Mariah

Mariah

Me: Hey look! Dad loves this Christmas song. It’s his favorite one. J: I think what dad likes the most about this song is that lady!
Cookies by Joseph

Cookies by Joseph

Joseph came home with a recipe for apple cookies he printed out at school. He has been excited to bake for days. The recipe was two stapled and cut pieces of paper (he cut off the white parts of the page because they were blank). We guessed at the missing part of the...
Resist the Pain

Resist the Pain

A big day for this 5 year old. [wpvideo l42wURqv] Big brother advised writing this note and helped her spell out the words. Neither of them knew how to spell Madeline so they got down the set of Madeline books for reference.  Premium payment for a first tooth! The...

Trump vs Hillary

I asked Joseph to recap one of the 2016 presidential debates: Trump had water. Hillary didn’t have any. He kept drinking it. I had orange juice mixed with ginger ale! Trump said, “Wall.” That’s it. “Wall!” (No he didn’t,...
Too Much Muscle

Too Much Muscle

Joseph walked by with a pretty severe limp. I asked what was wrong. “My leg reaalllly hurts.” Why? “Oh, probably just too much muscle.” Yep, must be it. I showed him the photo.
Math + Cookies

Math + Cookies

So if you have 4 cookies across by 5, how many do you have? (blank stare) Think of four 5s…five and five is… “Ten!” And another five and five… “Ten…twenty!” Right…20…so if we do 5 pans, we’ll...