happy playdoh thanksgiving!

Posted on November 26, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment

Sophie made us a play-doh thanksgiving feast this morning. Come on over, there’s enough for everyone!
  
What are you grateful for?

to do lists

Posted on October 19, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 5 Comments

I was waiting for Luc to put on his shoes this morning, something he really wanted to do himself, which is fine, but it can take a while and we were running late. I was counting my deep breaths and fighting the urge to just do it for him, which he would hate, when finally, [...]

2 stories, 1 joke, and a song

Posted on May 22, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment

Story #1
Sophie was drawing an huge, scary, creature-looking thing last night and I asked her who it was.
“This guy is the meanest guy in the whole world. His name is Peacock Stink-poot! He has the stinkiest poots in the whole universe! When he poots, they can smell it all the way in China! His eyelashes [...]

don’t feed the animals

Posted on May 7, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment

Here we see Cheetah Girl and Lion Boy devour the carcasses of several lollipops.

Lion Boy, rubbing his lollipop all over his lips and chin, announced, “I’m making it red because my face is covered with BLOOD!”
What is it about a tiny child being ferocious that is so…cute?
Don’t tell him I said that.

they know how to party

Posted on April 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment

The kids are jaw-droppingly able to have fun anywhere, anyhow, anytime. Case in point: the grocery store yesterday. I mean, woohoo Harris Teeter, right? Um, no. Not usually. Although I have heard that the Harris Teeter can be quite the pick-up spot for singles on Friday nights, I tend to equate grocery shopping with running [...]

I love my job

Posted on March 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment

Last night, after much flopping, and adjusting, and pulling of covers, Sophie and I finally settled down to sleep. Ahhhhh….
And just as I’m relaxing into a half hour snooze with her (I usually get back after she’s dropped off) Sophie’s little voice comes out of the dark saying, “Mommy, can I have drink of water?”
Groan. [...]

the healing powers of chocolate

Posted on March 28, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment

It’s been raining and raining and we’ve all been inside, a lot, maybe too much. So, yesterday afternoon, the kids were fighting and I was crabby and let’s just say none of us were being very kind. My answer to these situations is usually the same, a Monty Python, And now for something…completely different.
“Hey, kids, [...]

seeing through kiddo eyes

Posted on March 21, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment

Luc, 3, riding in the grocery cart the other day, thoughtfully said, “You know, Mommy. Everyone has boogies.” Which is true, but might not be obvious in the boogie-intolerant culture we live in.
Sophie, 5, was watching an episode of Spiderman yesterday, a chase scene, Spiderman flinging himself and a blond babe through the city, while [...]

luc the merciful

Posted on March 12, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 2 Comments

Luc (3 years old): Sophie took my ginger snap.
Me: [Making lunch] Shall I smite her?
Luc: [serious expression] What is smite?
Me: It’s when you flatten someone, just totally wipe them out, then maybe eat their bones on toast. Usually a god or a goddess does it.
Luc: Oh. [Ponders this.] How do you smite?
Me: Well, lightening is [...]

happy birthday, sophie!

Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 5 Comments

Sophie turns 5 today. Wow!
I asked her if there was anything she remembered learning as a four year old, anything that marked being four for her, and she came up with this amazing list. The year Sophie was four she learned how to:

post on a horse and hold the reins with one hand

count to 100

snap [...]