Harper recently saw Sleeping Beauty and really liked it. There is one problem: she calls it “Pissin Booty.” It also turned her on to a whole world of other pissin things. She wanted pissin jammies, she wants to watch “pissin” movies, and she made the desktop on Claire’s phone a “pissin.”
Harper’s Princess Phase
January 16th, 2012Hi Rick,
January 7th, 2012Sorry about the first name basis, but I still can’t bring myself to use your last name. Quick question: is your website supposed to look like this?
Is it meant to be an expression of how far to the right you are — differentiate yourself from all those left-aligned or centered (centrists!) websites out there?
Sincerely,
Rich
Essay Contest
October 20th, 2011Weston’s class was asked to write an essay about a school rule they would like to change. This was Weston’s submission…
Beyond Our Control
August 2nd, 2011I called the IRS yesterday and got the following message:
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we cannot answer your call.
That’s it. No “leave a message and we’ll call you back” or “call back during regular business hours”…What does this mean?
A Type of Rodent
August 1st, 2011
Julia: On our hike we saw a skeleton!
Rich: What kind of skeleton?”
Julia: I think it was a stoat, but I’m not 100% sure.
Rich: A what?
Julia: A stoat…but I’m not sure.
Rich: What’s a stoat?
Julia: You know, a stoat, S-T-O-A-T. It’s a type of rodent.
Rich: What did I tell you about using words I don’t know? Just say “rodent.”
A finity
July 8th, 2011
Conrad was doing a bunch of addition problems to impress everyone. He said, “A thousand plus a thousand is two thousand. Infinity plus infinity is two finity.
Dragonflies
July 8th, 2011Today Julia saw two dragonflies “marrying.”
ffffound
July 1st, 2011
One of the many rss feeds I subscribe to is ffffound. I was taken completely by surprise when I saw Ju-Ju’s Numbers show up there. Very cool.
iHarper
June 29th, 2011
Harper is always trying to get her fingers on my phone or iPad. I didn’t think she could do any harm since it was turned off. She grabs it, immediately pushes the center button to turn it on, slides her finger across the bottom to unlock it, and continues to modify my task list. I’m not sure it is a selling point in this case, but Apple stuff really is easy to use.
Beacon Rock
June 26th, 2011
We took the kids to Beacon Rock because I had no idea how steep and freaky it is. To add to my anxiety, we saw a little chipmunk which acted like the laser pointer on Over the Hedge to my kids. They ran after the little guy (or gal) and threw nuts at it.
Conrad announced that he had to go to the bathroom. Claire told him he had to wait until we got back down to the car because we don’t pee on trails. He said he wouldn’t pee on trails and that he was going to pee into the water, but that he wouldn’t because “it would kill nature.” Claire told him if he peed off the edge, he would likely pee on someone below. Conrad giggled to himself and seemed to really like the idea again. More potty talk for the blog. You’re welcome.
