Must be the new black berry.
Never Not
May 15, 2009It’s an emphatic negative – invented by my 3 year old.
“I’m never not going to be afraid of flies again!”, for example.
Twitchy Man
May 12, 2009The other day, I was wrestling Chinese Buffet Man and Chinese Buffet Boy – who were taking turns standing on my back like a surf-board.
It’s hard to stand on “Twitchy Man”.
4 sons, 4 schools
May 12, 2009Next fall, all of my sons will be attending “new to them” schools for the first time. College, Jr. High, Kindergarten, and Pre-School.
I’m surgerying
February 3, 2009My 4 year old aspires to be a Doctor some day – Dr. Doodan will be his name, he says.
Today my arm was broken, and he worked on it carefully, performing all the necessary procedures associated with the good practice of medicine.
“I’m surgerying on you…”, he said.
40 yard dash
February 3, 2009I can still tie my soon to be 12 year old son in a short race.
I can beat him if he looks at me and starts laughing.
“B” Island
January 22, 2009“Hey look!”, said my 2 year old, “a ‘B’ Island!”.
All of his letters were on the floor in a pile, except the “B” – it was off by itself.
Door Jam
January 20, 2009The car was stuck in the snow in the drive way. I turned down the fan and the radio and opened the door so I could hear and see the tires – so I wouldn’t spin them too much as I rocked out of the snow. My sons were outside digging away at the snow under the car and behind the tires.
Yes! I was starting to make it! I was moving, faster, faster… CRUNCH!!
I forgot to close the door, which was now wedged in the snow bank. It was working just like the barb on a fishhook. Now there’s a big hole in the back side of the snow bank – just big enough to, say, close a car door.
New Martial Arts Hero
January 20, 2009My 4 year old and I were wrestling, and he struck a familiar ninja pose,
“Hi YAH!”, he said, “I’m Chinese Buffet Man!”
Unneh, unneh! Shaouldn’t you bee a, werkin?
January 14, 2009Excerpt from an IM conversation with my soon to be 15 year old daughter.
1:09:49 PM) me: wha??? where ARE you?
(1:10:03 PM) her: ‘ere pa, righ’ ‘ere
(…)
(1:10:40 PM) her: Unneh, unneh! Shaouldn’t you bee a, werkin?
