Day 4144

 Nothing like your kid that was sent home sick telling you about the kids in their class who were throwing up.

Day 4143

 Buying all the things. Some were bigger successes than others.

Day 4142

 The trouble with doing five loads of laundry is that you have to fold five loads of laundry.

Day 4141

 You’re not allowed to make a mess right after the cleaning rampage is over! VERBOTEN!

Day 4140

 The moment our boy realized the library is full of reference books…

Day 4139

 PUZZLES!!

Day 4138

 When your kid is showing you videos of their baby on their phone…. And the phone is a block of wood, but you’re expected to react to what’s happening in the video.

Day 4137

 Commit to the bit.

Day 4136

 Apparently nothing is funnier than kicking your mum in the butt.

Day 4135

 Banana excitedly told us she got to meet a mouse at school today. Eventually she clarified that it wasn’t a real mouse. And then said the mouse was from Nigeria. Or maybe the United States.

Third, where did you hear about Nigeria? They don’t do Eurovision and you’re four.

Day 4134

Someday Banana will not find it deeply hilarious when I pretend to chomp her. So I better chomp as much possible while I still get those crazy giggles.

Day 4133

 Welcome back, Banana Banana.

Day 4132

 Re-christening the bear formerly known as baby. I look forward to at some point having a few years when no one’s name changes.

Day 4131

 Not quite the type of engagement they were hoping for.

Day 4130

 No thank you.

Day 4129

 I look forward to the day we don’t have to sneak into Banana’s room while she’s sleeping to try to check her temperature without waking her.

Day 4128

 Pretty on-brand for Banana to cheerfully ignore high fever by force of will.

Day 4127

Banana does everything intensely, even crashing.

Day 4126

 Christmas is dead. Long live Christmas!

Day 4125

 I’m spoiled forever; living somewhere where bucks don’t casually saunter past the front window would be such a disappointment now.

Day 4124

 Layers on layers on layers on layers so you can go shovel the snow…

Day 4123

 If these kids keep growing, we’re gonna need a lot of large shovels…

Day 4122

 BEES!

Day 4121

 It turns out if you need to lure a Banana out of bed, apple fritters are the best bait.

Day 4120

 Yes child, I’m sure the madames had you stitching all day long, that sounds extremely likely…

Day 4119

 Prego: a reminder that spaghetti cures all ills.

Day 4118

Let’s read our Pedias and calculate how many Banana Banana’s long everything is!

Day 4117

 Yes child, if you want reference books for your seventh birthday, we can get you reference books for your seventh birthday.

Day 4116

 Eat shortbread until the urge to write a resignation letter fades away.

Day 4115

 If you give a kid a gingerbread cookie, they won’t particularly notice when you go for a walk. By yourself! During waking hours!

Day 4114

 They shouldn’t be allowed to give you hard stuff after the holidays; ease us into the new year.

Day 4113

 Ringing in the new year with friends and legos.