It’s time to dig into the archives again… Here’s a compilation of our favorite posts from the month of May…
05/30/06 — Motherly Wisdom
05/24/06 — Paying People to Have Kids
05/22/06 — Free Summer Movies
05/17/06 — Throwing Eggs in the Kitchen
05/09/06 — Best. Job. Ever.
05/03/06 — Sedating Your Kids on the Road
05/01/06 — Not-So-Intimidating PowerRanger Names
Last night at dinner, our youngest (20 months) was keeping himself occupied with a constant stream of indecipherable chit-chat when our four year old suddenly turned to him and asked:
“What the hell are you saying?”
Our six and eight year old were understandably flabbergasted, and I was less than thrilled. But wait… It gets better…
Later on during the same meal, our six year old turned to our eight year old and said:
“You’re really sek-c.” (As in sexy, but with a slightly different pronunciation.)
Clearly he didn’t quite know what he was saying, but it certainly cracked everyone up.
Raising4Boys participated in two carnivals this week. Here they are along with links to our articles that were included in each.
The Best of Me Symphony included “Little Brothers, Tampons, and Lollipops.” Also included was “The Home Office Tax Deduction” from fivecentnickel.com.
The Carnival of the Vanities included “Monitoring the Sex Offender Registry.” Also included was “(In)Convenience Fees” from fivecentnickel.com.
The other night the boys and I had a grand old time with some dry ice that I brought home from work, and I’ve got the pictures to prove it… We started out small, just splashing some water on it and watching it “smoke.” We also melted a chunk so the kids could see why it’s called dry ice (there’s no water, duh!). From there, we started to get more creative. [more]
“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble.” -Dennis Fakes
While the nation is experiencing a summer heat wave, I’ve been trying to come up with “cool kid activities to keep us cool.” So far, we’ve made it to the pool almost everyday. We also been to our new (new to us, anyway) county library. We recently happened upon preschool story time to the delight of my “littles,” but much to the chagrin of my “bigs.” Fortunately, the “bigs” were able to use the buddy system to look at the juvenile books instead.
We’ve tried the mall, but what was a mecca for me before I had a large entourage has now turned into a very stressful place. I’ve even considered the movie theater during a delusional moment when I somehow forgot that my one and four year olds can’t sit still for longer than five minutes. I would LOVE to take my “bigs” to Cars or Pirates, but that’s just not going to happen. I guess we’ll wait until they come out on DVD and have a family movie night.
Any other ideas for cool kid activities? And by cool, I mean both attention-grabbing and air-conditioned.
Good news for all of you dads-to-be out there… While it’s long been thought that sexual intercourse late in pregnancy can stimulate labor, there’s now scientific evidence in support of this idea. That’s right… [more]
Raising4Boys participated in two carnivals this week. Here they are along with links to our articles that were included in each.
The Best of Me Symphony, which is up at The Owner’s Manual, included “Sedating Your Kids on the Road.” Also included was “All About Title Insurance” from fivecentnickel.com.
The Carnival of the Vanities, which is up at Accidental Verbosity, included “Birth Order, Brothers, and Homosexuality.” Also included was “Dish Network Customer Service SUCKS” from fivecentnickel.com.
I had an eye opening and nostalgic conversation with our four year old the other day. When we were at the pool, he inquired, “Mom do you remember the 1980’s?”
“Yes, honey,” I answered after a silent chuckle, “I was in high school and college at the time.” Where was he going with this?
Then he asked, “Can you tell me a story about the 1980’s?” [more]
“One of the obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.” -Randall Jarrell
