Friday December 16, 2011
averiatrics, part 43
mandy: “head on downstairs kids, i’ll be there in a minute.”
avery: “okay mommy. we’re counting on you!!... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…”
both encouraging, and impatient.
et cetera.
Thursday November 17, 2011
cohenisms, part 87
cohen, watching a dvd: “mommy, there’s a new movie coming out in 2007!”
Sunday November 6, 2011
averiatrics, part 42
avery, punch-drunk tired on the way home after a long, fun and tiring day: “mommy, can i tell you something?”
mandy: “what?”
avery: “underwear!”
this was followed by maniacal laughter.
et cetera.
Saturday October 29, 2011
averiatrics, part 41
avery: “i am saving that for after later.”
et cetera.
Saturday October 1, 2011
cohenisms, part 86
cohen: “mommy, today i wiped my bum bum, and it was a messy one, and i didn’t care.”
et cetera.
Monday September 26, 2011
averiatrics, part 40
so, i took the kids on a walk to give mandy some peace. along the way, avery lost her shoe, but didn’t tell me until almost the very end of the walk…
avery: “i lost my shoe!!”
me: “where did you lose it?”
avery: “it fell off.”
me: “when? did it just fall off?”
avery: “yes.”
me, not finding it: “did it fall of earlier on the walk?”
avery: “yes.”
me: “did you have it when we left the house?”
avery: “yes.”
me: “did it it fall off by the construction?”
avery: “yes.”
me: “avery, you’re just saying ‘yes’ to whatever i ask you.”
avery: “yes, i am.”
et cetera.
Saturday September 24, 2011
cohenisms, part 86
cohen, without any prompting: “i think that things that are heavy fall faster than things that are lighter.”
me: “well, actually… [insert teaching moment regarding physics, acceleration of gravity, mass, and force using a lego toy (lighter) and a bottle of salad dressing (heavy) for demonstration]... so does that make sense?”
cohen: “yeah, heavy and light things will fall the same fast, but heavy things will make a bigger crash. can i have milk?”
et cetera.
Friday September 23, 2011
cohenisms, part 85
cohen: “i am as tired as a sleeping bull.”
cohen, in reference to family movie night: “i am exploding with excitement!!”
et cetera.
Tuesday September 20, 2011
averiatrics, part 39
mandy: “what did you learn at school today?”
avery: “i learned my numbers! A, B, D!”
et cetera.
Friday September 2, 2011
averiatrics, part 38
me: “avery, you need to be careful with that.”
avery: “i’m not careful!”
me: “i know, that’s why i am asking you to be.”
et cetera.
Wednesday August 31, 2011
averiatrics, part 37
cohen: “avery, you’re such a funny ducky.”
avery: “i’m a girl!”
that’s the spirit!
et cetera.
Tuesday August 23, 2011
averiatrics, part 36
something you don’t expect to hear at 7 in the morning in suburbia:
avery: “you ruined my chicken house!”
et cetera.
Monday August 22, 2011
cohenisms, part 84
mandy: “another name for a tornado is twister.”
cohen: “is that spanish for english?”
et cetera.
Sunday August 21, 2011
cohenisms, part 83
mandy caught cohen in the laundry room moving his arms in a robotic fashion and saying: “i… am… a robot. i… am… a robot.”
mandy, making a funny face: “this is my funny face.”
cohen: “that’s actually not that funny.”
et cetera.
Friday August 19, 2011
we are all individuals!
mandy was at a playground with the kids a few days ago and saw a set of twin girls. each twin wearing a t-shirt that read “i am unique!”
et cetera.
Friday August 19, 2011
cohenisms, part 82
cohen walks up to me and kicks me in the shin.
me: “why’d you just kick me?”
cohen: “cause i love you.”
riiiiiight. et cetera.
Wednesday August 10, 2011
averiatrics, part 35
avery, handing some artwork to mandy: “i made this for my mommy and daddys.”
me: “daddys?”
mandy: “there’s something i need to tell you.”
just a morning in the life. et cetera.
Monday August 8, 2011
averiatrics, part 34
sometimes the words don’t mean the same…
avery, stomping her foot and angrily stating: “i love you!”
et cetera.
Saturday August 6, 2011
c(ohen)rosso(a)v(ery)ers, part 3
cohen: “can you bring a lot of food for me? i’m always hungry.”
cohen: “sometimes i like to stick my head in the freezer.”
avery, running out of the bathroom to go play rock band 2: “let’s rock!”
et cetera.
