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Thursday, September 18, 2008

The latest in bedtime trends? Quotable stalling:

Bryn: "Totally the opposite of absolutely unacceptable."

And ten minutes later:

Maya: "That half an inch that I grew is a very important half inch."

They're giddy with their newfound power.

PS: But wait, there's more:

Maya: Our words waste electricity.
Bryn: How come?
Maya: Because Daddy has to write them down on his electric phone.
Bryn: That is why it is high time for Mommy to leave.

Yep. Giddy, indeed.
9:04:00 PM

Friday, August 08, 2008

No, we didn't forget this time, either. You can still count on us. (See you again in a year, a month, a day, an hour, and a minute.)
8:08:00 AM

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Overheard:

Maya: I'm princess, and I order you to stop tossing that dog around.

Bryn: Well, I'm queen.

Trumped.
12:20:00 PM

Friday, March 14, 2008

For some reason, Kathy's default facial recognition technique centers on haircuts, rather than other features. Or so she claims...

Kathy: If you got a haircut, I'd definitely notice.
Paul: Would you?
Kathy: I'm pretty sure I would.
Paul: Hmm. 'Cause I did cut my hair today.

Believe it or not.
11:35:00 PM

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

A bedtime discussion, inspired by the strep throat taking over our family:

Maya: Mommy, why do germs get inside our bodies? Do they want to hurt us?

Kathy: No, honey. They don’t want to hurt us, but they don’t know any better. They’re not smart. They don’t have a brain.

Maya: [sighs] I wish we had a germ with a brain.

9:16:00 PM

Friday, September 07, 2007

This morning Bryn asked Kathy to read aloud from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, which was Kathy's favorite book as a child and has recently become Bryn's favorite book as well. One of the passages Kathy read describes how Meg, unhappy with the state of her marriage to John, tries an experiment to set things right. Rather than focusing all her time and energy on their two small children, Meg starts to pay attention to John, telling him apologetically that she has "shamefully" neglected him and trying to show an interest in his affairs. In return, John shows an interest in a bonnet that Meg is making. At this point, Meg explicitly mentions her experiment to improve their marriage and asks John what he thinks of it. Alcott doesn’t have John answer, instead writing:

Never mind what John said, or what a very narrow escape that little bonnet had from utter ruin; all that we have any business to know is that John did not appear to object . . . (542)

At this point Kathy laughed, and Bryn asked what was so funny. When Kathy, still amused, explained that Meg and John were probably kissing and going to their bedroom to snuggle, Bryn reacted not to this plot but rather to Kathy’s appreciation of it:

Ew, you’re a lovey-pants.

Guilty as charged.
8:57:00 AM

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Quote of the day, uttered by someone who wishes to remain anonymous:

Mommy, you're the best woman in the world. Daddy is the best man in the world. [My sister] is the best girl in the world.

8:01:00 AM

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

At times, we've felt the urge to become an instant expert on something really technical that we previously knew nothing about. Does that ever happen to you? For example, are you ever tempted to read scientific publications on new treatments for some scary medical condition your doctors are trying to rule out?

If so, then do yourself a favor: learn how to assess experimental designs ahead of time. (Don't do it then, because you'll be too busy worrying and looking for answers.)

For example, prayers and placebos are both about belief. You can scientifically prove that the placebo effect works. However, achieving the same level of proof for prayer hasn't been so easy. At least not yet.
10:29:00 AM

Monday, June 18, 2007

Here's a picture of Kathy's grandmother, Wilma Lilly Evans, who died when Kathy's dad was 12:



Thanks for scanning in this picture, Uncle Jerry!
8:57:00 PM

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Overheard:

Maya: Say something to make Mommy laugh.
Paul: Rutabega.

Got it in one!
6:48:00 PM

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