Entries Tagged as 'Dora doesn't do it for me'

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

It was just his imagination running away with me…

I demonstrated last Friday how Knute seems to have a hard time separating fact from fiction.  His very vivid imagination often gets more elaborate as the stories progress.  Blame Curious George.  Blame Phineas & Ferb.  Blame Holly for allowing her child to watch that much tv.  Blame The Man - just because it’s always a good [...]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

I took the Bait - Hook, Line & Sink-her.

I last left you with beavers upstairs in MIL’s house.  We resume the tale downstairs in her mother’s room.  
Here’s your background on Puppy’s maternal grandmother: She is a seriously old school Southern woman.  She is very blue blood and really loves to claim her DAR membership with a flourish of “My family came over on [...]

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Habla Boy Speak?

My charmer began yesterday with some great one-liners & just kept right on going.

As I walked in to go get him from bed I told him it was cold and rainy outside. He asks, “Is it winter?” I laughed. I didn’t realize he understood seasons. What could I say other than, “Yes, darling, and that’s [...]

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Oh, to be fluent in Espanol

Well, we have officially joined the cult. I swore I wouldn’t allow my child to watch that Spanglish speaking tot with a football shaped head, but my son is now into Dora (oh, and if that weren’t enough, Diego rocks, too, apparently) to the point that if I don’t have one Tivoed when one [...]