When 5-year-old Peter sings my playlist, this is what comes out. Try and guess the REAL lyrics. I’ll give you a hint: The Glee songs are in frequent rotation. Answers after the jump. 1. “On a single day” 2. “I spit in my ears” 3. “Measles got the muse git”
Henry starts at my bathroom and takes a long running leap onto my bed. He turns to me, smiles, and proudly says, “I do that jump over Petey all the time, and I hardly ever land on him.”
I was a reluctant baseball fan. I did not grow up with a love of the game. In fact, I thought it was boring and pointless until the ripe old age of 25. I’m not even sure why I fell in love with the game. [...]
It’s little moments like this that make the “staying at home thing” all worth it. (We were making this recipe by the way – it’s so worth it. And the song? U2′s “When Love Comes to Town” – particularly infectious when sung by an air-guitaring 3 year-old.)
Even Superheros Need a Nap Sometimes Peter takes a nap in his superhero costume – sucking his fingers, and clutching his puppy. 3 1/2-year-old Peter: When I was in my mommy’s tummy, I didn’t ever sleep at all. Nana: (very curiously) Oh, really? Peter: Yep. I can’t sleep without my puppy and I didn’t have [...]
cue: New Soul by Yael Naïm At the mall, walking by the Apple store, spying a new MacBook Air in the window. Me: Hey Henry, look at that! You see that? 7-year-old Henry: What? The computer? Me: Yeah! Isn’t that amazing? Henry: It looks just like yours Me: Huh? No, I mean – it’s a [...]
My children are so charming that they were on TV the other night. Well, OK, so the story wasn’t actually about them, it was about the cool Santa with whom we get our yearly photos taken. We just happened to be the first in line when Evening Magazine finished their interview with him (he grows his own real beard every year and is such a sweet man). And, the clip is actually from last year – but I’ve had lots of people emailing me saying “Hey, was that you?”. And yes, yes it was!
Peter and I had a Teachable Moment while he was helping me make my coffee today. Peter: Where is God? Me: God is everywhere. Peter: In our house? Me: Yes, he’s here too. Peter: But I can’t see him. Me: Yes, well, God is powerful, but also invisible. Peter: Oh, so God is a Ninja! [...]
[...]And after trimming the tree, we got out the nativity sets. Peter immediately engaged his Playmobil Mary in a swordfight with a Playmobil wiseman. Henry had Playmobil Joseph riding a Jetski. Dave kept introducing the robber into the scene. I finally compromised and had them get out the Roman soldiers and let them be as violent as they wanted because they were working for Herod and wanted to kill Jesus and later did kill Jesus and tried to kill Paul so of course they were bad. But they weren’t allowed to slice anyone in the nativity story not even the cow because Mommy said so. The End.[...]