John Clifford Ness

It's not clear if she loves him or is just using him.

2009-11-17T05:53:00.002-05:00

She uses him as a step stool while trying to escape, and, as seen here, a pillow. But doesn't really want to be seen with him outside the crib. Poor sap.

Multitasking

2009-11-15T22:42:00.003-05:00

To be clear, the brush never hit the rest of the water.

2009-11-11T22:14:00.002-05:00

It's amazing the diversity of things that can go wrong with an internet connection.

Her first sentence was a bait and switch

2009-11-09T23:38:00.003-05:00

"Hey."

Bug: "No."

"You're filthy. You've got banana all over your face."

"Nana?"

"All over your face. Do you want a bath?"

"Bah?"

"Do you want a bath?"

"I wan. I wan. I wanna bah."

My hat flew off the back of my head. Noun, verb, noun! Quick honey, get the camera.

Purloined Style

2009-11-05T06:30:00.000-05:00

Post-Crying

2009-11-03T22:08:00.001-05:00

Away, Boys

2009-11-03T00:28:00.002-05:00

Yar

2009-11-02T00:17:00.000-05:00

From Junebuggin' Plus

Holy Crap It's Almost Here

2009-10-30T21:47:00.000-04:00

No Caption Needed

2009-10-29T02:59:00.000-04:00

Mele Kalikimaka

2009-10-28T00:04:00.001-04:00

Crazy Stickerchin

2009-10-27T23:59:00.000-04:00

Halloween week has begun.

2009-10-26T09:02:00.001-04:00

Spent the weekend at a wedding among the Southerners. There was one telling moment when our band of married men spent hours scheming a way to watch the Alabama-Tennessee game, only to be trumped by a trio of toddlers demanding the Disney Channel.

We stood out in the wet and cold and listened to a radio in a truck. As Dylans sings, "I used to care, but things have changed."

Here is a picture of the Boss eating her first grilled cheese.

2009-10-22T01:08:00.000-04:00

EVERY

DAY

I'M

SWINGIN

Homeward Bound

2009-10-21T06:42:00.000-04:00

Hydration

2009-10-20T11:14:00.000-04:00

Kicks

2009-10-19T23:07:00.001-04:00

Quato Lives!

2009-10-15T06:32:00.001-04:00

Babies With Scandinavian Blood Now Available at IKEA

2009-10-14T00:04:00.001-04:00

She saw two donkeys running in circles and biting each other.

2009-10-13T01:13:00.000-04:00

She was at the zoo. She thought the donkeys were the funniest things on the earth. She laughed while stomping, which is emphatic. After them, she was in a good enough mood that she would put up with things such as:

Prospect Park Lake

2009-10-12T01:10:00.000-04:00

This neighborhood is interesting sometimes

2009-10-11T12:47:00.010-04:00

There are downsides to living in Park Slope, a neighborhood with enough simmering yuppie dissatisfaction to generate 30 snotty comments about the owners of a newly opened bistro; about how they "clearly don't 'get' the Park Slope vibe;" and about how we know this even though none of the people commenting have sat down in said restaurant.

Saturday night in this same neighborhood, there was a steady rumble and clanging outside our window. When I went out to investigate, I found one of those wonderful marching bands that creative kids would desperately want to be in.

So this blessing-on-earth of a band was stomping and blowing its way down Prospect Avenue with precision when this fellow walked up wearing a gimmick shirt that had a working equalizer sewn into it.

If hipness is about timing, this guy is Wale. I generally don't support wearing your rave gear out on the street, but the result was an inspired bit of serendipity.

Gave her a chaw just to keep her in character

2009-10-07T06:48:00.000-04:00

Yikes

2009-10-06T05:56:00.001-04:00

Muffin See, Muffin Do

2009-10-05T01:00:00.001-04:00

I was trying to hang a picture over my desk. Muffin was walking by with a crayon, which she usually uses to color very nicely on a piece of paper, and I asked her if I could borrow it. She handed it over, and I made a tiny mark on the wall where the nail should go, and handed it back to her. It was all very cordial and I was impressed with how well we were communicating.

I grabbed a nail and got to hammering, so I could only partially make out what happened when Bug decided to apply the lesson she'd just learned for Dad and Damn Wifus started screaming. Here she is in OH CRAP YOU CANT PROVE ANYTHING mode.