I’m floating in a most peculiar way

Shuttle
Originally uploaded by RandomJohn.I highly recommend a museum membership if you have kids. You have opportunities to get pictures like this one.

One from the vaults

This one’s from the Revenge of the Sith days.

Definition of “The Pits”

“The Pits” (n.): having four people in one household with a form of rotavirus, Norwalk, or other stomach malady.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

In years past, I’ve pretty much said “Bah Humbug!” to Christmas until well into December. I always avoided the crowds on Black Friday, and wouldn’t get a tree until the second or third week of December.
Right now, the tree is up and lighted, and the outside decorations are up. A wreath made from real pine [...]

Word of the day

“obstreperous”:http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2006/10/18.html: the art and science of being three years old

Snigger snack peas

I took my three-year old daughter to the farm today so we could pick sugar snap peas, or, as she calls them, “snigger snack peas.” One of the parts of my home education that I really appreciate is that my father kept a very large garden (he aspired to be a farmer, but didn’t really [...]

From the department of “No $#!+, Sherlock!”

Two-year-olds don’t pay attention to instructions given to them by Barney the -Monster- Dinosaur

A more common occurrence in this household

Background: my three-year-old daughter is learninghas learned how to use the computer. We have her on a couple of educational websites that teach reading.
Me (to daughter on the computer): Oh, you have do this. Here are the steps: [I start describing the steps]
Daugher continues at the computer.
Me: Oh, you already know how to do that.

This man is much more talented than I

He must have picked up some multitasking skills, or else his children are very chill. I can hardly manage the email task on a good day, and forget about frying sausage.

Milestones

Probably the most exciting part about having a child who has just grokked potty training is the smile on their face when they know they have it.
The second most exciting part is not having to pay $15/wk for diapers.