How to know if things are going great

As we sat down to breakfast this morning, Laylee expressed her happiness with her situation in life: “Everything is going great for me right now. My hair is turning curly, I have a loose tooth, and I brushed my teeth with my timer this morning.” Right on, sweetie.

Filed under: Honesty of Children, family fun, kid stuff, unbearable cuteness

The Phantom Experience — According to Dan

Yeah. That guy’s pretty much a freak show.

Filed under: Reviews, around town

Covering all the bases

Overheard recently: DYM:  Does anyone know where the scissors are? Magoo:  [drawl]  Nooope. [fast]  I-know-I-know-I-know! [pause]  Whaaaat? ____________________________ DYM: [putting on Magoo's elbow pads]  It’s elbow time! Magoo: I LOOOOVE ebow time!  … Wha’s ebow time? ____________________________ DYM:  We’re having some bacon for dinner. Magoo:  I LOOOOOVE bacon! … Wha’s bacon? Bonus line from Laylee: [...]

Filed under: family fun, food, kid stuff, unbearable cuteness

Her back is “out”

Kathryn’s back is “out”. Not “out” as in “un-cool”; “out” as in “out of commission”. (I find her back very cool.) So she asked I post a little something to let you all know that she has not, in fact, passed away, but is merely immobilized for the time being. Because staying on her back [...]

Filed under: Friendship, family fun, fashion, health, holidays, kid stuff, near-death, unbearable cuteness

Magoo is Three-ish

“Something happened to Magoo on his third birthday. As he collapsed into an exhausted coma on my lap after a fun-filled day at Disneyland and slept sweetly through the singing and the candles and the cake, some crazy switch of three-ish mischief flipped on in his head. He woke up a new man and he [...]

Filed under: blick, kid stuff, parenting

I can’t fill her shoes

With Kathryn at BlogHer, I’ve taken the helm around here. Let me tell you, it’s been surprisingly difficult. No, not taking care of the kids. I mean, it’s really hard work, but I’ve been solo with them before, so it wasn’t a surprise how much work Kathryn does on a daily basis to keep our [...]

Filed under: blogher, domesticality, family fun, food, toothbrush