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Overheard
It’s bath time and when I stripped Keeghan for the tub, he ran away laughing, which is adorable and heartwarming because, after all, nothing sounds happier than a baby laughing. I was slowly following when I heard Ian shout, “Mommy, Keeghan’s peeing.” followed in a few seconds by the matter-of-fact update “now he’s putting his hand in it.”
Bath time is AWESOME.
Overheard
Keeghan: (holding a brush) Mwush. Mwush. MWUSH!
Michael: what is he saying?
Me: I can’t tell.
Keeghan: Mwush!
Me: wait- Keeghan, are you saying BRUSH?
Keeghan: Yes.
It must be so difficult to live your life surrounded by the painfully slow to understand…
One for the family album
What I do when I should be working
Once again, that’s a Doctor Who joke right there. If you don’t get it… As usual it’s probably not really that funny. So don’t worry about it. Just move on down:
Geekdom: you will be assimilated
We are all just one laundry basket away from a sci-fi universe around here.
My Grandpa Gray, who was a fan of Asimov before Asimov was Asimov, if you get me, would be proud.
Hurricane Sandy came and went
Danger of homonyms
My husband informs me that, after discussing one of our favorite tracks from “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” he figured out that Ian has been singing “as I went down in the river to prey…”
Hey, at least the science is sound.
Overheard
Ian: Mommy, if our house is attacked, we should make sure to exit the building immediately.
Me: Ok. I’ll keep that in mind.
Ian: Yes. We need to get out of here, so we aren’t killed. Then we have to defend the house. Mommy, I will take the front door. You take this door, and Daddy will protect the gate.
Me: What about Keeghan? What should he do?
Ian: Nothing. We’ll protect the house.
Me: What about his crib? Shouldn’t he protect his crib?
Ian: Yes. Keeghan, if we are attacked, you defend your crib. That’s very important.
PS: STOP telling him about September 11.
The Glass Whammy
We don’t know who put the Glass Break HooDoo Whammy on us, but whoever you are… we are sure that whatever it is we did, it was a complete oversight. We sincerely apologize, and I assure you we never, in our lives, would have wanted to hurt or upset you.
FYI, in addition to the two windows, we are also down one small Pyrex casserole and a butter dish. We’re concerned about the pickle jar, and I decided this was NOT the week to take the glass down off the hallway light and wash it.
