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birds + bees + 4-year-old

( Quotable and Stella )

Stella: “Mom, why do you get two ginger snaps and I only get one?”
Me: “That’s the cool part about getting to be the Mom.”
Stella: “No, the cool part is getting to hatch a baby.”

Missed campaign opportunity for Campbell’s

( Quotable and Steve )

“It takes a long time to learn how to eat soup.”

Name that tune

( Just Stuff and Quotable and Steve )

As XM subscribers, we have a standing question:
“So, do you know who this is?”
This question posed, because the display will always tell you the artist and song title. One thing I have learned is that I did not marry my husband because of his catalog of musical knowledge. About the only songs he [...]

I am SO totally not making this up.

From a discussion between Stella and I regarding whether we should buy or build:
“Mommy, did you know that if your head is really strong like mine you can pound nails with it?”
Whispered into my ear by Alex while picking Stella up from school:
“Psst. I love chattelatte.”
(Neither I, nor Alex’s mother have any idea what [...]

Decisions, Decisions…

( Just Stuff and Quotable and Steve )

The VERY important question posed to me this morning:
“I am going to put the basket on top of the car, and load all of the suitcases on it. Would it be classier to wrap each one, individually, in a contractor bag or cover the entire thing with a blue tarp?”
For some reason, my Standards [...]