The strawberries are indeed extra yummy this year, and that recording of the duet is precious.
Fuck politics. What else do you need besides that?
Thanks for a happy post, LB. I am also feeling sapped up tonight. We have been doing this (I think dumb) thing with my kid to get her to pee on the potty, wherein she gets a toy out of this big box of coveted toys. And tonight she got the last one out and played with in the bath. I was fussing with some other stuff in the room adn hadn't been listening to her dialogue, but I finally caught a snippet of the new toy saying, "I am finally out of my box! And wow am I happy!" I swooned. So that is making me happy.
dan already said precisely what I wanted to say. Thanks for sharing this.
By the way, this post just cost me $187. How you ask? Well, first Rory asks, "What are you listening to?" Then, in explaining who Sally and Newt and Lizard Breath are, I note that, "Actually, that's who recommended Spirited Away." I had forgotten how much additional Ghibli I had promised we'd order one of these days...
I'll join in the wave of warm parental support.
I just came back from talking with Iris about what sorts of gowns the goddesses would wear to one another's weddings, and the gifts they might give*. I'm filled with warmth and love. What a kid!
* Athene is sure to give branches of olive trees, as she would want to share her tree, plus they could make food out of it. So thoughtful, that Athene!
No harm is done by nonpolitical posts taken in moderation.
Either their piano teacher is very good, or they've inherited some music from their father's side of the family (Buck's dad used to play slide guitar for 'Big Sam's Harmony Rangers', the finest cowboy band ever to come out of New Jersey). It's not that they're terribly good, but they really do seem to like it. I, on the other hand, took about five years of piano, and it was always a chore for me (and for poor Mr. Fulton, who had to listen to me).
That duet is very sweet, LB.
I need to find some good local strawberries before it's too late.
Iris still occasionally talks about Spirited Away, in fear. Whoever here said that she was old enough was so wrong. We didn't even make it to the boiler room scene.
OTOH, she woke up asking for Mei and Satsuki yesterday, so we haven't failed utterly.
I can see that. Sally and Newt liked it, but I thought it was pretty rough for them -- I was watching for signs of distress all through.
Unlik you daughter, JRoth, the pens are about to totally fail.
You know, I just thought to check, and they were up 2-1, and I was going to write to you, and then I saw the update.
Dammit.
Keegan is bummed. He really hates the Red Wings.
12: Iris is pretty underexposed to media, so I think she doesn't have a lot of reserves to deal with scary stuff on screen. She's been hearing the Medusa story - with no punches pulled - since she was 2-1/2, but she's still scared to watch that part of Clash of the Titans.
Actually, for a long time, she couldn't handle the part in Totoro where the goat bleats at Mei. But that part is kind of scary-weird, with the creepy square goat pupils and buck teeth.
That goat part is terrifying. I also think the granny is pretty creepy to look at throughout. Assumed the mom ad had a nervous breakdown for the longest time, which made it a lot darker than TB does.
One never knows what will freak out kids. I used to be afraid of a book called 'Lentil' because the main character sucked a lemon (or made someone else suck a lemon) and couldn't whistle.
If you really want your children to succeed in the classical music biz, LB, you are going to have to start beating them more often.
I also think the granny is pretty creepy to look at throughout.
Yeah, but I remind myself that kids are less judgmental about such things (they notice - at least IRL - but tend not to react as strongly, or least not as negatively).
Hey! The Pirates are winning, too! And Wednesday's night's game will have free tix for good seats!
Go Pittsburgh!
Jroth, the Wed night Bucs game? I might be there, are you going?
Wow! Total domination by Detroit that period. Never thought the Pens would get one past Osgood, considering it was 12-0 in shots at one point.
Tickets for Wednesday might go fast unless the Pens win. I am supposed to be getting them as well.
Since I'll be in P-burgh, I will be torn (assuming there is a game 6). Watch abysmal baseball at my beloved PNC park or watch the Pens at Buffalo Blues? I lean towards the latter.
I plan to be at PNC Park tomorrow morning when tix go on sale (I'll be dropping off Iris at school, so...).
I can get potentially 6 extra. Who's in?
great post, i third 2
my oldest niece when she was 2-3 yo used to ask me to read her a fairytale, i think it was a Little red-cap, so i would tell her the tale and she would cry at the exactly same place and when i refuse to read it the next time, she would ask me to read it again and refuse to listen to the other stories and again cry at the same place and so on day after day
it was exhausting
then after sometime she grew out of that phase
Come on, Pens! My sister will be bitchy if you lose.
Shit, I can walk to Buffalo Blues from my house.
My sister will be bitchy if you lose.
I have trouble believing that about any of the Calasisae.
Well, except the rightwing one.
Hooray for the great piano duet! For the first time in a few years, I haven't been teaching any piano lessons since last August, and I really miss it. One of the awesomest parts was always adorable duets between sibling pairs, just like this one. My sister and I did that as well when we were little kids. Great stuff.
Oh, and I know that's a silly way top make the plural. Don't complain, Classics people.
Really? You can go to the park *and* come to the bar on yoru way home. I don't know if I can commit to the park until I know if I will be missing a playoff game. May not take long, though. I love sudden death.
The youngest (the hot one) is a huge Pittsburgh fangirl. Steelers, Pens... if the Pirates ever stop not sucking she'll live and die by them, too. She's also voting for Obama.
Clearly, you mean if the Pirates ever stop sucking. Wishful thinking though.
Sybil- How old is Rory? I understand it's all about the grandparents, but if she wanted a peer to hang with Weds afternoon, it could be arranged....
Di has a Rory, I have a Sadie. She's 2.5. How old is Iris (older, I think)?
