Heard recently around the dinner table…
Four Year Old (4YO): What did you have for lunch today daddy?
Me: Lucky’s where I get it for free!
4YO: Why you get it free?
Me: Because i’m so AWESOME!
4YO: (giggles) but daddy… You’re FAT!
… (silence with exception of her maniacal laughter) …
Me: (dejected) So… you can’t be fat and awesome?
4YO: (with conviction) NO!
… (more laughter) …

Dionna is officially full term (38 weeks) and we are ready to get that kid out of that woman! Sure, technically she has two weeks left, but this has been a long and rough pregnancy. I honestly thought it might happen this weekend, but no luck. If the baby comes on her own it will be a completely new experience for all of us as [...]

… to your children, and let them read some as well (assuming they can); it’s good for both of you. From tonight’s reading:
The Question by Karla Kuskin
People always say to me
“What do you think you’d like to be
When you grow up?”
And I say, “Why,
I think I’d like to be the sky…
Or be a plane or train or mouse
Or maybe a haunted house
Or something furry, rough [...]