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bottle of.... milk? from july 2014
a memory popped up on FB today, and i never put it here, so here you go.
Me: oh, I see you brought your bottle of milk in your picnic basket today.
Her: oh no mommy, that's my wine.
she was 2.
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summer is feral
summer is just one big bowl of feral around here. two things I have actually uttered today:
hey, did you ask her permission before you blorfed her back.... and belly.... and arm... ?
why are you eating spaghetti out of your han- hey! no! that's worse! stop eating pasta off your feet!
feral days continue.
Avalon: mommy! I'm really hungry and I ( Read more... ) -
the latest
me to avalon's door: "can i come it?"
her: "NO!"
me: "ok. you're not ready."
her: ....
me: "ok. i love you."
her: "NOTHING!"
alrighty then.
Avalon: I had too much alcohol today.
Julius: ...what? No you didn't.
Her: I did! I had a whole diet coke.
Song from the backseat:
I dont give a damn about my bad constipation!
Julius's addition:
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sometimes she's selfish. but then...
tucking her in tonight-
"oh no! i forgot to write a thank you note to the tooth fairy for my dollar!"
*leans close to the tooth fairy pillow and whispers to it, asking it to deliver a thank you for her*
this. girl.
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piercings and consent
when avalon had her ears pierced last august at a highly recommended piercing studio in venice (aesthetic ambition), i was honestly floored by how much they *did* put ALL the emphasis on the consent. i'm talking EVERY step. "now i want to put a dot on each ear with a marker, and this is why. are you ok with that? now i'm going to put this through ( Read more... ) -
snow white
journey: you know who i don't get? the prince from snow white. i mean, wasn't it just weird that he just rode up and kissed a corpse? i mean he did believe she was dead, right? and he just randomly happened to be riding past at that moment and was overcome with love.... of a corpse. that's just lame.
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no, uranus.
Avalon: mommy, I love you all the way to Neptune and back.
Me: ...well I love you all the way to Uranus and back.
Her: ...that's not very far.
#isetemupyouknockemdown
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easter.
got hit over the head today, and i'm grateful for it.
this morning i woke up feeling really depressed and angry with myself. last night i was so tired and i just couldn't make myself get easter baskets ready or eggs or anything. this morning i was so disappointed. i kept thinking about how this might be the last year avalon even believes in the ( Read more... ) -
memories, march 2019
Those of you who have played rock band before are aware that there is a particular extra points grabber in the vocal track whereby at certain times if you add some music or some words in the spaces between singing it gives you more points. Avalon has embraced this concept with gusto. But what that looks like as a seven-year-old is not what it looks ( Read more... ) -
digestive tract education
My kids are obsessed with Alexa, Echo and Siri, probably because we don't own one. Anyway, one of their car games is to have one of the girls pretend to be this device, which is a hybrid they have dubbed Echo Lexi. Echolexi's answers are sometimes accurate, but always silly. So basically, even though they don't know who she is, it's Janet. Here's a ( Read more... )