Posted in Quotes, adolescence, girl stuff on Dec 26th, 2009 3 Comments »
my 8-year old son to our 12-year old girl neighbor: “why were you feeling sick yesterday?”
“ummm… it’s girl stuff. hard to explain.”
“did you eat your lipstick?”
“yeah, let’s just leave it at that.”
Posted in girl stuff, pride, toys on Dec 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Scored a stuffy for my thrilled little girl from one of those dropping-claw-in-a-box-of-impossible-to-grab-toys at the local pub and was shocked by my success. Then realized the pink tiger was adorned in black skulls. A Pyrrhic victory if ever there was one.
Posted in Bad Dad Chronicles, girl stuff, guilt on Dec 14th, 2009 No Comments »
My sister-in-law texted me today asking for my daughter’s dress size. Did I know? Nope. Will I find out tonight? Yup.
Now, about the boy…
Posted in girl stuff, reading and writing on Dec 5th, 2009 No Comments »
A recent writing exercise: my five-year-old daughter likes to ask how you spell words and then decorates the letters as she goes along. Why she’s still caught up in last year’s presidential election is a mystery to me.
Posted in father first, girl stuff on Aug 27th, 2009 No Comments »
The guy at the bike store said these make your bike go faster. Sounded like common sense to me. After a full battery of tests, it’s confirmed: pink and purple streamers enhance bike speed by up to 13%.
Believe it.
Posted in Daddy Anthropologist, Fatherhood, girl stuff, toys on Dec 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Mr. Watson–come here! I’ve discovered something remarkable!
Look upon this plastic trinket I spied in my daughter’s menagerie. What do you make of it?
Baffled? Befuddled? Bewildered? Look at this other specimen:
Still confounded? There’s a commonality. Look again. Mystifyed? Perplexed? Look closer, my dear Mr. Watson. Naive Mr. Watson. Sightless little Watson. Look closer.
Ah! There it is! [...]
