My nephew took home all the books I got him for his bday, as well as his new tubby toys.
My mom says he grabbed all the books and and was happy, he looked at her and said, "boos!" Which is nephew-ese for "books."
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Mar 24, 2005 3:05:58 pm PST #235 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
lori - Mar 24, 2005 3:15:28 pm PST #236 of 10001
boos! Yay!
Allyson - Mar 24, 2005 3:21:41 pm PST #237 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My mom says books and tubby toys are the only safe bets. Other than that, he likes playing with the trash can, and that's about it. But he'll sit happily through a whole story, especially stories about monkeys.
Seriously, she said his favorite books are books with pictures of monkeys.
msbelle - Mar 24, 2005 3:29:15 pm PST #238 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
That right there is a smart kid.
ok - this thing is whizzing and buzzing too much, I must rest the poor sad overworked computer-m-thingy.
Happy tomorrows people.
Cashmere - Mar 24, 2005 3:29:52 pm PST #239 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Babies and monkeys go together like peas and carrots. Owen loves the Little Monkeys on the Bed song.
Consuela - Mar 24, 2005 3:36:33 pm PST #240 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Flowers for Allyson! Yay!
I may have to get one of those Brew of Liberal Evil coffee mugs.
sumi - Mar 24, 2005 3:40:59 pm PST #241 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Awww, Allyson - your nephew is definitely a keeper!
Kathy A - Mar 24, 2005 3:47:12 pm PST #242 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Books are the bestest things for kids. It worked out well for me, since I was the only one of my brother's kids' relations who would get books for the kids for Christmas and b-days (everyone else stuck with toys and clothes). So, I was the one who got them "Tuesday" and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs," and the one who was able to give my niece the boxed set of Little House books for her seventh birthday (which I had been waiting to do ever since she was born).
Allyson - Mar 24, 2005 3:51:44 pm PST #243 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My mom bought him a new bookcase, because Auntie has gone a little nuts with the books. I also sent a bunch Kat gave me to send.
My mom says that it's a "someone is playing complete attention to me" thing. They're curled in your lap, and you're reading to the little one, and the world just sort of stops. There's all kinds of sensory input, voice, imagination, pages turning, colorful pictures.
I dunno what it is, but I know that since I'm so far away, being the fairybookauntie is the best I can do. Feeds his big huge bowling ball of a head with goodness.
Kathy A - Mar 24, 2005 4:19:08 pm PST #244 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Also? Books are easy to wrap and ship cross-country (another long distance aunt here!).