He then added, casually, as if the thought had only just occurred to him, "The banjo won't wake up my brother if I play it at 6am every morning, will it?"
Teen just came into the office, announced that he intends to start learning to play the banjo (he learned guitar about... three/four years ago and, crucially, has not touched it since), will record himself playing a song on both instruments and release said song online to great fame and fortune.
word of mouth, maybe? they are all solidly on his wish list, where they will probably sit until he finds the next most amazing thing
Me: *sits down to reply to emails*
Teen, appearing out of nowhere: MOM I NEED YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO SHOW YOU THESE TWENTY T-SHIRTS THAT ALL COST $50 OR MORE CAN I HAVE THEM
On one hand, I really really want t-storms to fuck with events in DC tomorrow.
On the other, my kid is swimming in his first A meet in over a year (butterfly!) and I really really want it not to be cancelled.
Can someone please arrange for weather not to cross the Potomac? That would be swell.
"Mom I can't find my backpack" says the child who has spent approximately -2 seconds looking for it.
the problem with reading judy blume's double fudge with the 10yo is that now i want fudge.
(Also we've concluded that 10yo is basically Fudge. the character, that is, not the candy.)
6. hours. at. the. pool.
child zonked by 8.15p
i am zonked at 8.45p
pool opens tomorrow at 11.30am for round 2.
the 10yo woke up today at 5.30am
me: why are you wearing your swimsuit?
him: I SLEPT IN IT
the pool opens at 11.30am.
i love memorial day weekend
Taking the teen to the grocery store because sometimes i have momentary lapses of judgement
the child. woke up. at 5.45am. awake. getting dressed. before 6am. his bus. is. at 8.10a. why.
Draw me like one of your French girls, Jack.
guys, i made a terrible mistake. i showed 15yo where i put my secret chocolate chip cookie stash. now i have no chocolate chip cookies. :(
I could probably try to figure out how to make this a thread but honestly I don' wanna so here, go read the full update/story on Tumblr. www.tumblr.com/azriona/7832...
It's also on DW but without the pictures, and come on, look at that puppy, she's adorable.
Hello good morning ow. (Six stitches.)
...very possible.
Guess what I just caught the 10yo doing. How'd you know, says he. Dude, I INVENTED this trick.
Luckily, he got over axe about two years ago when the 7th graders emptied about six cans of it simultaneously in the boys locker room at school....
I think one of the colognes is a knockoff of Polo. The other one is... blue? something?
mostly the hallway between his bedroom and the bathroom
and in other news, the 15yo has discovered cologne. Ask me how I know.
Paws in the air like she just don't care.
Don't mind me, I'm just taking glamor shots of an old iron I found for $3 at a yard sale this morning and which I plan to use for weighing down #bookbinding projects.
Stella, who kept us safe from owls last night. (Also kept us awake while keeping us safe from owls, but let's focus on the owl part.)
10yo v. Large sphere.
Stella would like you to know that her human insists on getting up, and she is disinclined to allow such liberties.
Yep, the one that's about 15 minutes away is a warehouse closeout store, and according to the employees they'll be open until the end of May or so. Stuff is definitely coming in from other locations, too, though not a lot.
My mom-and-baby group after we adopted our first was a literal LIFE-LINE for me that first two years. I am so glad dads have the same chance to connect with other dads!!!
To Joanns, or not to Joanns. That is the question.
I am having SO much fun with it; I forgot how enjoyable making those matchbox books was a decade ago, I don't know why it took me so long to get to this stage. I want to bind all the things.
