cheerful math

Beige cabinets+white walls+white tile=boring kitchen.
(Beige cabinets+white walls+white tile) x (child's watercolors of mermaids and bees)=home.

kitchen tips

Dyami as the fairy monster: "Arrr! I eat fairies! I catch them and cook them up with salt and pepper!"
Lucy, patiently: "Dadda, fairies don't need to be cooked."

baby habits

Helpful, cute baby habit: taking the Kleenex and sniffing a little to "blow" her nose.
Not so helpful: Emptying the dishcloth drawer and using those instead of Kleenex.

ouch

Thankfully, when I whacked my thumb with a knife* it looked a lot worse at first, when I was freaking about having whacked my thumb with a knife. Then later, after the band-aid and the panic and some dinner, and calling the nurse help line, I looked at the wound and thought, oh, okay. Whacked, but not cut off completely.
Time, perspective, and also a full stomach. Better than stitches!

*What is it with us right now? I slashed my thumb, am recovering from the flu, and Dyami has a broken rib from soccer. Luckily, we seem to be careless only with ourselves.

note to self

When you go to the beach, and you explain that you will not be getting in the water too much, because it's winter, and the water is cold, and then you explain it again (water/cold/keep dry), and then again (no WATER), remember:
bring towels, and a change of clothing.

all one really needs to say?

Nurse, food, water. Up, down, more. Diaper, that, sister. In, out, banana.

Okay, we'd like to say more than that. But these words are gold. Every single one.

currently

At this moment: Tea, toast, eggs.
Also: quiet. And don't forget: bliss.