This is Liam’s new favorite song. It’s Cheech Marin singing about mixing primary colors to make new colors. We probably watched the video about six times, and then spent a lot of time talking about…
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Great moments in babysitting history
It’s not often that I am proud of my mad babysitting skills. But today, today I impressed myself. The Tibbles were sitting on my lap and we were singing songs. We had already run through…
Drama on the set
Nolan and Liam have fashioned a sort of puppet stage using a dining room chair, the table, and a dry-erase board. The set also includes cobwebs that were drawn on notebook paper with a blue-green…
An argument about feminisim
“Boys are just braver than girls,” Nolan said to Liam. They were at the top of the stairs attaching a Spider-man toy to the railing. “They are not,” I shouted from the La-Z-Grrl. “Oh yes…
Cleaning off my camera card
The best $12 I ever spent. I’ve wanted Whip-Smart on vinyl forever. It completes the triumvirate of records that act as the soundtrack to much of my writing. Every time I’ve looked on eBay for…
Baby take me out back we’re gonna boogie
The Tibbles’ latest obsession is watching music videos on the TV. They think watching videos on actual TV is cutting edge. They’re used to watching music videos on the computer. So thanks to Comcast On…
Reasons Liam gave for why he should get to have Macaroni & Cheese for breakfast
He wants it He doesn’t like apples and bagels He doesn’t like chocolate donuts He only likes Macaroni & Cheese He doesn’t like waffles He doesn’t like Pop Tarts He can make Macaroni & Cheese…
Probably not the Aunt Jodi they’re looking for
I was going through I Will Dare’s log files today gathering information for the next installment of Answering the Googlers’ Questions when I noticed a lot of searches for Aunt Jodi and Aunt Jodi controversy…
Scenes from a Tibble-infested Wednesday
When I went grocery shopping on Monday (that day I had to do two things) I bought a bag of Double-Bubble Halloween gumballs. The gumballs are painted to look either a jack-o-lantern, an eyeball, a…