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Now that school is out, Tibble Fridays will be spent at Supergenius HQ. Upon finishing a donut, Nolan dug this notebook out of the bookcase that used to be my Grandpa Cub’s. He sat down on the blue couch with a red pen and proceeded to fill about half the pages. After he finished he [...]
“Does Batman have x-ray vision?” Nolan asked. “No, he doesn’t have any superpowers he only has a belt,” I said. “He has a swing gun.” “That’s not a superpower that’s a weapon.” “He has boomerangs.” “Still weapons,” I said. “Batman’s not super.” “Yeah, he is,” Nolan said. “Why else is he called a superhero? Because [...]
Max calls his Winkletoe and Jaycie’s is Sparkletoe. Cade called his Wushy. Liam calls his D.T., because that’s what Nolan called his. Mine’s called Blackhole Sun, a nickname given to it by my college roommate F.R. Chicken because of its resemblance to an afghan that can be seen in the Soundgarden video. The blanket doesn’t [...]
“I will always play spikeyball,” Nolan said to Liam. “Oh look, look, it’s loading.” The Tibbles (at least Nolan and Liam) have figured out how to use Ziggy to get to the App Store, find the free Kids games, and download games. They are officially more tech savvy than 89% of all Americans.
This morning over breakfast (trail mix and juice for him, coffee for me) Nolan announced: “For Christmas I am going to buy you with my own money an electric pencil sharpener and a t-shirt that says, ‘YOU ROCK!’.” Of course now we’re arguing about music: “Is this even Michael Jackson?” He asks, wrinkling his nose [...]
We eat cereal for lunch: Though sometimes we make our own pizzas: And then we do crafts:
Nolan and I ran to Cub yesterday because I needed bagels. Everyone at Supergenius HQ was aghast when we went to make breakfast (apples, peanut butter, bagels) only to discover the bagel cupboard was bare! Instead we made monkey bread with magic monkey crystals, real monkeys (according to Liam), and 3 wishes each in the [...]
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 [...]
“I cant watch TV,” Nolan said. “Why not?” “My bones aren’t strong enough.”
At the age of four, Liam has decided he is not afraid of The Beatles’ Bear. The Beatles’ Bear had been living under my sink since that picture was taken in 2005. This morning when he arrived at Supergenius HQ, Liam announced he was no longer afraid of the bear and would very much like [...]
“That car is so cool,” Nolan said as we were venturing home from the SuperT. We had just pulled up behind a car with a bunch of bumper stickers. “No it’s not,” I said. “Why not?” “He doesn’t like Obama.” The car was owned by a very red Republican and was the first time I’d [...]
Here’s a little tip for all you parents and babysitters out there. If a five year old has a cold and is kind of cranky inventing and then performing a song and dance that includes the lyrics, “I’m Dr. Crankenstein yes, I am. Cranky, cranky, cranky is the only way to be. Crabby, crabby, crabby [...]
In honor of today, Nolie’s 5th birthday. Suck the Blood from Jodi Chromey on Vimeo.
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 [...]
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