This morning, Archie gave me a different take on Carter’s diagnosis.
Me: Hey, buddy, how are you feeling?
Archie: Fine. I had a tummy ache, but it’s just a tummy ache, and it’s gone now.
Me: Great. How’s Carter feeling today?
Archie: Mean.
Later, at the breakfast table, the trash talk continued with a heated debate:
Archie: You’re the meanest!
Carter: [...]
Or so insists a friend of our family, and she means it in a very complimentary way. It’s how she attempted to sell her friend on partaking in the nose candy of the 5-year-old crowd. (not that nose candy, dufus!)
Anyway, Fast Food Nation and beef flavored french fries aside, McD’s has another storm a’brewin. The [...]
We’ve had any number of viral invaders this week. Carter captures them most eloquently. Earlier this week it was snot:
At pick-up after school
Carter: Mommy! I have a worm in my throat!
Me: It feels like there’s a worm in your throat?
Carter: No, there is a worm in my throat. I think it’s a parasite!
Me: Could it [...]
Carter’s been nitpicking lately, and it’s driving me crazy. As I’m reading, he hovers over my shoulder and corrects not just words, but delivery and emphasis. As in,
Carter: Mooooommmmm, that word is darker than the others. It’s supposed to be louder.
Bad Mommy: How do you feel during reading partners if your partner is always [...]
Carter’s friend Maddie had a death in the family over Easter weekend. They included that event in their discussion as much as whether chocolate bunnies can still hear when they lose an ear. . . here are some snippets:
Me: Maddie has to go because she has dinner plans.
Carter: (lots of pulling of hair and gnashing [...]
I’ve been fighting some random bug for a couple of days now, and it suddenly occurred to me that I needed Gatorade. If I could have Gatorade, all would be better. My electrolytes would be balanced, and I’d feel great. I googled homemade replacement drinks, but didn’t have the ingredients to make any, having missed [...]
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