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?
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DYM: [putting on Magoo's elbow pads]  It’s elbow time!
Magoo: I LOOOOVE ebow time!  … Wha’s ebow time?
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DYM:  We’re having some bacon for dinner.
Magoo:  I LOOOOOVE bacon! … Wha’s bacon?
Bonus line from Laylee:
Laylee:  It’s a good thing I washed my hands because [...]

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 is [...]

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 ship [...]

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

Tip Tuesday - Special Times

[Daring Young Dad here. I'm a Guest Blogger Schmoop today. Hi! *waves wildly*]
Once upon a time, I did not know how to make chocolate-chip cookies. Shocking, I know. This is the story of how I learned.
My mom is a good cook. At least she has been for as long as I’ve known her. When I [...]

Filed under: domesticality, tip tuesday