A conversation with Miss T

Subtitled: This is what they’re teaching in the three-year-old class? Sub-subtitled: Anatomy 101, for those who are in need of a refresher course* Tonight we were doing the usual pre-bath routine – the one where I wait for what seems like an eternity for Miss T to…finish her business.  We’ve found it speeds the process [...]

My Christmas vacation, in numbers and iPhone pictures

Number of separate family celebrations attended: 2 Number of nights I spent sleeping on a slowly-deflating air mattress in my parents’ study: 4 Number of times each night Miss T rolled off her pallet and into the closet doors: 1 Number of Dora the Explorer-themed gifts received by Miss T for either Christmas or birthday: [...]

Three

Dear Miss T: Happy birthday, little one.  Three years, wow!  Look at you, getting all big and stuff. You, missy, certainly keep us all on our toes.  You’re just always up to something – whether with the intent of mischief or not.  For example, one morning when I went to get you out of bed, [...]

2010: A summary

For lack of creativity (and motivation), look!  A meme!  We all know I love memes of all flavors.  I’ll go ahead and do this year-end wrap-up on the assumption that not much else of note is going to happen this year. 1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?  Started graduate [...]

From the outside listening in

Scene: Dinnertime, kitchen.  I’m putting away the clean silverware.  N is sitting nearby. Me: This silverware is getting nasty.  We’re going to need to replace it.  It offends me. N: Yeah, I know.  That’s okay, we’ll have to go to IKEA soon anyway to get a thing for his thing.  [looks meaningfully at AE] AE: [...]