I purchased a pomegranite. Peanut looked at me and said dramatically: "No mom! I don't want you to stay in the underworld forever!"

Have I mentioned recently how much I love my daughter? :D

Irrelevant update: I am now almost completely done watching Season1 of Adventure Time.

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I had decided several months ago to attend ComicCon this year with the Peanut on Saturday. I think I waffled until I heard Felicia Day was going to be there ( Read more... )

1) Neil Gaiman is returning to DC/ Vertigo to do some Sandman! Get it from the horse's mouth here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndnR7oSYYk&feature=related

2) Apparently the old "Adventure" game is available for the iPad ( Read more... )

In our household, it is custom for kids to wear camisoles three quarters of the year to keep warm. This might be because my mother would have a grand-motherly panic attack otherwise, but I digress. This morning while preparing the Peanut's school lunch, she called from her room to ask ( Read more... )

Peanut had been seriously wanting mendhi done so we got a couple of pre-made packs of henna and did our applications last night. She did my hand; I did hers ( Read more... )

• supper: pizza
  
• dessert: mini chocolate tarts
  
• a viewing of that pi clip on youtube with the kids and the evil wizards
  
• a recap of very basic fractions and a couple of test questions
  
  Bonus: she remembered pi day from last year. WOOT ( Read more... )

We were playing with a "cootie catcher" (I think that's what it's called in English) and the writing under the flaps were the "get to know you" type questions. When I asked her what her favourite movie was she replied with this ( Read more... )

 Me: Peanut, come over here for a second, I wanna have a small but serious talk with you.

Peanut: What?

Me: you remember in Star Wars when Luke first goes to meet Han Solo at the bar?

Peanut: Yeah...

Me: Do you remember the alien who tried to have a gun fight with Han because he owed Jaba  a whole bunch of money?

Peanut: Yeah....

Me: Well, who shot ( Read more... )

Thismorning I was cutting up some meal worms for the marshmallows when Peanut walked in and asked what I was doing. I told her I was cutting up meal worms for my breakfast. Now I joke around with her a lot and she's quite used to it but for some reason she paused and had to ask if I was joking. I thought that was funny ( Read more... )

Me: Peanut, I didn't install the air conditioner because I went out to a concert and had a great rocking time.

Peanut: Who did you see?

Me: IRON MAIDEN!!! \m/ 0_0 \m/

Peanut: Oh. That must be Ironman's wife.

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