Liam is hopping across the living room, laughing his head off. “The mouse is chasing the dog.”
“I see that.”
“The dog always beats up the cat,” he says, hopping in the other direction. “The cat beats up the mouse. What’s the dog’s name?”
“Spike,” I say.
“How do you know? Are you sure?”
“Yes, I used to watch this [...]
Posts Tagged: Tibbles
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Jan 10
The politics of Tom & Jerry
19
Dec 09
Just what I wanted
Even though I babysit the Tibbles every Friday, I rarely get to see my nephew Cade. He’s at school by the time I get there and I leave before he gets home. Yesterday we passed briefly in the living room.
He stood in front of me wrapped in his snow gear, backpack still affixed to his [...]
17
Dec 09
Dusting
You know the ceiling in the Supergenius HQ Great Room is like 20 feet high, don’t you? In the middle of that ceiling is a big, ol’ fan that spends most of the year covered in dust so thick the blades appear to be made out of fur.
I had to dust that fucker today and [...]
28
Aug 09
Pain
Somehow I managed to hurt my back. I’m not sure how I accomplished this feat being that the most strenuous thing I’ve done in the past week is watch Mad Men and chat with my friend Al, the cutest girl on Earth™.
It fucking hurts.
I woke up this morning to discover that half my body [...]
17
Jul 09
The Flugoo Carnival
To celebrate the last day of Aunt Jodi’s daycare (I’m going back to only having the Tibbles once a week), we had a Flugoo Carnival. Jaycie and Max organized the event complete with tickets, prizes, and games. Before the Carnival we started out by making our own Flugoos, and we followed up the Carnival with [...]
15
Jul 09
When the Tibbles go marching in
I am not sure if this compliments or conflicts with Cade’s quote, “Come on guys we don’t watch “Calliou” it’s a baby show, we only watch Rock & Roll and movies.”
12
Jul 09
This is what it’s like at Supergenius HQ at least 18 times a day when the Tibbles are here
Their favorite was “Black and White” but it has since been dubbed a baby video and now Zombies are the only thing worthy of their attention.
29
Jun 09
Wondering if easily distracted is a sign of sun stroke
It was about 10:05 p.m. when I clicked the Add New link on my WordPress dashboard to begin composing a new post about how I took the Tibbles to the park (where I got sunburn) and watched Liam lick spilled Freezie Pop off the top of a table. There was going to be more Tibble [...]
24
Jun 09
Interview with Liam, age 4
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? Are you typing blue. What are you [...]
10
Jun 09
A partial list of activities the Tibbles have completed since their 7:07 a.m. arrival at Supergenius HQ
Walked in and asked for a cup of coffee
Watched Pokemon while all three huddled under a green afghan
Ate SuperMuffins
Watched the Count & Batty Bat three times
Watched Feist sing 1,2,3,4 on Seasame Stree twice
Jumped on the couch shouting “I love Rock & Roll” while listening to Wilco’s Heavy Metal Drummer
Gotten one (Cade) fat lip by slam [...]
28
May 09
A conversation outside of Cub Foods in Shakopee
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 [...]
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 [...]
6
May 09
Herein lies a lot of talk about barf
Here is what I discovered about Little Boys today. Unlike most human beings who run in the other direction when someone starts to barf, Little Boys run toward the barfer and watch the regurgitation with rapt attention. Only once the barfing has ended they start to talk about how much it stinks and how gross [...]
9
Apr 09
Political differences as narrated by a Tibble
“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 ever noticed an [...]
25
Mar 09
Annoying traits that are obviously genetic
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 juice boxes, [...]
