The mornings are always hectic: getting Sasha up, fed, changed, dressed and ready for school. She insists on brushing her teeth herself (and always missed half of them), and cries when we put her shoes on instead of drawing AssBob for her. But then, after a Big Hug™ and kiss good-bye, Jean and Sasha are …
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Comment of the Week
Yes, I know it’s only Monday, but it’s hard to imagine any of our otherwise brilliant commenters besting this one, a scathing response to Theodore’s “un-birthday” post from his own mother: liar liar pants on fire i called twice –you did not answer — i texted twice –you did not answer . then i left …
Our Favorite Kids: Filthy, Brainy, Not Actually Our Own
Recently, I’ve come across further evidence—you might even call it incontrovertible proof—of DadWagon’s influence over American parenting. Exhibit one is this child, Ellie (not to be confused with Theodore’s child), and her amazing vocabulary: The other, worth checking out once you’ve stopped giggling at that video, is this one, in which a toddler demonstrates her …
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One Birthday, Two Parties
As anyone within earshot knows by now, my oldest kid, the daughter, turned 5 over the weekend. This is a big number. They’re all big of course, to the kid, but 5 has some sort of watershed feeling. I just turned 35, and it felt like a tollbooth to get onto the road to 40, …