Tag: kids
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In my day….
….we didn’t have these fancy Nintendos and iPhones. We rolled down a hill and we liked it! Get rollin’ boys!
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Gourmet
So tell me why my son doesn’t want to eat an olive in his pasta, yet he will gladly drink a homemade “nature drink” from his older brother made with […]
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Anne
Son: The doll that sits on my shelf – I call her Anne – she has a thorn in her foot. Me: I didn’t know you named her Anne. That’s […]
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Surprise trip
I’m taking my husband and kids on a surprise trip today to celebrate my husband’s 40th birthday. He knows he is going on a trip but has no idea where. […]
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My half-Texan son
I found out that my son hit another boy last week at school. My son is normally very calm and quiet, so I was concerned and asked what happened. He […]
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All hail Pikachu
Now this is how you take over the world. My kids would follow Japanese cartoon characters anywhere.
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But can I clone a sheep with it?
The family got a new toy this week. A 3-D printer. So far we’ve made a weird circle thing and a tiny robot. The kids (and the adults) are quite […]
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I expect him to win the Pulitzer
My 6 yr old son discovered fill-in-the-blank stories this morning. He has really worked hard on the description in this story. It’s as though he’s thought long and hard about […]
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How to speak Italian
My 6 yr old says, “Okey-dokey is Italian for ‘o.k.’ because that’s how Luigi says it.”
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Oh, it’s that time of year again…
…you guessed it – Winter Vomit Disease! As usual, I still contend that I never heard of this horrible thing until I moved to Sweden. You northerners have some messed-up […]
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Happy VD!
Happy Valentine’s day! Our sons went into full gear last night with “Operation Secret.” They ran back and forth from their rooms to ours saying, “Don’t look! Don’t go in […]
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Make your own cheese!
This headline was in the Swedish paper this weekend. It says, “New trend: Make your own cheese in the fridge!” I think this child has captured my thoughts exactly on […]
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In my day…
We had a parent-teacher conference for our youngest son last week. Over here, they invite the student to particpate in the parent-teacher conference. I really don’t get this concept. When […]
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Vegetable Soup (Outerscope)
Don’t worry. I’m not letting myself off the hook with my week-long posts about the creepiest and worst kids’ t.v. shows ever. I end this week with a clip from […]
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A Japanese cartoon interlude
Going with my theme of horrible kids’ shows…. Some might think this is awful, but this is actually the only one on this list that I like and I would […]
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Vilse i Pannkakan (Lost in the pancake)
Oh, Sweden isn’t escaping my week of messed-up children’s programming. This is from the 70s in Sweden. My husband often speaks of this show and then shudders, going into an […]
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Baby Jake
After the shocking discovery of “Rastamouse,” I decided to investigate what was going on with children’s television at the BBC. It’s becoming clearer why the British empire no longer exerts […]
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Rastamouse
While trying to find the lowest rated shows on Netflix last night (still haven’t found one star yet), we came across a British cartoon called “Rastamouse.” We watched this for […]
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In the year 2024…
My son asked me the other day, “Will you be alive in 2024?” Umm… I hope so? This was his opening question before telling me that WE are going to […]
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America is losing millions!
This is what I’ve been hearing from my 6 year old son for the past two mornings. He gets a very concerned face and then tells us, “America is losing […]