Happy Friday, lovely di-hards! Minnie could never have guessed that being lost at sea would result in a very special connection with a misunderstood sea “monster”. After all, he’s really just a creature looking for love, like you and me (but more scaly). Sometimes, if an orphaned mini counting-bear comes along at the right point in…
Category: Kid Nation
Dear Kids: For the record, you adore each other.
Our kids are like most siblings: they play together, and they fight together. Sometimes, the screaming is pretty horrifying. And then there are those moments – and those little games and traditions they invent – that warm you right down through to the sub-cockle area of your heart. {For example, there’s this one funny procedure whenever…
Nerdy Mom Plays With Kids’ Toys, Vol. 5: Animal Affinities
Nerdy Mom’s back. ALL RIGHT. [insert classic ’90s hip-hop moves] *** [subscribe2]
Antique Children’s Book, Part 3: Kangaroo, Elephant, and Pig
I know, the last instalment was kind of intense… Not as whimsical as they look, these Animal Cutes. I’m afraid Part 3 also contains some sinister activities. Poor Miss K. Look at her face. She is clearly fleeing in terror. My sleuthing tells me that the backwards K on her shirt symbolizes, in baseball, “a strikeout looking…
Antique Children’s Book, Part 2 – Sailor Hippo, Tommy Duckling, and Ostrich
Antique Children’s Book, Animal Cutes: The plot thickens. If you thought the questionably cute critters in Part 1 were subversive, get a load of Part 2. Hoo boy. So many questions. Why is the hippo a sailor? Why is he old and illiterate? Why is he trying to look wise? I have a notion that “Old…
Nerdy Mom Plays With Kids’ Toys, Vol. 4 – Relationships
We all know from Toy Story that these characters don’t just lie still in the dark. They get up, have adventures, bond, and then cleverly put themselves back in a “just-got-dropped-here” position. Some of these friends have really become close over the years. *** [subscribe2]
Nerdy Mom Plays With Kids’ Toys, Vol. 3: Romance
Romance is in the air in our rec room! Today’s post is extra-nerdy, and kinda inappropriate. {I do have quite a few of these photos to help get me through the month… And also because once you start seeing the possibilities, making toy portraits is rather addictive. But I promise to write something worth reading…
Nerdy Mom Plays With Kids’ Toys, Vol. 2
Yes, there’s more. It’s only natural that these friendships between toys develop. *** [subscribe2]
Nerdy Mom Plays With Kids’ Toys, Vol. 1
If you’re a Di-hard, you already know that I have nerdy tendencies. You know that I have young children. Sometimes when you spend the majority of your time with kids, your perspective warps a bit. This was bound to happen. NaBloPoMo Day 3. More to come! *** [subscribe2]
Eight Grade 1 Boys Is Lots.
Report cards and yearbook are finally done! There was a lot of work to crunch into the short period since I returned from OELC (more on that later), but still doesn’t feel like as much of a survival accomplishment as MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD’S BIRTHDAY PARTY. This is the first proper party we’ve had for him, with…