Danny Novo
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Over breakfast this morning, while looking through the newspaper ads, my seven-year-old son asked me what a Pringle was. I explained, and we discussed why they come in a cantube, instead of in a bag like normal chips, but there’s nothing like experiencing something for yourself. So today, while I was at work, I bought […]
This post idea is from Plinky.com, fwiw. Name one children’s book every child should read. This is tough. I grew up being read to. I grew up reading. Our kids get books read to them every night. Our oldest reads himself to sleep every night after we read to him. I’ve been stealing our family’s […]
So we’re coming home from Target, listening to the iPod in the car, and at one point the five year-old pipes up from the backseat, “Why is he the only one that could ever teach her?” Bonus points for identifying the song without using Google.
This sort of thing makes me sad I don’t have babies anymore. I get over it fairly quickly, mind you, usually with the help of my two-year-old’s latest tantrum, but I think I understand why people buy gifts for other people’s babies. ‘Cause someone’s got to be seen wearing this!
This is a kid-friendly (meaning colorful and plastic) version of those big foot/shoe-sizing devices found at reputable (read:not Target) shoe stores. $50 is expensive for one of our own, but we spend that much on overpriced shoes when we go someplace to have the kids’ feet sized properly. (It is hard for us to leave […]
Every March, it seems, the boys get sick. Our eldest was home sick on Monday. Our youngest came home from school today at noon, fussy and snotty and pooping goopy. I think there has been one week of the last ten where neither boy has needed to be home for something, usually illness, but also […]