Wednesday August 3, 2011
c(ohen)rosso(a)v(ery)ers, part 2
cohen: “i love you mommy!”
avery, immediately following with: “i like beans.”
et cetera.
quotastic
not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. – brendan gill
buffuddled buffalo
not enough keggers end this way.
archives
- December 16, 2011
- averiatrics, part 43
- November 17, 2011
- cohenisms, part 87
- November 6, 2011
- averiatrics, part 42
- October 29, 2011
- averiatrics, part 41
- October 1, 2011
- cohenisms, part 86
- September 26, 2011
- averiatrics, part 40
- September 24, 2011
- cohenisms, part 86
- September 23, 2011
- cohenisms, part 85
- September 20, 2011
- averiatrics, part 39
- September 2, 2011
- averiatrics, part 38
- August 31, 2011
- averiatrics, part 37
- August 23, 2011
- averiatrics, part 36
- August 22, 2011
- cohenisms, part 84
- August 21, 2011
- cohenisms, part 83
- August 19, 2011
- we are all individuals!
- cohenisms, part 82
- August 10, 2011
- averiatrics, part 35
- August 8, 2011
- averiatrics, part 34
- August 6, 2011
- c(ohen)rosso(a)v(ery)ers, part 3
- August 3, 2011
- c(ohen)rosso(a)v(ery)ers, part 2
- August 1, 2011
- cohenisms, part 81
- July 31, 2011
- cohensms, part 80
- July 25, 2011
- sandwich making
- averiatrics, part 33
- July 24, 2011
- cohenisms, part 79
- July 17, 2011
- cohenisms, part 78
- July 10, 2011
- cohenisms, part 77
- June 27, 2011
- a glimpse into fatherhood
- cohenisms, part 76
- June 26, 2011
- cohenisms, part 75
- June 23, 2011
- cohenisms, part 74
- averiatrics, part 32
- June 18, 2011
- cohenisms, part 73
- averiatrics, part 31
- June 13, 2011
- averiatrics, part 30
- May 31, 2011
- cohenisms, part 72
- May 25, 2011
- averiatrics, part 29
- May 24, 2011
- averiatrics, part 28
- May 20, 2011
- averiatrics, part 27
- May 16, 2011
- averiatrics, part 26
- cohenisms, part 71
- c(ohen)rosso(a)v(ery)ers, part 1
- May 13, 2011
- averiatrics, part 25
- May 9, 2011
- cohenisms, part 70
- averiatrics, part 24
- averiatrics, part 23
- May 7, 2011
- cohenisms, part 69
- May 4, 2011
- cohenisms, part 68
- May 1, 2011
- cohenisms, part 67
- April 2, 2011
- cohenisms, part 66
- March 21, 2011
- cohenisms, part 65
- March 14, 2011
- averiatrics, part 22
- March 11, 2011
- cohenisms, part 64
- cohenisms, part 63
- March 10, 2011
- averiatrics, part 21
- January 17, 2011
- averiatrics, part 20
- January 14, 2011
- cohenisms, part 62
- October 30, 2010
- cohenisms, part 61
- October 25, 2010
- averiatrics, part 19
- averiatrics, part 18
- October 20, 2010
- nicknames and labels
- October 13, 2010
- averiatrics, part 17
- October 11, 2010
- cohenisms, part 60
- October 7, 2010
- cohenisms, part 59
- averiatrics, part 16
- averiatrics, part 15
- cohenisms, part 58
- September 22, 2010
- averiatrics, part 14
- September 16, 2010
- averiatrics, part 13
- September 6, 2010
- cohenisms, part 57
- September 4, 2010
- cohenisms, part 56
- September 3, 2010
- averiatrics, part 12
- August 17, 2010
- cohenisms, part 55
- cohenisms, part 54
- cohenisms, part 53
- August 16, 2010
- cohenisms, part 52
- August 4, 2010
- averiatrics, part 11
- cohenisms, part 51
- July 22, 2010
- cohenisms, part 50 + averiatrics, part 10
- July 9, 2010
- cohenisms, part 49
- averiatrics, part 9
- cohenisms, part 48
- father's log, stardate: 07092010:0747
- July 5, 2010
- cohenisms, part 47
- June 17, 2010
- cohenisms, part 46
- May 17, 2010
- perspectives
- May 11, 2010
- cohenisms, part 45
- May 4, 2010
- cohenisms, part 44
- April 29, 2010
- averiatrics, part 8
- April 21, 2010
- averiatrics, part 7
- averiatrics, part 6
- cohenisms, part 43
- April 12, 2010
- cohenisms, part 42
- averiatrics, part 5
- cohenisms, part 41
- April 7, 2010
- cohenisms, part 40
- April 2, 2010
- cohenisms, part 39
- cohenisms, part 38
- April 1, 2010
- averiatrics, part 4
- cohenisms, part 37