Noah: “Is God inside dogs?” Me: “Uh… yes.” Noah: “Is God inside everything?” Me: “Yep.” Noah: “So God is inside this table?” [I see what you did there.] Me: “Well… God is inside all living things. I think. Lance? What do you think?” [Lance nods vaguely, shrugs] Me: “I actually don’t know the answer to … More In which Noah learns about everything in the entire world.
I should just give up and change the name of this blog to “Occasional belated birthday letters to my children” or something. You know I have a draft of a pre-election post that talked about how I felt about Obamacare and Mitt Romney’s dedication to rich white old men? It’s just sitting out there in … More This hardly counts.
I won’t go into the challenges we’ve had over here in Toddlerville lately, because it would take all night to write this blog post. (And I actually have TWO FREE HANDS right now! I gotta make it count, is all I’m sayin’.) The truth is I’ve felt so tired and defeated at the end of … More What's going on in that head of his?
1. Find the park. 2. Find the photographer. 3. Feed the toddler. 4. Feed the baby. 5. Wrangle the toddler. 6. Stand together. 7. Wait for the random guy to walk out of the frame. Beg the toddler to look at the camera. 8. Look at the camera. 9. Could be worse! Rearrange. 10. Look … More How to get a family portrait
Me: What’s this? Noah: Peppah! Me: And what color is this pepper? Noah: Wed! Me: Green. Noah: Gween! Me: That’s right. And what is this letter? Noah: G! Me: Yes. G for green. And what’s this letter? Noah: P! Me: That’s right, Bubbs! P for pepper. Now what is this vegetable? Noah: ……….. Me: Do … More A teaching moment
I love snow. I know you northerners are like, yeah, eff you man. But I was raised in the south, and snow meant staying home from school or work and going outside in eight pairs of socks, four pairs of pants, and six sweatshirts and making snow angels and sad little snowmen that contained a … More Another one about the weather.
Me: “Can you say Noah Roggendorff?” Noah: “Noah!” Me: “Rogg-en-dorff.” Noah: “Rogg-en-Noah!” Me: “Interesting time-saver… Rogg-en-dorff.” Noah: “Rogg-en.” Me: “Dorff.” Noah: “Doff.” Me: “Ok now, all together. Rogg-en-dorff.” Noah: “Rogg-en-doff!” Me: “Yay! Now can you say the whole thing? No-ah-Rogg-en-dorff.” Noah: “No-ah-Rogg-en-baby!” Me: “Close enough.”
Lance: “So apparently there’s some big sports game on tonight.” Me: “How do you know?” Lance: “My usually very geeky twitter feed is full of sports talk?” Me: “Oh, huh. Is it the Superbowl?” Lance: “Oh, yeah, maybe! That does happen around this time of year, doesn’t it?” Me: “Wait, no… I think it’s on … More Saturday night
1. There’s a load of diapers in the dryer that I haven’t folded and the dirty diaper bag is already full. 2. I look up directions to get somewhere and I have a full understanding of where I’m going and I still get lost. 3. Noah doesn’t nap. 4. Noah throws his food. 5. Noah … More I hate it when…
Do it right this year, before the world ends. Here’s my annual list of things I won’t TOTALLY WILL accomplish. Hey, doesn’t starting over just feel so great? The Year of Living Simply (2012) 1. Spend less 2. Be content more 3. Consume less 4. Give more 5. Eat out less 6. Cook/pack homemade food … More 2012, y'all
hardly exaggerating at all 