Aims, when my kids were Em's age, I'd forever be asking them "how did you get that"? Most of the time it was "I dunno". David even once came home from next door with a black eye and didn't remember how it had happened (I suspect it was an elbow/eye/trampoline thing). David is 15 now and still gets banged up and doesn't know how it happens, although i'm sure it's from playing full-contact basketball.
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DawnK - Jun 17, 2011 3:50:33 pm PDT #23569 of 30000
giraffe mode
Cass - Jun 17, 2011 3:52:15 pm PDT #23570 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm still never sure where all of my bruises have come from and I am honestly in a safe place. Just clumsy.
Aims - Jun 17, 2011 4:02:10 pm PDT #23571 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I have to say, I kinda hate going to the pool with her because I totally see those bruises and worry about other people looking at her legs and wondering, "WTF bruise girl??"
Barb - Jun 17, 2011 4:22:42 pm PDT #23572 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Y'all, I'm so proud I'm about to burst-- Nate finished the school year with straight A's!
What makes this even sweeter is that in his last progress report, he'd slipped a bit and gotten a couple of B's and was bummed by that and vowed to get his grades back up.
And he did.
Let me say it again and again, this move was the best thing we could have done. Period.
(Oh, and the girl he got the chocolate zombie bunny for at Easter told him she likes him today and they've got Plans to see each other over the summer.)
DavidS - Jun 17, 2011 4:24:12 pm PDT #23573 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aims, having dated a pediatrician who used to work in ER, they are never concerned about shin bruises. That's not a sign of abuse. That's normal active kid stuff.
They're looking for bruises high up on the arm as if the kid has been grabbed roughly, and marks on the back (whippings with cords and the like). Burn marks on places where kids wouldn't do it by accident (like on the legs). Certain types of injuries like dislocated arms are also a red flag for them. But shin bruises are completely normal.
DavidS - Jun 17, 2011 4:24:58 pm PDT #23574 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Congratulations, Nate! That's fantastic.
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2011 4:25:18 pm PDT #23575 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
(Oh, and the girl he got the chocolate zombie bunny for at Easter told him she likes him today and they've got Plans to see each other over the summer.)
Chocolate zombie bunny FTW!
Excellent news, Barb. It's so great to see how happy your family has been with the move.
JZ - Jun 17, 2011 4:32:05 pm PDT #23576 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yay Nate, for the grades and the girl!
Matilda quote of the day:
She's been driving us all nuts for weeks singing "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" over and over and over unto the Cliffs of Insanity. This afternoon on the way home she was doing it again, but with slightly new lyrics -- the Good Fairy's ultimatum is now:
I'll give you three more chances, and if you don't comply, I'll turn you into a goon.
Comply? Where did she get... how did she... whaaa?
Barb - Jun 17, 2011 4:36:56 pm PDT #23577 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Comply? Where did she get... how did she... whaaa?
Your kid.
That's all that needs to be said.
sj - Jun 17, 2011 5:06:46 pm PDT #23578 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Nate! That's awesome! I'm glad the move has been so good for him.
Your kid.
What Barb said.
I survived the last day of babysitting and there were cupcakes and chocolate and a monetary thank you, none of which I was expecting.