Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Difficult People

It's amazing what Margot puts up with from the people in this family.

Don
Tried to make Margot eat something "disgusting."


Jane
Was rude to Margot.






















Claire & Me
Self-explanatory.












Monday, August 17, 2015

Let's Not Over-react






Nice that she hasn't lost her flair for the dramatic.









To clarify:

Never mind - it's all good.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

In Which the Fashion Police Weigh In

We were out to dinner with our friend and his 15-year old daughter, when the topic of double-pierced ears came up.

Jane:  "Double-pierced ears are so cool.  But you have to be 13 to get them."
Me:  "I agree - double-pierced ears can be really pretty. I've thought about getting a second ear-piercing myself."
Jane [with horror]:  "Mom!  NO!! You can't do that. You cannot get double-pierced ears."
Me:  "Why not? I like them."

Jane [increasingly distraught]:  "MOM! No. That's a terrible idea!!"
Me: "What?! I don't think it's a terrible idea."
Jane:  "Mom. PLEASE. You are all business-womanish. You are not the sort of person who has double-pierced ears."
Me: [silence]
Jane:  "Mom, I'm not kidding.  It's a bad idea. It would be really inappropriate."

Three days later . . .
I'm giving Jane her cuddle at bedtime, when suddenly she blurts out, "Mom, I really do not want you to get your ears double-pierced."  I express surprise that this topic is still on her mind, and she says, "I'm really worried about it.  I've been thinking about it a lot.  Mom, please don't do it - it would be so awful."

So, I guess that's that.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A Brush with Fame

Very significant day for Jane - who knew she was paying so much attention when the radio is on each morning?!




The day began with this inquiry from Jane - which I passed on to the appropriate parties via Twitter.








We received this delightful response.





And Jane offered her own reply to the response (while telling me:  "I can't believe he answered me!!").


Wednesday, March 25, 2015

What Goes Around . . . Goes Around (Text Version)

I recently picked up my phone to text our nanny, and found this exchange:



Which is why I was pleased when I picked up Margot's phone and found this (Margot is in blue).  At least Claire treats everyone equally.