“I think they take a bath with their suits on, right Aunt Jodi?” Liam is playing Lego Batman on the Wii. He keeps up a running dialog that I mostly ignore until I hear my name.
“Right,” I said. I was half listening at all.
“Does it take their suits a long time to dry? Huh, Aunt [...]
Posts Tagged: Conversations
22
Jan 10
On the awesomeness of superheroes
13
May 09
Young turks
Nolan sat cross-legged on the floor (a manner of sitting my niece Jaycie calls “criss-cross apple sauce” and what was called “Indian style” when I was a kid), Lucinda, my guitar, draped across his lap. Liam sat on the other side of the guitar petting the green surface.
“We’re going to play so loud, we’ll shake [...]
29
Apr 09
When the Tibbles are sick
“I cant watch TV,” Nolan said.
“Why not?”
“My bones aren’t strong enough.”
11
Feb 09
Conversations from Tibble Wednesday
“Valentine’s Day is Friday,” Liam said.
“Yes,” I said.
“Valentine’s Day was built on love,” he said.
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“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.”
5
Jan 09
Quotes from the day
“Look how important Lulu (a record by Trip Shakespeare) is to me. I’ve scrawled it on the back of my hand like I’m in 4th grade and don’t want to forget my math homework.”
“Did you write that blog post about how much I like muffins yet?”
“Do you want to read the latest issue of Macworld?”
“No.”
“Why [...]
10
Dec 08
We got an emergency down here
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 [...]
2
Dec 08
It is a real job, really
“You work from home on Wednesdays?” the TTHM asked, unable to control his shock and awe.
“Yeah,” I said.
“THAT’S NOT A JOB!” He shouted into his phone.
“Yes it is,” I said. “I have to follow people on Twitter and read blogs, post stuff.”
“I hope they pay you in stickers and not real money.”
“I get paid in [...]
1
Dec 08
Ruining the Internet for children since 2000
Saturday night during Rock & Roll Bookclub Max was trying to tell us something about the Flugoo fish.
“Just Google Flugoo fish,” he said, leaning onto the arm of the La-Z-Grrl.
Because I am a kind host and an accommodating aunt, I set to Googling. “Oh,” I said, when I spied the results.
“What?” Max asked.
“I’m first,” I [...]
26
Nov 08
If blue eats up all the yellow, she will turn green
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 only [...]
24
Nov 08
At work with Trip Shakespeare
I pushed my chair away from my desk and announced, “I’ve had it up to here. I’m going home.”
“You do that,” my cellmate said.
“Oh, by the way,” I said, throwing things into my bag. “Your nickname on my blog is gonna be Trip Shakespeare. Probably Trip for short.”
He looked at me and shook his head. [...]
29
Oct 08
I think this means I win
Nolan and Liam are using chalk to draw bats on the front stoop. An emergency vehicle is passes by (probably going to the hospital that is two blocks away) with sirens blaring, somwhere we can here a dog bark.
“Is the dog stuck in the fire?” Nolan asks.
“I don’t think so,” I say. “I think the [...]
