Day 4263

 Delicious lunch, excellent board game, finally spaghetti, excellent movie…. And then mom drops the slipper bomb.

Day 4262

 You never know what to expect when your child tells you about an interaction they had with a teacher; one kid told their teacher about a Eurovision performance that included a modesty garment and pyrotechnic short shorts, and the other learned her teacher used to collect McDonalds burger wrappers, iron them, and smell them. 

So I guess it isn’t always us being outed as the weirdos.

Day 4261

 Thank goodness we can turn the night around by bringing vertical pants into the fray. And attack donkeys.

Day 4260

 I was going to blame my recent gardening rampages for my aching back, but now I remember that Banana was definitely stepping on the cracks on the sidewalk on purpose…

Day 4259

 NOBODY TOLD ME THERE WERE BLACKSMITHS (sorta) NEARBY!!!

Day 4258

 Lego, library books, and surprise gardening.

Day 4257

And now we find out what all is on vinyl.

Day 4256

 Please grade the attached random pdf that is totally unrelated to the assignment according to the rubric.

Day 4255

Mow, mow, mow the lawn
Gently through the weeds…

Day 4254

 Happy Birthday Husband! For this birthday you get to learn the meaning of life. And you also get Lego.

Admittedly I’m making some assumptions about the first thing…

Day 4253

 I wonder how old Banana will be when she is officially running the household…

Day 4252

 It’s weird to have kids say they never want to leave this house and then have them quickly staking out bedrooms in a potential house.

Day 4251

 Started another howl…

Day 4250

 There are no rules for what children will like, only exceptions.

Day 4249

 Gaping world-building holes maybe should not drive me this crazy, but REALLY?!?!

REALLY?!?

Day 4249

 Rain, rain, come and play. 

Keep the fires and drought away.

Day 4248

 It’s nice to get several hours with no whining.

Day 4247

 Not to count my chickens, but tomorrow is map day, right? Right?! RIGHT?!?!

Day 4246

 Back to bananas, now with more leaks.

Day 4245

 The only way to get the children to leave their grandparents’ house quickly: threaten them with no library books.

Day 4244

 Probably the children will continue to enjoy watching Eurovision (even though they always hate new songs) if we make it a feast day.

But not a sausage party. Which our boy would also like to celebrate. With real sausages.

Day 4243

 Just sitting around, waiting for the Rupture.

Day 4242

 Find a horse book for one daughter and watch kitten rescue videos with the other - just asking for trouble.

Day 4241

 You can just rest, little one. You don’t have to do things all day. Just rest. Maybe give up those bad habits now…

Day 4240

 When you realize some of the Eurovision contestants were born in the wrong century…

Day 4239

 Tricked the Banana into having a nap; only almost fell asleep myself about twenty seven times.

Day 4238

 Is it unseemly to laugh when your neighbours leave food out for the deer and the deer eat the food and also the new plants in their flowerbeds?

Day 4237

 We might have to try to find a happy medium between five library books and maxing out the card.

Day 4236

 EVIL GIANT MODE!!

Day 4235

 Banana, not sure what colour her sister’s hair is, then wondering if her own hair is beige.

Day 4234

 No one was more excited about her siblings’ concert than little Banana.