Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
As big as the world
It's Tali's birthday today--she's TWO!
On the way to drop Grrl Child off at her school, she wanted to hold the gift I have to send to Tali, which is jungle animal magnets. We talked about Tali being younger than Grrl Child, and I told her that this weekend I'm going to put together a box of things for Tali.
"I will draw a picture for her. It will be Tali and Me and Max playing. Pink for Tali and red for me and blue for Max. Grandma sent a storybook for Tali."
"Oh, that's so nice of her! We'll put it in the box."
"She will have to come to get the box from me. There is no mail here!"
"She lives too far away, so we'll send it. What else should we put in the box?"
"Another storybook. A VERY BIG storybook. Ter, can YOU carry a very big storybook?"
"I think that I could, but it depends on how big it is."
"It's a storybook as big as the world. You maybe couldn't carry it by yourself, but we could carry it together."
It's Tali's birthday today--she's TWO!
On the way to drop Grrl Child off at her school, she wanted to hold the gift I have to send to Tali, which is jungle animal magnets. We talked about Tali being younger than Grrl Child, and I told her that this weekend I'm going to put together a box of things for Tali.
"I will draw a picture for her. It will be Tali and Me and Max playing. Pink for Tali and red for me and blue for Max. Grandma sent a storybook for Tali."
"Oh, that's so nice of her! We'll put it in the box."
"She will have to come to get the box from me. There is no mail here!"
"She lives too far away, so we'll send it. What else should we put in the box?"
"Another storybook. A VERY BIG storybook. Ter, can YOU carry a very big storybook?"
"I think that I could, but it depends on how big it is."
"It's a storybook as big as the world. You maybe couldn't carry it by yourself, but we could carry it together."
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
How many licks DOES it take?
The other day, Unagi and I took the boychild out for lunch to our favorite sushi place--they bring dumdum lollipops with the check. He chose cherry and that was that.
Later that day, the two of them picked me up from work and we all went to pick up the grrlchild from her first day at daycare. We were pulling out of the parking lot when boychild whips out the lollipop. Grrlchild loses her shit, boychild gives in and shares it with her so she can "have a taste," and grrlchild refuses to return it.
Boychild is VERY unhappy with this. Grrlchild refuses to give in. Boychild tells her he'll do ANYTHING for that lollipop. She says NO. Since we are en route to the vet so I can buy catfood, I tell grrlchild that she should give the lollipop back when we arrive at the vet's office, because she cannot play with the cats with sticky hands. She agrees.
We pull into the parking lot at the vet's I tell her we have arrived and it's time to give the lollipop back to boychild. I hear an enthusiastic "Okay!" And then I hear an equally enthusiastic CRUNCH as she bites the whole pop off and hands her brother the naked stick.
The other day, Unagi and I took the boychild out for lunch to our favorite sushi place--they bring dumdum lollipops with the check. He chose cherry and that was that.
Later that day, the two of them picked me up from work and we all went to pick up the grrlchild from her first day at daycare. We were pulling out of the parking lot when boychild whips out the lollipop. Grrlchild loses her shit, boychild gives in and shares it with her so she can "have a taste," and grrlchild refuses to return it.
Boychild is VERY unhappy with this. Grrlchild refuses to give in. Boychild tells her he'll do ANYTHING for that lollipop. She says NO. Since we are en route to the vet so I can buy catfood, I tell grrlchild that she should give the lollipop back when we arrive at the vet's office, because she cannot play with the cats with sticky hands. She agrees.
We pull into the parking lot at the vet's I tell her we have arrived and it's time to give the lollipop back to boychild. I hear an enthusiastic "Okay!" And then I hear an equally enthusiastic CRUNCH as she bites the whole pop off and hands her brother the naked stick.
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