When we hit the big town, I sometimes take the kids through the toy department at MalWart and let them pick some small toys. Quinn usually picks a 99-cent Matchbox car, and Lyra is usually happy with whatever I hand her off the shelf.
Today, Quinn wanted a toy camera, but the cheapest one they had [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘lyra.’
September 18, 2009
little goth in training.
September 7, 2009
labor day 2009.
We’re having snacks on the screened-in porch. What are you up to on this fine day?
July 24, 2009
a dictionary: lyra-ese.
Here’s an excerpt of the current Lyra-ese-to-English dictionary. This may come in handy if you’re ever a guest at Castle Frostbite, and you find yourself on the receiving end of a question, request, or comment from the youngest member of the family.
Lyra-ese to English: An Incomplete Glossary
Lyra-ese
English
mutz-mows
Lucky Charms (which contain marshmallow bits)
kee-koo
cookie
peet
fish
pee-s
please (can be [...]
July 9, 2009
now with moving pictures.
I’m testing the video upload function and YouTube integration of this here blog thingie, so here’s a short vignette from this morning’s play-related activities in my office.
(For those not interested in watching two kids playing on a bed, this will not be an item of great and compelling importance.)
Forgive the [...]
May 26, 2009
parenting tip #2773.
The problem:
Kids get shampoo in their eyes at bath time. Shampoo makes their eyes burn. Drama ensues.
Dull textbook solution:
Buy “no tears” shampoo. (Tip: it doesn’t work as advertised.)
Creative Happy Fun Time solution:
Shampoo goggles!
May 15, 2009
two years old.
Little Miss Lyra is having a birthday today!
We’re having cake and everything! Put on a party hat, and join the fun!
From her express delivery at 4:44am on May 15, 2007, to the little girl stuffing her face with Winnie the Pooh birthday cake right now, it feels like it’s been twenty-four weeks, not months.
Two [...]
May 1, 2009
and somewhere, a PETA member cries.
Can you identify the tasty treat these kids are consuming eagerly?
That’s right–it’s crispy, yummy bacon, the highest and most noble of the breakfast foods, and the reason for the evolution of the pig.
If I ever get around to designing one of those pretentious medieval-style family crests, ours will have bacon featured prominently in [...]
April 30, 2009
the little things are really the big things.
It’s a lovely spring day here in the Upper Valley.
This morning, I took the kids out to the farm after breakfast to get milk and eggs. We got our dairy for the week, petted doggies, looked at roosters, and had lollipops and cherry sodas. Then we went for a little drive along Mascoma Lake, went [...]
April 23, 2009
a short commute.
Today is Take Your Daughter To Work Day!
The question is–do I really want to encourage her to develop a writing habit?
