I think that photo is pretty cool, but I don't get why some are so surprised to see a newborn clutching at someone's hand. Newborns do that!
I think that's what we call a nearborn.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
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.
billytea - Jan 03, 2013 11:00:57 am PST #6501 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Jessica - Jan 03, 2013 11:01:49 am PST #6502 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I "can't hear" mac when he whines, and since he has now heard me say that to him for 5 years, he gets it.
This, pretty much. (Unless it's whining first thing in the morning before I've had coffee, and then I just yell at them until they stop because I am AWESOME at parenting.)
Homework during the week gets done at after-school so thankfully I don't have to deal with it. Over this break the hardest part was getting started. Once he was on a roll it was pretty easy to say "Hey if you do three more worksheets now you'll have the last day of vacation just for play!"
shrift - Jan 03, 2013 11:11:20 am PST #6503 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Thanks for the birthday wishes! So far I've spent most of it sleeping, or in my pajamas watching Avengers cartoons.
flea - Jan 03, 2013 11:19:24 am PST #6504 of 30001
information libertarian
I have one kid who (usually) happily and easily does his own homework, and another kid who whines, cries, needs absolute silence, etc. a decent chunk of the time. Unfortunately, the easy kid is the one who's 6, and the awful kid is the one who's 9. It has gotten better, especially as the homework is now less idiotic busywork.
Lee - Jan 03, 2013 11:21:21 am PST #6505 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Assuming you aren't at work, that sounds like a great way to spend your birthday!
shrift - Jan 03, 2013 11:28:07 am PST #6506 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Nooope, I took a vacation day, and that was a very wise decision on my part.
Lee - Jan 03, 2013 11:32:45 am PST #6507 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2013 11:34:46 am PST #6508 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Babies!
shrift - Jan 03, 2013 11:34:55 am PST #6509 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
In celebration, here
Baby lion paws!
Lee - Jan 03, 2013 11:46:34 am PST #6510 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am trying to decide which is cuter, the photo with the yawn, or the one with the stuck out tongue