Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word Aunt Jodi. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.
We were all over at Sister #2′s house for a Labor Day Weekend barbecue, and because Sister #4 was back from South Dakota for the weekend. We were sitting there eating corn on the cob. “Oh, by the way,” I said. “I taught Jaycie and Max about transsexuals Friday.” Sister #2 put down her cob. [...]
We eat cereal for lunch: Though sometimes we make our own pizzas: And then we do crafts:
What’s your name? Nolan: Liam the very hungry caterpillar. Liam: No, It’s Liam. My name is Liam and I’m hungry all day because I have to get strong. What’s your favorite color? Liam: Uh, blue. Because I like it. Nolan: Blue is lame. Liam: Nuhuh, red and green is lame. Liam: what are you typing? [...]
I’ve got all three Tibbles here at Supergenius HQ today. Yay Springbreak! After spending 30 minutes playing a game of chess that involved lots of jumping, color commentary, and pieces called the Leprechaun One and the Money, the Tibbles are watching a movie. They lined up folding chairs in front of the coffee table, grabbed [...]
“Valentine’s Day is Friday,” Liam said. “Yes,” I said. “Valentine’s Day was built on love,” he said. ————— “Do you have to go potty?” I asked. “No,” Liam said. “Why do you keep holding your penis?” “I want to make sure to take it with me.”
“Here, eat this marshmallow.” He plucked a tiny one from his s’more granola bar. “No, s’mores are grody,” I said. “S’mores are not grody.” “Yes they are.” “THEY ARE NOT GRODY!” “Yes.” “Hey,” he said, pointing to the screensaver on my work computer. “What does that say?” “S’mores are grody.” Sometimes it pays to be [...]
Nolan found an old, dead cell phone of mine and has been using it all day to make calls. The UPS man just came and dropped off a load of presents including a slew of books for Jaycie and Max and some Threadless t-shirts. After proclaiming all the Threadless tees boring, Nolan got on the [...]
This is Liam’s new favorite song. It’s Cheech Marin singing about mixing primary colors to make new colors. We probably watched the video about six times, and then spent a lot of time talking about color formulas and favorite colors. “I don’t like brown,” Nolan announced, sneering at the brown shirt I was wearing. “I [...]
It’s not often that I am proud of my mad babysitting skills. But today, today I impressed myself. The Tibbles were sitting on my lap and we were singing songs. We had already run through “Wheels on the Bus” and “Ten Little Monkeys” and after about fourteen rounds of “Who stole the cookie from the [...]
Nolan and Liam have fashioned a sort of puppet stage using a dining room chair, the table, and a dry-erase board. The set also includes cobwebs that were drawn on notebook paper with a blue-green crayon. We, I mean I, made a bunch of “creepy” puppets cut out from construction paper and taped to straws. [...]
“Boys are just braver than girls,” Nolan said to Liam. They were at the top of the stairs attaching a Spider-man toy to the railing. “They are not,” I shouted from the La-Z-Grrl. “Oh yes they are,” he shouted back. “Who was crying today because he was afraid to go in the kitchen by himself?” [...]
The best $12 I ever spent. I’ve wanted Whip-Smart on vinyl forever. It completes the triumvirate of records that act as the soundtrack to much of my writing. Every time I’ve looked on eBay for this record it’s always something ridiculous like $40. On a fluke while purchasing a new power cord for Jed, I [...]
The Tibbles’ latest obsession is watching music videos on the TV. They think watching videos on actual TV is cutting edge. They’re used to watching music videos on the computer. So thanks to Comcast On Demand we’ve spent all our TV time today alternating between Weezer’s “Pork & Beans” and Brooks & Dunn’s “Boot Scootin’ [...]
He wants it He doesn’t like apples and bagels He doesn’t like chocolate donuts He only likes Macaroni & Cheese He doesn’t like waffles He doesn’t like Pop Tarts He can make Macaroni & Cheese himself He waaaaannnntttssss it, please
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