Over the past few months Lydia has taken up with a new boyfriend at her daycare. This one is younger than her — CRADLEROBBER — and many times when I go by in the afternoon to pick her up I’m told about how they walk around the playground holding hands, sharing hugs and kisses, and […]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
the slow countdown to liftoff
Poor Samuel. Someday when he’s eight or nine he’ll be reading this site and go, “Moooooooom, you never wrote about me like you did Lyyyyyyyyydiaaaaa!,” in a whiny voice. And I’ll say, “Well sweetie, that’s because Lydia was being whiiiiiiny all the time back then, just like you are now, only with a dash of […]
painted lady
the big three-ohh
NO!
Wayyy back when my sister and I were in high school we watched a comedic variety show (I think it was All That) where they did a skit involving an exasperated parent and their toddler. The part of the skit that we remember and still quote went thus: Toddler: I wanna go paint!Parent: Okay, let’s […]