omg lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
omg what
― go to party leather (ENBB), Thursday, 28 February 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Someone please make this thread non-google-searchable in about 10 years, please.
― schwantz, Thursday, 28 February 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― go to party leather (ENBB), Thursday, 28 February 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
Ben Schwantz, this is your life!
― how's life, Thursday, 28 February 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
My 6-year old: me and magnus and oliver and zac have started a bandMe: oh that's great, what are you called?Him: the army of the dead
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Friday, 1 March 2013 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
all the fridges falling downfalling down falling downall the fridges falling downmy fairy lady
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 March 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Ava and Lulu have a band called Pitchfork Pandemonium. Lulu's lyrics for I Love Bob:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8528610028_37ef485a74_z.jpg
Ava's withering response: "This isn't cool! I don't want to sing songs for six-year-olds!" Tears followed.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 4 March 2013 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
There's a title for Lulu's first album: Songs for Six-Year-Olds.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Monday, 4 March 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
My daughter K is a year old, and we are speaking both English and Hebrew to her (I speak English, wife speaks Hebrew). K started developing a nasty habit of grabbing and scratching peoples' faces, and we are trying not to do it, so every time she does it to H, H says "Lo!" which is the hebrew word for no.
The other day, H was reading K a book, and when she read the word "Lo!", K reached up and grabbed her face. Apparently she thinks "Lo" is the word for "grab my face."
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 4 March 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
haha...woah
― I thought, 'This is Jeezo. He came in, he activated' (sunny successor), Monday, 4 March 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
She also says "O's" (cheerios), and no matter when you ask her, the answer to "what do you want?" is "O's"
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 4 March 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Henry's answer to 'What do you want for dinner, Henry?' is invariably 'Dinner.'
― I thought, 'This is Jeezo. He came in, he activated' (sunny successor), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha <3 henry
― go to party leather (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
"What kind of dinner?"
"Yes. Dinner." [seats self at table]
― pplains, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
― go to party leather (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
I love these circular, redundant conversations you can have with them.
Lulu: "Can we have a book about history? We're doing that at school."Me: "Sure. Let's look at This Is Britain [the M Sasek book]."Lulu: "Has it got history in it?"Me: "Yes, there's lot of facts in there. What sort of history have you been doing?"Lulu: "About the past. The history in the past."Me: "Right."
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
I may need to start a Grown-ups Say the Stupidest Shit thread:
Beeps and Dr. Seuss (and Ned Raggett) share a birthday together.
BEEPS: I wonder if Dr. Seuss got to eat all his cake on Saturday.
ME: Well, honey, Dr. Seuss ain't around anymore.
BEEPS: *gasp* He died?
ME: Yeah, uh, he died a long time ago. It's okay, he was a very, very old man, even older than Poppi.
BEEPS: But he's dead? Just like Binx? [our recently deceased pet cat]
ME: Yes, like Binx, but listen. Think about this: Everytime we read one of his stories, it's almost like he's still alive with us.
BEEPS: *gasps* You mean like – holds her arms out like a scarecrow, zombie style.
ME: No, I mean his spirit is here in the room with - um, uh, where's that book.
― pplains, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
*slow clap* way to go, dad.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Dr. Seuss needs BRAINS
― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha...oh god
and lulu. so much love for that kiddo
― I thought, 'This is Jeezo. He came in, he activated' (sunny successor), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
You did your best, pp.
I worked on the donor database for a nonprofit foundation and one day while doing cleanup, I came across the name Theodor Geisel and it slowly dawned on me "Oh my god, this is Dr. Seuss! He used to give money to my company." But then my eyes drifted to the little checkbox where his donor record was marked "deceased" and I got mildly bummed out about it.
Related that anecdote to my wife and 4-year-old a few years later because I'm a dumbass and got a completely horrified response.
― how's life, Thursday, 7 March 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
my 21 month old has started saying "pleasant dreams!" in a demonic guttural voice.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 7 March 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
son and his friend are playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Me: One of these days, I'm going to hook up my Nintendo Entertainment System and make you guys play Contra.Son: What? What? What is that?Son's Friend: That was ... that was one of the first games for the MTV.
