellow on it. It’s a truck. At home.T. Rex: This is my car. Preschooler conversation #2:Doodles [pointing outside]: Do you know what this is called?T. Rex: [...]