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Archive for April, 2010
Cute Zombies and Scary Adorable Zoo Animals
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Tiller’s Latest Song
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Rollie likes to invent wind machines to scare people. Tiller likes to make up songs. I am not kidding when I say that my jaw often drops at the inventiveness of her lyrics. This latest song was performed on my patio yesterday afternoon. I missed the first few lines, but todd and I are getting better at catching her songs on the Voice Memo app on our iPhones.
To set the scene, she is standing on the brick wall beside our patio. Dash and I are sitting below, and she has her arms stretched out wide and is making eye contact with us as she belts these out, like she was some banshee Julie Andrews character. When she discusses that she is going to do something, she is referring to jumping off the wall and flying like a bird. The breathless part of it is her jumping off then climbing back up.
This all started when she told me that she had jumped off the wall earlier and she thinks she “might have flown up a little bit.”
These children, so very different, absolutely rock my world. Even Rollie, whom i overheard tell Todd as I was leaving for my run tonight, “I hope she doesn’t come home.” I mean, what an ass – I just finished cooking his dinner and then doing the dishes. And yet i love him anyway.
Yes, my feelings were hurt. Doesn’t happen often, but it happened.
My Son, Evil Genius?
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Rollie brought this lovely blueprint for world domination home from school. I mean, it doesn’t say that it will be used for nefarious purposes, but COME ON, what else would you do with “a scaring machine?”
Taking child therapist recommendations as we speak.
Your Kids Don’t Miss You When You Leave
Sunday, April 11th, 2010Lisa looked like she was about to cry when she left Dash with me this morning. She has never left him for four days before. This was taken five minutes after they left. He seems, as Mama put it, “Happier than a jackass eatin’ briars.”
Open Letter to the Board of Education
Friday, April 9th, 2010This one is from Shayna Steinfeld. She makes some great points. She ran for Dekalb County BoE in 2008. I honestly don’t remember how I voted at the time, but I hope I voted for her. She did not win. I wish she had.
My Niece, Miss Luci
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Just had to post a picture of my sweet niece, Luci.
I’m always posting pictures of Dash, who I get to see so much more often than my niece. This is Luci. Last time she appeared in a post on my blog, she looked like this. See how that happens? Four or five months and suddenly they look all grown up and like a little lady.
How lucky am I to have a boy and a girl, and a niece and a nephew? The luckiest.
For Lisa, on Easter
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Because I still miss finding our baskets together.
We Had Candy for Breakfast
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Turns out the Bunny Trail runs right through Hilton Head. We had candy for breakfast and I don’t even feel guilty about it.
Happy Easter from Dogwood Girl. Hope you have lots of eggs in your basket!
I Don’t Understand How Dekalb is Even Running
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Also, I would just like to say, on behalf of Dekalb citizens and taxpayers, parents, students, and teachers, WHAT THE FUCK?
You can’t even get it together and make a decision? What a waste of everyone’s time!
While Watching the Muppet Movie
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010[Kermit singing “The Rainbow Connection” in the background.]
Rollie: “I’m a dreamer.”
Todd nods.
Me: “That’s a good thing, baby.”
Rollie: “Sometimes I’m a nightmare.”
Todd and I nod some more.