Watching Garfield with Liam, who is four. “Garfield is not funny,” I said. “Yes, he is,” Liam said. “Nope, he’s never been funny. Not even in 1984.” “LAME!” “Garfield’s lame, not me,” I said. “Garfield…
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On the awesomeness of superheroes
“I think they take a bath with their suits on, right Aunt Jodi?” Liam is playing Lego Batman on the Wii. He keeps up a running dialog that I mostly ignore until I hear my…
Winkletoe, Sparkletoe, Wushy, D.T. & Blackhole Sun Blanket
Max calls his Winkletoe and Jaycie’s is Sparkletoe. Cade called his Wushy. Liam calls his D.T., because that’s what Nolan called his. Mine’s called Blackhole Sun, a nickname given to it by my college roommate…
The politics of Tom & Jerry
Liam is hopping across the living room, laughing his head off. “The mouse is chasing the dog.” “I see that.” “The dog always beats up the cat,” he says, hopping in the other direction. “The…
More savvy than 89% of America
“I will always play spikeyball,” Nolan said to Liam. “Oh look, look, it’s loading.” The Tibbles (at least Nolan and Liam) have figured out how to use Ziggy to get to the App Store, find…