Day 3140

 You drop one little noodle into a cup of milk and dinner transitions from a whine festival to incessant giggles. 

Either way, they’re not eating the noodles.

Day 3139

 And here I thought I might be done getting reading assignments…

Day 3138

And now for something completely different...

Day 3137

 Today I learned appliance delivery men can do MAGIC.

Day 3136

 Goodbye old stove. You sure did cook stuff.

Day 3135

 It’s normally a challenge to negotiate with toddlers. Most toddlers don’t laugh in your face when you yell at them.

Day 3134

 Dear Banana, if you don’t go the eff to sleep, we will take away your brother privileges.

Day 3133

 I don’t think we will be making horridge porridge again.

Day 3132

 Banana is now willing to admit that animals make noises other than roars and moos. Frogs go bibbit and ducks say duck duck duck.

She also growls at the dog when he barks.

Day 3131

Today our boy was playing on the xylophone a song he said was written by the pterodactyls before they died.

It was not as mournful as you might expect.

Day 3130

 *stubbornness intensifies*

Day 3129

 It’s delightful having tiny adorable people in firefighter costumes, but less adorable when they have trouble distinguishing between real fire and pretend fire. Sometimes it feels like it might be good if he could turn his imagination down to eleven.

Day 3128

 “No, it’s okay mommy. I’ll tidy up the mess, you can sit down and read your book.” -Our excellent daughter.

Day 3127

 We have the tiniest cutest rage-amuffin.

Day 3126

When your dreams are simultaneously weird and banal and the baby makes a miraculous recovery, you start to wonder... was it a dream that she was sick at all?

Day 3125

 Another kid with symptoms, another wave, another quarter. The cycles continue.

Day 3124

 Sometimes school work comes home and ...????

Do I have to teach my kid glade refills aren’t food?

Day 3123

 It has been a very long March. March continues for the foreseeable future.

Day 3122

 What to do with extra time and energy? Shovel all the things!

Day 3121

 Banana is so cheerfully non-compliant that sometimes it’s hard to be anything but amused.

Day 3120

 It’s official. Our boy taught his little sister to start calling us when they wake up in the morning. “Munny! Daddy!”

But also, she might know how to mumble her ABCs

Day 3119

 Our boy was providing us with his recipe for baking a Spider-Man costume for him. It has three salts of sugar, three measures of baking soda, woolly bits cut into lines, and oil for the eyes. Simple!

Day 3118

 The dog seems to be enjoying Operation Find Little Free Libraries... aside from the bit that I don’t let him stop to sniff every leaf.

Day 3117

 Someday our Banana is going to lead her friends headlong into shenanigans. Who could resist that cheeky smile?

Day 3116

 The best way to get help with yard work is to tell your kids you don’t need help and that they should go play.

Day 3115

 Is it a good idea to educate a six year old in the world of Calvin and Hobbes? Perhaps not. But it is my duty....and I get to hear all the giggling while she reads as a bonus.

Day 3114

 Banana seems to approve of egg hunts. And miraculously everyone approved of lamb. Easter should come around more often.

Day 3113

 Virtual birthdays and bridal showers with delivered food. March continues.

Day 3112

 And now we have a bird artist.

Day 3111

 Pro tip: things are going to go bad if the whole family is sleep deprived.