Feeling Kind of Beige

Feeling Kind of Beige

Mar 9, 2017 | Joseph | 1 comment

J: Mom, which of these would you say is more beige? (He shows me two blue crayons. He is coloring in squares of math problems on a bunch of pages that you put together to form one big image.) Me: Neither.  J: What?  Me: Those are blue. Beige is a light...

A Tough Irrigation 

Feb 16, 2017 | Joseph | 0 comments

I turned on a light above Annika. Joseph says: It looks like you’re about to irrigate her! Me: Irrigate? Do you know what that means? J: Yes. That would be a man made system of water delivery. Yeah, that’s not what I meant… wait… interrogate!...

Yammering Away

Feb 16, 2017 | Joseph, Madeline | 0 comments

Maddie and I went in to wake Joseph up for school. He sat up in bed, yammering away about some detailed something as he took off his pjs. He gets up, still talking, strolls into the bathroom. I’m thinking, “I wonder what age kids start to want...
Reading the Paper

Reading the Paper

Jan 22, 2017 | Joseph | 0 comments

Noah bought the Sunday Washington Post so Joseph could have the comics. Maddie is happily snipping coupons I’ll never use (because many are missing barcodes). Joseph has already drawn glasses and mustaches on all the Trump pictures and found all the...
Go Packers?

Go Packers?

Jan 22, 2017 | Joseph | 0 comments

J (Flipping through the newspaper): Go Green Bay Packers!!! Me: Why the Packers? Do you know where Green Bay is? J: Yeah, England.  Me: Do you know what sport they play? J: Base…no, football…you can tell by the...