― how's life, Thursday, 7 March 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
not a kid thing but i kinda love the fact that the dartmouth medical school was recently renamed the theodore geisel school of medicine
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 8 March 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
UCSD's Geisel Library:
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/_images/Main/geisel-building-1.jpg
― how's life, Friday, 8 March 2013 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
Our Alice used to say "What the ..." a lot, eventually we sat her down and told her Yes it's funny but you can't really say that anymore..
― Mark G, Friday, 8 March 2013 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
Hah! For some reason, Joey went through a phase of saying "What the man?" Maybe one of us parents was saying something like "What the...? MAN!" He eventually just started cussing. I'm sort of bummed out, because Abby's reached a really communicative age and I don't think there's any way - between me, her mom, and her brother - that's she's not going to start cussing way early.
― how's life, Friday, 8 March 2013 10:40 (eleven years ago) link
Disappointed that library doesn't have a jagged bannisterless staircase winding its way to the top.
― pplains, Friday, 8 March 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Medical section renamed solla sollew
― I thought, 'This is Jeezo. He came in, he activated' (sunny successor), Friday, 8 March 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
Bet there are a lot of zelf's in there.
(Zelves?)
― pplains, Friday, 8 March 2013 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
picked up from a teacher at day care: when someone does something evie doesn't like, she says "YOU'RE NOT MAKING GOOD CHOICES"
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
i've starting saying it to which leads to arguments like me: "evie, you're not making good choices right now"evie, tears streaming down face: "i AM! i AM making good choices!"
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
201x-version of "don't be an idiot."
― schwantz, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
evie, tears streaming down face: "i AM! i AM making good choices!"
aw.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
I told Beeps she need to tell her teacher that she was banging on the front doors of her school when it was closed for MLK Day, and her reply was "I don't think that would be a good choice to make."
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
my kid draws the darndest things etc
― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Awesome.
― schwantz, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
so rad!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
How funny, my friend's daughter went through a phase of saying," How sad, how sad, you make bad choices."
Love the drawings!!!!!!!
― *tera, Thursday, 28 March 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
Part of a wall poster Ava made for school on Un Lun Dun (by China Mieville):
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8596702834_a9a34c6623_z.jpg
I'm really glad she chose to write about that and not Captain Underpants.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 March 2013 09:19 (eleven years ago) link
This morning:
Me: "K, do you know what daddy is drinking? Daddy is drinking coffee. Coffee. Coff-ee. What is daddy drinking?"K: (fake coughs)
― i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Saturday, 30 March 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
hahah
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 March 2013 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
excellent!
― ljubljana, Saturday, 30 March 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
Un Lon Don is a fun book! I think of it whenever I see sad umbrellas to this day. Go Ava.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Saturday, 30 March 2013 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
Er, Dun. Whatever. British ppl.
Last Thursday Henry was sent home from daycare for pooping 3x and was not allowed back until Monday. So we got to spend two days together which was pretty awesome. Anyway, Comcast had their watchathon week going on so I thought Id see what all the fuss was about 'Girls'. Henry was making robots on the iPad when he came over to the couch and asked what I was doing. I told him I was watching a show. He stopped for a moment and watched a non-dialogue scene of 'Jessa' walking down the street. Watching the scene Henry is suddenly surprised and excited. He points at Jessa
Henry: 'Hey! It's Mama. MAMA! THAT'S YOU!!!'
Me: (knowing full well I don't resemble this ridiculously beautiful woman in any way, shape or form) 'You think that's Mama? Are you sure?'
Henry: (bouncing up and down now) "Yes! Yes! Its you, Mama!"
Me: *fake gasp* 'Oh my goodness, Henry! You're right! That is me! Wow. I'm so cute on TV!"
Henry: "Yes! Mama on TV."
Satisfied with my apparent acceptance of this fact, he laid a huge grin on me then ran off to complete his robot assembly
― I thought, 'This is Jeezo. He came in, he activated' (sunny successor), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
i love that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
at 3 a.m., cried out in her sleep demanding "high-fives"
― how's life, Monday, 8 April 2013 09:25 (eleven years ago) link