When a fine photographer and a pretty baby meet up, good things happen

We took Hazel to my sister-in-law Amy’s studio when she was a few days old, and Amy  just posted some of the photos.  You can see them here.

Mabel’s satirical worksheets

(You can click on the images to see larger versions.)

Hint: the one about Grandma, Lily and Andy is a trick question — the answer is “Neither, because Grandma’s dead.” Mabel assures me that she was thinking only of a fictional Grandma, and that she only used the names of two of my siblings [...]

Better odds than winning the lottery

You can get a chance at winning some cute kids’ clothes if you blog about this post at Design Mom.  Just like I just did.

Just trust us a little, Henry

We have a standard bedtime routine of reading from The Book of Mormon, singing a song, and having family prayer.  Henry’s favorite songs are “I am a Child of God,” “The Wheels on the Bus,” and, most avidly, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” which he pronounces as “Uncle Door.”  He really, really wants to sing one [...]

Consider yourself warned

If your 2-year-old son has a variety of nice, conservative shirts that you would like to see him wear from time to time, don’t buy him a t-shirt with a robot dinosaur on it. Because he will never wear any of those other boring shirts again.
(Also, I’m not sure I would have made a [...]

Because I was young once, too

It’s Fast Sunday, and Mabel and Isaac are fasting until 4 PM, but Mabel always has a really hard time fasting and has been looking for something to distract her.
Me: “You could write in your journal.”
Mabel: “I just wrote in my journal two days ago.”
I try to think of what noteworthy thing might [...]

Tweets to the tweet (and salts to the salty)

How funny. Re-reading my last post reminded me of one of my forgotten post concepts. And it’s not very funny! And is kid-related.
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When we were little kids, my brother Tracy loved to brag to my sister Mary and me that he loved salt so much that he would eat anything with salt [...]

And I don’t handle loss well

Twice today I’ve had ideas for what I thought would make funny blog posts. Non-kid-related ideas, even, or at least I think they were non-kid-related ideas, but I’m not entirely sure, because I only remember having the ideas, but have zero recollection of what the ideas actually were.
I guess this means I should start [...]

Rosie with refried beans

Rose cups her hands around her mouth and whispers: “Mom, say ‘Rose, stop playing with your food.’”
Me: “Stop playing with your food.”
Rose: “Awwww! [Cups hands and whispers again.] Say ‘Just eat your food.’”
Me: “Just eat your food.”
Rose: “Awwww.”
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(I’d also like to take this moment to publicly thank Rose [...]

Something that, as a parent, you really don’t want to see

is your five-year-old avidly licking the sole of your shoe.
(Hypothetically, of course.)
She’s gonna have one fine immune system, if she makes it to adulthood.
UPDATE: My mom says I shouldn’t have left my reaction out of the story. Here was my reaction: “Rose, stop that. I said STOP THAT! You could [...]