So I bought some mexican hot chocolate soap - a small bar, a sample. put it in the drawer. thought nothing more of it ( Read more... )

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Over the past few days: Kidlet's fave thing to do in the mornings is no longer 'destroy the living room when no one is looking', but instead 'come into mom and dad's room and snuggle with mom and dad until they get up'. I consider this a vast improvement ( Read more... )

Apricot pits all over the kitchen floor.

Apricots missing from the fruit bowl.

Seaners mysteriously not starving.

Banana peel on the floor.

...

You know? Somehow I think he took care of breakfast himself.

okay, so the kid has a non-traditional report card system. Scale of 1 to 4; 4 is 'objective met' and 1 is 'little or no progress ( Read more... )

A true story in which Seaners asks about savemoony and startles his father in the process.

Tonight before bathtime, child signs "time" "to" and then takes his pullup off. Independent of us doing this ever.

(conclusion: child knows the meaning of these two signs and puts them in his OWN CONTEXT.)

Sometimes my kid is hilariously awesome. <3

Heard from the other room:

The Boy: "Thean! Theaaaaaaaan! Thean."

(That's 'Sean' with a slight lisp, for those of you playing along at home.)

So for the past little while, tallin has been trying to teach Sean the little five note theme from Close Encounters. Why? Because it amused him.

The really awesome thing is that Seaners is starting to get it, and now has the first three notes. He's having a bit of trouble with the octave jump. But it's still adorkable.

Bad news! Child has pinkeye. Crap ( Read more... )