Archie dances into the room, singing: Archie: cooby cooby doo, where are you, we got some work to do now Carter: it’s Scooby, Archie, SSSSSSCooby. Archie: Cooby cooby doo Carter: SSSSSS, Archie, say ‘SSSSS’ Archie: SSSSSS Carter: now say cooby Archie: Cooby. Carter: SSSS Archie: SSSS Carter: Cooby Archie: Cooby Carter: (a la Electric Company) [...]
Honesty, Archie style
Archie toddles out of the kitchen. “Me want chips.” I look at his full plate, and respond with an offer of chips, could he please take another bite of lunch? “Not me eat that.” I ask him if it’s because of the blisters in his mouth (hand foot and mouth disease). “Yes.” I ask him [...]
Overheard Today:
Carter and Archie had double the fun this morning with their friends Maddie and Max visiting- all four kids played together for most of the morning. The following are snippets of their conversations: We’ve had practical: Maddie: We can’t have a dog because my brother pulls their tails and then he tries to ride the [...]
The EZFoldR of Death
So I open up our new collapsible laundry basket, one of those mesh jobbies with a flexi-frame that creates a structure but allows one to fold it up and make it small. Inside the thick plastic casing I cut open there is the neatly folded basket. A yellow slip of paper with writing is obscured [...]
Where does Daddy live?
We’re on our way to drop off Kevin, which involves driving by the “water treatment park” Archie starts talking about it- remembering the time he and I wandered around the park and inspected the various waterfalls. Then he has a brilliant idea: Lib at waer ceen place. (live at the water cleaning place) Me: You [...]
Complete Heaven
Tonight- exhausted- the boys and I fell onto Carter’s bed to read Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine. I was so tired I could barely make out the words on the page. While I read, Carter played with Archie’s foot and Archie chuckled. After three chapters, we turned out the lights and Carter wrapped my [...]
Archie’s first blog
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