I have literally three minutes here, so I default to my norm: cute kid stories. So boring 4U, so interesting 2ME! Liam moved his (my) ukulele the other day, and said loudly: I hereby decree this guitar does not reside in this room. Craig has had two teeth, on bottom, for a couple of months…
Category: Tex
Slice of Life
Liam-isms. Observing Jack drawing a picture: Why Jack, you’ve outdone yourself! Waiting for Jack to cross the road and join him on a sidewalk during a family walk: You’d better get over here toot sweet, buddy! I wonder where these turns of phrase come from, until later in the week I am watching Wreck It Ralph,…
Friday Rain
Although I remain covered up with work, I was able to jet out a touch early today, arriving home before 5pm. I drove through a wild summer storm, hazard lights blinking click click click, the sky dark as night, going 30 mph and blinded by the driving rain. Upon reaching my own home driveway, I…
I Love ‘Em So Much
Cute kid things observed on a Tuesday morning: Liam comes up to me as I do the morning’s dishes, offers me a tangled mess of strings, and says sweetly “Will you untangle dis pweese?” He waits patiently for the ten minutes it takes me to tease the $2 binoculars out of the tangled mess of…
A Bit Beat
I just dropped a cool wad o’ cash at Old Navy for some duds for my oldest dude. Every spring and fall I do a shop like this – either at Children’s Place or Old Navy or Target or somewhere – and nowadays I tell myself “this will get two more kids’ worth of wear,”…