Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Adam’s out of town, off on the Left Coast, so here I sit with my wine, my Project Runaway, and my slow-ass laptop. (“Where’s your laptop?” I asked him on the phone. “My work laptop?” “No, your at-home laptop.” “Yeah, my at-home work laptop. It’s right here. With me. In San Francisco.” We don’t say, [...]
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Getting ready for bed, Doodles tried to pull down Pie’s underwear. Pie: Doodles! Stop that!Doodles: Ha ha! I just saw your butt gutter! In the timeless tradition of my father, we do Quiz Questions at dinner. Tonight:Me: What’s the next holiday coming up?Pie: Yom Kippur!Me: And what do the grown-ups do on Yom Kippur?Pie: Um… [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The end of summer comes later for our family than most–our school system has the arcane rule that school starts the Thursday after Labor Day (and the Monday after Labor Day for kindergartners). So this year, Labor Day was as late as it can possibly be, meaning the first day of school for Doodles was [...]
Monday, September 14, 2009
I recognize that this is a very introspective (read: masturbatory) blog–the outside world doesn’t generally intervene here unless it relates to something amusing/maddening/strange a family member did. And in a sense this is also a self-indulgent post. Because it’s all about how it relates to me. But for a few moments, we shall turn to [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Let’s get something clear: Socks are an optional piece of clothing. If you need to go without them, then go without them. It’s not like pants, in which case one might find oneself arrested for going without. Socks? Eh. Who needs them? In what case might one need to go without socks? Let’s think of [...]
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Pie: I’m going to get some water. Grabs a cup from the drawer. Walks to the fridge. Sniffs. Turns around. Pie: I need another cup. This cup smells like tushie. She opens the drawer. Pulls out a different cup. And puts the tushie cup… back in the drawer. Can I get you something to drink?
Sunday, September 6, 2009
There’s a loose connection in my boy’s head. He’s just, well, doing this strange little thing. His latest: Doodles: Pie, look! I’m going to punch myself in the wiener! At first I found myself scolding, “We don’t punch ourselves in the private parts!” Now I’ve resigned myself to, “Go to your room until you’re done [...]
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Today is the day of the birthday parties: Doodles is going Mad Scientist; Pie is going Piggy Party. Adam: What would you like from the bagel store?Pie: I want a bagel with egg and bacon on the side. I need bacon because I’m having a piggy party!Doodles: Bacon is made out of pig!Pie: I know! [...]
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Tomorrow is the Day of the Birthdays. While both of their actual birthdays were two weeks/a week and a half ago, most of their friends return to town this weekend from Summer, so this weekend is the parties (our town is obscenely late in starting school; per Facebook, most of my friends’ kids started going [...]