WTF Tapas
It’s been ages since I’ve posted a WTF Tapas. Here are a few recent bite-sized morsels from the WTF household: It’s like Luke read a manual about how to be a boy and Sally read the corresponding girl...
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WTF Tapas is a series I write of bite-sized morsels from the WTF household. Something I never thought I’d have occasion to say about crackers: “Don’t scratch that with a cracker!”...
View ArticleS’s Esses
Sally is a notorious mis-pronouncer. While she has made significant improvements, she still can’t say the “s” sound if it’s at the beginning of a word. She replaces it with a hard “g.” She will...
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I recently posted about Sally’s trouble with the letter “s.” She replaces it with a hard “g.” She likes “g” so much that she actually uses it to replace many letters with haphazard abandon. The other...
View ArticleDoes too much cute hurt?
Overheard from the other room: “Don’t you remember what Mommy said? Just because you’re little and cute, doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want.” Amen, Luke. A-freaking-men. As Sally rounds three...
View ArticleBaffling Technology
She couldn’t possibly have looked at me more dubiously when I told her that this is a picture of a phone. Had I ripped my face off to reveal that I’m actually a 3-headed alien, her surprise → belief →...
View ArticleBirthday Letter for Sally on Her Fourth
On each of my kids’ birthdays I compose a letter. My plan is to one day hand over a binder of heartfelt letters, proving to an ornery teenager that I do, in fact, know and love him/her, and that my …...
View ArticleThe Truth about the Seeds
“Those seeds aren’t magic, you know.” Every time Luke says this I panic and sternly hush him. Luckily, he’s king of the non sequitur so Sally usually doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But I know....
View ArticleStop Sally
I love the special magic that happens when a kid’s smartness intersects with her stupidness. I’m not saying my children are stupid people- they’re just children and all children are stupid people. So,...
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