Shit, I can walk to Buffalo Blues from my house.
Hey, me too. It was completely full with about 25 people standing on the sidewalk, half an hour before the game on Saturday.
Yeah, yeah. Negations negated by wine. (I meant only to have a glass, but whoops.)
42 is good for me to know, logistically.
Wow, Cala, you really were bothered by that Lentil book.
All the Calasis are adorable, hott, and glamorous. I've already explained that.
All the wingersis needs is the love of a good nonwinger man, obvs.
Is there more than one Buffalo Blues? I thought SJRoth lived in an outskirt of some sort.
My friend said it was not crowded for Game 3, on the weeknight. Therefore we were surprised by the crowd for Game 4. So, youneverknow.
47: Yeah. The fact that I'm not googling it to remember about it scares me.
This thread makes me wish I was seven. Except for the piano part, but that I can deal with.
This thread makes me wish I was seven
and rooting for the Penguins.
Adorable duet! And thanks for the heads-up on the strawberries. I am terrible about going to the farmers' market unless people tell me something special is in season.
Whoops, sorry Sadie. Iris is 4, but isn't picky about age.
I live around the corner from the original Sh/rp Edge - JP lives high above Route 28.
Shit. Power Play.
Whoops, misheard the announcers. Make that,
Whoo! Power Play!
Come on, Pens. I don't need the text messages.
Sybil - replying to your BPhd post here - Iris was 1.5 and 3.25 for a couple flights to Germany - Sadie will be fine. Just bring a sippy cup/juice box for takeoff, and a bag full of new trinkets to reverse any looming bad moods. I'm sure you've thought of this, but be reassured - that's all you need, especially if you have a movie available.
Oh, and LB - thanks for posting this awesome Stanley Cup thread.
new trinkets? sounds risky.
isn't there a chance that a never-before-seen trinket will further perturbe, rather than mollify the child?
30: Who's in?
Thanks for the offer, JR, but I need to get some for my daughter and her friends as well probably some for a group of folks in from out-of-town for work. So I am most likely over in numbers.
If Pens can survive those two miserable periods of hockey ...
Things look tired out there on the ice. As they d on my couch. I just knocked over and broke a precious Darth Vader glass. Oops.
JRoth, I think I have the baseball tickets handled, should it go that way. Maybe email me a way to contact you if we end up at the game? Or the bar? Or in Beckley, WV because I decide to drive as my airport anxiety cripples me and I have to do it in segments?
isn't there a chance that a never-before-seen trinket will further perturbe, rather than mollify the child?
Not if you give it to her before she's seriously perturbed. Kids are pretty acquisitive, and a new little animal (like the kind that come 15 to a tube) will usually please. There might be hits and misses, but the general trend is, "Ooh, it's new!," not "Hmm, how good a thing is this?"
For a seriously long flight (over, say, 3 hours), I'd maybe bring one sure-fire winner (that's more than a trinket) as a backup, but never bring it out if possible.
My poor dog is getting hosed on his evening walk. Score, Pens!
Why do they call them Pens and not Pengs? Hockey sucks.
I'm doing the rest of this torturous game in bed.
I made some strawberrysorbet this weekend--six cups of berries, four cups of peach lambic, and a little sugar syrup. Damn good.
I'm doing the rest of this torturous game I'm doing the rest of this torturous game
Someone should print reverse fortune cookies, Whenever the text " in bed" occurs, take the preceding text and then print it in several thousand fortune cookies. Then distribute them. Repeat.
Except for the double text. That, we could lose.
And yes, the duet is adorable. Must get PK lessons. Also a sibling.
I also think the granny is pretty creepy Jewish to look at throughout.
Clearly, you mean if the Pirates ever stop sucking. Wishful thinking though.
Don't abandon hope, Pirates fans. Who has the best record in baseball right now? The Cubs. Who has the best record in the AL? Tampa, for crying out loud. Obviously, anything can happen.
That said, a Cubs-Rays series would surely be a sign of the end times, ushering in the ascension of the Antichrist to the White House and potentially disrupting the next baseball season, in which case the Pirates would be screwed.
I'm pretty sure the Antichrist has been starting for the Bucs this season. In 5 different guises.
'GUINS WIN! 'GUINS WIN!
And I get to go to bed.
ushering in the ascension of the Antichrist to the White House
Wait, didn't we just have that administration?
The duet is excellent. Remarkably, although both our kids are having lessons, we hadn't thought of the cuteness overload potential of making them do duets. This will now be rectified.
(BTW Number 3 on the way tonight by the looks of things. Eeek!)
Strawberries! Bought 3 baskets when I was driving through Gilroy on the way back from LA to SF. Should have bought 6. Seriously, once you cut them up and stick 'em in the fridge, they're a little TOO easy to eat. Hello, on top of yogurt with my granola. Hello, you are in my smoothie now. Hello, I am now eating you by the sticky red handful. Hello, I am now giving the GF the stink-eye for stealing them from my cereal.
I just bought some more (alas, not from Gilroy) which I plan to macerate and then scoop over angel food cake. Mostly because how often do you get to macerate anything?
45. did your son have invisible friends, Apostropher? my niece had several, especially one was weird, coz his name was of our old neighbour with pretty unusual name who already passed away 15 yrs before my niece was born
nobody told her his name and she'd say my friend D. and i we are going to play this or other game and then we'll have a tea etc
i almost started to believe in reincarnations or ghosts at that time
or she would play with an invisible ball and pretend to throw it and ask us to catch it
i taught her some medical words when she started to talk, it was so funny to hear tsutsugamushi from 1.5 yo
