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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Foot Fetishes and Other Kid Happenings

Pie is obsessed with socks in general and a pair of hand-me-down socks that have a cat on each one over the toes in particular. “Kitty cat! Kitty cat! Meow! Meow!” The socks, dirty after a day of play, come off for bath. In her pretty clean pajamas, she demands, “Socks! Socks! Kitty cats!” and [...]

Red Sox Are From Mars, Yankees Are From Venus

Doodles: Are the Red Sox playing the ‘ankees today?Me: I don’t think so. I think they’re playing the Blue Jays, but I’m not sure. Do you want me to call Daddy and find out?Doodles: Yes.I pick up the phone and dial.Doodles: Are you calling the Red Sox?Me: No, I’m calling Daddy.Doodles: Oh. The ‘ankees are [...]

The Bell Tolls for Me

I’ve had a terrible cold. Bad enough that if Adam had it, he’d be lying in bed moaning, instead of doing the only adult thing I could do: Walk around moaning and completely martyring myself in the name of caring for my children. I’m proud to say there wasn’t even any extra TV involved. Last [...]

Unpatriots Day

Did you hear that? The shot heard ’round the world? Of course you didn’t because apparently those Minute Men came out of their houses, saw a bit of rain, and decided to call the revolution off. Sigh. As I’ve mentioned previously (2003 and 2004; we participated in 2005 and 2006, but I apparently didn’t feel [...]

La la la

So apropos of practically nothing (there’s slight relevance; I’m just not sharing it), I’m singing all my favorite songs of the ’70s to Adam, arguing with him about what song is on which album and what year they were released and who owned the albums. Adam keeps claiming to have owned LPs of albums that [...]

Ming Ming!

Not to keep bringing the subject up, but I will have my limits for the Pie:

Lotsa Matzah Good-bye!

Passover has now passed, and this morning we brought the hametz (bread products) back into the kitchen. The Pie was so excited she nearly jumped up and down and she immediately plopped herself on the kitchen floor and began opening different boxes of cereal, plunging her hand in and cramming her mouth full as if [...]

Lotsa Matzah Pieces

Currently it’s rainy and 37 degrees. Scratch that: it’s snowy. My son has no school because it’s Passover. My daughter has no school because she woke up this morning with a fever of 105.2. I am able to type this now thanks to the combined power of puzzles, stickers, and chocolate matzah. Today has already [...]