thane January 14th, 2010
My Mom’s laptop died, so she asks me if it is time for her to switch to a Mac. Nope. Past time. Anyway, I am going to be down there at the end of the month, so if I order her stuff here, I can set it up and take it with me. Full week for her to get used to it and then she goes back home. I had her go and look at the systems and she decided on a MacBook Pro 13″. I am talking to her about this, making sure I understand what she wants, and Joh starts chucking in comments from the peanut gallery while working on her 15″ MacBook Pro. “That one is too small. You want one just like mine. It is so big and beautiful.” Etc. So I tell my Mom “Joh says that 13 inches isn’t enough for most women.” Much laughter ensues.
thane July 11th, 2009
Tory was addressing a letter today, and I was reading her the zip code.
Dad: One!
Tory: One.
D: Five!
T: Five.
D: Two!
T: Two.
D: Two!
Stuart: Six.
T: Two.
D: Nine!
S: Six.
T: Nine.
Joh: Eighteen!
He comes by it naturally.
thane March 20th, 2009
This morning, the children wanted (decaf) coffee with breakfast. After this was established, Joh tried to figure out what Stuart wanted for breakfast.
J: What do you want for breakfast, Stuart?
S: COFFEE!!!
J: What do you want to eat with your coffee?
S: BAR!!!*
(A few minutes pass)
J: What do you want for breakfast, Stuart?
S: COFFEE!!!
J: Do you want a fried egg sandwich with your coffee?
S: Uh, huh.
* Clif Cashew Nectar bars are Stuart’s favorite food, bar none.
thane January 29th, 2009
Stuart was acting out. Hitting and throwing things, nothing unusual. I decided to talk to him about it. Afterwards I was saying:
Dad: When we are angry, we can say “I’m angry!”
Stuart: I’m angry!
D: “I want to use my hands.”
S: I want to use my hands.
D: “I want to throw things.”
S: I want to throw things.
D: “I’m going to the playroom to throw my beanbags.”
S: I’m going to the playroom to throw my beanbags.
D: Those are all things we can say when we are angry, Stuart.
S: “Those are all things we can say, Stuart.”
thane January 7th, 2009
A short list of things Stuart did today.
- Took a loaf of bread at Nature Bake and started spinning it round and round.
- Again at NatureBake, took a stalk of wheat from a sheaf on the wall and beat it on the floor.
- Swept all the books off the coffee table onto the floor
- Took one of the sock monkey ornaments and dropped it in the toilet while Tory was pooping.
- Grabbed an unopened half galon of milk from the fridge and dropped it behind the couch, where it landed on some wall warts, which punched a hole in the bottom of it
Needless to say, it was a busy day.
thane January 6th, 2009
Tory: He kicked me!
Joh: And then you hit him.
Tory: No. I hit him first.
thane December 7th, 2008
“I want to be last.”
“OK.”
I go down the stairs and he closes the gate.
“I want to be first.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I thought when you said that you wanted to be last that you wanted to be last.”
thane November 30th, 2008
Dad: And who sends Angels to talk to people?
Girl: Jesus!
D: Right
Mom: Jesus wasn’t born yet. God sent the Angels.
D: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit – the Triune. Three in one – they are all the same.
M: I don’t think that the cover the trinity in the [youngest Sunday school class].
D: We can try to teach her about the inscrutable. We tried to teach her about the election.
thane November 15th, 2008
Tory’s school, Trillium Charter School, recently banned all handheld games. While this, in and of itself, is in no way unusual, how it came about is. Durring a recent all-school meeting, one of the second graders proposed the banning of these toys. The student body debated this proposal, with impassioned speaches for and against the ban. The body then voted and, by a narrow margin, banned them. Color me impressed.
thane November 4th, 2008
Tory: It’s not coming off.
Johanna: Ok. Let’s add a little more soap and…
Tory: Well, officially, I didn’t use any soap.