April 2010
2 posts
March 2010
1 post
January 2010
1 post
Ryan: Did you know Luke's dad is a scientist?
Me: What kind of scientist?
Ryan: I'm not sure, but not an evil scientist.
December 2009
8 posts
“This is the funnest birthday party ever!”
– One of the little girls attending my daughter’s 8th birthday. I can throw a rockin dance party!
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
If you really listen to the song, it might be kind of creepy and scary to think that Mommy might be stolen away by Santa Claus and his beard so snowy white. Why is Mommy tickling that old man’s chin, and where is Daddy to stop these shenanigans?
However, when you’re a kid of a single mom, the idea of her kissing Santa was pretty exciting. I remember playing out the scenario in my...
“You’re even misfits among the misfits!”
– Yukon Cornelious, via Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Drink your dinner
I was helping Sister look up information on her Irish heritage and she needed information on Irish food. When looking at Wikipedia, she saw a picture of a Guinness and asked if she should include as an Irish food. I wholeheartedly said yes.
NYC
Here are my observations of NYC so far:
Celebrities make me giddy, and since I have seen tons of them, I’ve been pretty giddy the whole trip.
I need a pair of tall black boots with some skinny jeans to tuck into them.
If I lived here, I’d have no problem fitting into said skinny jeans, as I may had easily walked 10 miles yesterday.
Nobu had unbelievable food, and we saw two...
Translations
When translated into kidspeak, “Can I please have some privacy in the bathroom” really means, “Can you please torture me with the world’s longest story so that you can observe every detail of my bathroom-going process.”
November 2009
7 posts
Bloody Mary
“The legend claims that the evil woman can be summoned by chanting “Bloody Mary” into a mirror anywhere from three to one-hundred times in a darkened room lit only by a candle. (Thirteen seems to be the most popular number of chants, appropriately so.) The bathroom is the most popular setting to test out the legend, but other dark rooms seem applicable.”
The truth is that...
Email Santa →
For those with kids, this is a sure fire hit, the kids LOVE it, and love the email Santa sends back to them. And for those without kids, try it too, you’ll get a kick out of Santa’s letter to the “big” kids!
Small Starts
Looking for a place, for those times when 140 characters are not enough, and I’m not in the mood for timely regurgitation of stories. So, here I am tumblr, welcome me with open arms.