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From the mouths of babes

Ring, ring.
Dad: "Hello?"
Amy, 6 years old: "Mom won’t buy something for me!"
Dad: "Didn’t you just go to Young Chefs?"
Amy: "Well, yeah but I want her to buy something just for me."
Dad: "But Young Chefs was just for you."
Amy, whining: "But Daaad. I want her to buy me something."
Dad: "Amy, you’ve been temper tantruming and whining a lot lately and that makes it awfully hard to…"
Phone becomes quiet and a distance voice is heard, Amy: "Here, I don’t want to talk to him anymore."

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SuperDad!

This sippy had chocolate milk in it yesterday so we can just rinse it out and put more chocolate milk in it right?

I took Evan to the IRS office today in the John Duncan Building and we played with cannons, walked a maze in the courtyard of one of my favorite downtown churches, played on benches, took pictures with statues, and generally had a nice little adventure downtown. Almost got our paperwork turned in too! Time to call the levy department and beg one more day then get back to coding.

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From the mouths of babes

My son has a love/hate relationship with our Roomba. He loves to start it and watch as long as someone else drags it out of the Roomba hiding spot but he still finds it the robot scary. This morning, the brisk air outside and the full moon made the dogs extra frisky so as they wrestled they simply ignored the Roomba trying to join in the game by bouncing off their feet.

Evan: "Robot clean Molly and Dharma!"

Now why did this child wake up at 7:15am? I was really hoping he would sleep in! Thank goodness he does self-play really well. He and I will have an adventure today as I will take him to the IRS office in the John Duncan Federal Building. "And Homeland Security detained a local man after his feral children ran rampant through security…"

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And they throw me curve balls

I woke this morning to be reminded we were out of milk. How does a single parent buy milk without being negligent? Fortunately the house was still asleep. Before slipping out, I woke Amy to let her know that I running to Weigel’s and back (5 minutes). The moon was very full and beautiful this morning! As I returned with milk, the check engine light on the dashboard lit. Looks like Evan and I will be slipping in a trip to Autozone for a free reading of what the computer is telling as well as an air filter. I walked in the door to find Amy fed and dressed!