Boys and girls clothes are sized the same - in theory the number matches the age.
OK, that's what I thought. They must have too much of other sizes, then.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2013 6:10:50 am PDT #26519 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Jun 20, 2013 6:38:18 am PDT #26520 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, man -- I was just noticing last night that there didn't seem to be new Colberts from Monday or Tuesday. His mom died.
Yeah, I watched the very beginning of last night's show just to confirm that it wasn't a rerun and just the little bit of his preamble to the tribute to his mom that I saw was super moving.
I think buying stuff from the dollar store to donate is fine.
I love that there was a SCOTUS update x-post.
flea - Jun 20, 2013 6:44:55 am PDT #26521 of 30001
information libertarian
Too braggy for Facebook: Dillo just sat down and read a picture book (The Bake Shop Ghost, one of my favorites) and I thought to myself, "That's a hard book," so I looked up the Lexile and it's an 880! Which is about the 50th percentile for 5th grade. Damn that boy can read on the very rare occasions that he actually sits down and does so.
Sparky1 - Jun 20, 2013 6:58:28 am PDT #26522 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
The big boss' party starts soon, and people are weird. It's part pot-luck, so we had folks write down what they would bring, and then I, and two other people are paying for the rest to be catered. People did not bring what they said they would, and I am annoyed.
flea - Jun 20, 2013 7:00:55 am PDT #26523 of 30001
information libertarian
ION I just cut Casper's favorite, way-too-small jeans into Daisy Dukes for her. @@ at self.
Jessica - Jun 20, 2013 7:04:16 am PDT #26524 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea, that's awesome. How old is Dillo?
And more importantly so I can brag about my own kids, how do you look up a book's Lexile?
flea - Jun 20, 2013 7:07:47 am PDT #26525 of 30001
information libertarian
Dillo will be 7 in 3 weeks.
Lexiles: [link] - search box for titles in the top corner. You have to dig a bit under "about" to find the lexile-to-grade-level correspondence, and there are useful caveats: [link]
Jessica - Jun 20, 2013 7:08:30 am PDT #26526 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oooooh!
I didn't realize he and Dylan were so close in age. (Within a year, anyway.) I always think of your kids as way older than mine for some reason.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2013 7:08:32 am PDT #26527 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Is this a good deal? Can I do better someplace else? Does furniture from Pottery Barn have a rep?
Tom, that's very pricey for a banker's chair. I was looking for some online a couple years ago and turned up natural wood finish options that ran about $140 (ultimately found a local option on sale for $99 that I could pick up myself). When I get home from work I'll check my old shopping bookmarks and see if I can turn up any current links for you.
flea - Jun 20, 2013 7:13:53 am PDT #26528 of 30001
information libertarian
Well, a year is a long time when you're a baby. It's actually still a long time at 5-6 for many kids - Dillo's class was K-1 this year, and you could mostly pick the Ks from the 1s just by watching them (and not by size, but by how they acted.) A couple of K parents would always compliment me on how well Dillo behaved at the playground after school, and I would always be like, "He is a whole year older than your kid! That is 20% of your life when you are 5!"