Oh K needs that sticker!
I intercepted a number of kids, sometimes iffily, in the course of being a nanny and got off free. Parenthood trumps that.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
sarameg - May 11, 2009 5:56:54 pm PDT #19078 of 30000
Kat - May 11, 2009 6:10:07 pm PDT #19079 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think it should be a kid shirt: "My hockey mom kicks your soccer mom's ass" makes more sense as worn by a kidlet.
Barb - May 11, 2009 6:15:00 pm PDT #19080 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Also, I should remember that I need to make Chuck Icons.
Yes. Yes, you should.
Kat - May 11, 2009 6:24:57 pm PDT #19081 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh no, ita. K is thinking about taking up Krav. Just imagine what havoc she'll wreak on the playground.
Burrell - May 11, 2009 6:43:29 pm PDT #19082 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
When I think of Krav, I think of, "now in real life, when someone head butts you..."
§ ita § - May 11, 2009 6:46:14 pm PDT #19083 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hee. To both of you. I wish I could be there to teach K.
Kat - May 11, 2009 6:54:14 pm PDT #19084 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We wish it too because it would mean you felt better. She's all angsty about calling for info and taking a class for the first time, etc.
Barb - May 11, 2009 6:54:25 pm PDT #19085 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Kat, IMO, y'all have got more right to the playground than the little beast who doesn't have manners.
At those ages, Nate was always a big kid-- maybe not the tallest, but he was solid compared to most kids. Because of that, I always, always impressed on him that he had to be careful of smaller kids and be patient with them.
At the very least, that kid deserved having the riot act read all over his bullying behind by his parents, not the Willy Wonka "No... don't... stop..." followed by hairpats.
K. was just protecting Noah and by extension, the other little boy.
DavidS - May 11, 2009 7:31:29 pm PDT #19086 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kat, I totally think you've got a right to go to the playground.
However, I also think that pushing and shoving and getting run over are pretty normative for playgrounds.
Not that you can't insist that children take turns and no shoving the little kids. But it's a place where kids learn to negotiate with other kids without a lot of parental oversight.
I'd definitely step in if a kid were pushing my younger child at the top of a slide. But nobody learns to get out of the way at the bottom without getting run over several times.
Frankly, I get impatient with kids that dawdle at the bottom or the top. Take your turn, no shoving, but GO!
And if you don't get out of the way at the bottom, bruises are your lot.
Hil R. - May 11, 2009 7:42:42 pm PDT #19087 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In NC we refer to "down east," which seems to be pretty much all of the coastal areas, whether or not they're south as well as east of the speaker.
I would bet this comes from the same source as "downeaster" and "down island" on Martha's Vineyard -- in nautical terms, east is "down," because it's going down the longitude measures.