Space Ranger

Naiah (age 2): I’m a Power Ranger! I’m the pink one! I’m the Power Rangers in Space!
Sarah (age 6): I’m the red one!
Naiah: I’m a Pace Ranger!
Sarah: Did she just say ‘pace’?
Anna (age 6): Yeah.
Naiah: No! Ssspace! Space! Pace Ranger!
Sarah: You said ‘pace.’
Naiah: Ssspace!
Anna: Yeah, but you said ‘pace’.
Naiah: Sspace! I’m a Pace Ranger!
Sarah: ‘Pace’?
Naiah: [...]

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Looks Like Summer

“We’re not playing. We’re making a recipe. We’re going to sell it. More dandelions!”
–Anna, age 6

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Pajama Time

“I’ve got Batman pants and a Superman shirt! Now I’m the Justice League.”
–Jonah, age 4

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Strangers and Strangers

Strangers in the Shampoo Aisle, Who Assume I am Deaf
Lady (whispering loudly, less than five feet from us): Oh, look– she has twin girls!
Man: Uh-huh.
Lady: Oh! And another girl!
Man: Uh-huh.
Lady: Oh! And a boy, too!
Man: Uh-huh.
Lady: Oh my God, I think she’s pregnant!
Man: [sigh]
Lady: Well, I guess it’s not any of our business!
Strangers at McDonald’s, [...]

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Mrmph.

I don’t do well on no sleep when I’m not pregnant. When I am pregnant, I can barely function if I don’t sleep. It requires all the concentration I have just to spell right now. (There’s some serious backspacing going on over here. Trust me.) And I have no idea what I’m supposed to be [...]

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Math Girl

Sarah (age 6) asked me to give her some math problems to write down for school. She’s been doing a lot of double-digit addition, so I thought I’d teach her to carry tens.
We started off with things she knew how to handle, like 20 + 60, or 82 + 17, nothing that would require carrying. [...]

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TTFN

So my husband is leaving me tomorrow. For Washington D.C. For work.
I should feel glad that he’s going, since he’ll learn how to write grants for the court and make money for them and become a little more indispensable. He even wrote an essay and won a scholarship so the court wouldn’t have to pay [...]

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Parental Rights

In a nutshell. This is a huge deal, as we’re starting to realize now in CA. If you’d like to sign on, there’s a button in the sidebar.

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Unseasonable

Our pipes froze last night.
It’s almost the end of April.
Isn’t it a little late for pipes to be frozen?
But I figured out how to work the sprinkler system.
So when the pipes aren’t frozen I’m watering the grass.
And there you have it. Spring in the Sierras.

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The Problem of Pain

“Ooowwww! My throat! What does it mean?”
Jonah, age 4, asking the big questions

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