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Friday
May292009

Volt With Your Hat

Sophie's Baby Hat

Sophie's Baby Hat
Originally uploaded by firepile

Parent: What kind of batteries do we need for the submarine?

Child (examining picture on box): Two double-A's.  And one hat battery.

Sunday
May242009

Star Wars Nails

Fashion Nails

Fashion Nails
Originally uploaded by Official Star Wars Blog

Visiting Parent of Girl Children: I've got some stuff for doing our nails.

Child:  That would be deLIGHTful.

Visiting Parent of Girl Children:  Great!  We can decorate them with hearts, stars...

Child:  I'll take Star Wars, please.

Monday
May112009

On Time

Child:  Maybe dodo birds, pteranodons, and dinosaurs will be around in the future.

Parent (Jurassic Park imagery front and center):  Maybe...

Child:  It's a long time ago from now.

Tuesday
May052009

Media Sophistication

Gromit Does HMV

Gromit Does HMV
Originally uploaded by tobybarnes

Parent (making bed as child watches Shaun the Sheep at the other end of the room):  Is that Gromit there in the barnyard?

Child:  No.  But I think it's the same actor.

Thursday
Apr092009

The Difference Between 5 and 44

 

Parent (Putting child to bed. Trying to remember the three questions we answer each night together: "What did we learn today?" "How did we fill someone's bucket?" and โ€” pausing, struggling hard to remember...)

Child: Reach DEEP into your brain โ€”

Parent: What are we grateful for?

(answer: So very much.)

 

 

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