Let's Not Over-react

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

To clarify:

Never mind - it's all good.

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.

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!!").

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.

Welcome to Nerdville

Claire:  "Wouldn't it be hilarious if there was an app that translated speech into binary?"

Me:  [silence]

Claire:  "So, your friend would text you a message, maybe, "Hi, how are you?"  Then you would answer them normally but the message they would get would say something like, "0011001010101.""

Me:  [silence]

Claire:  "Mom, come on.  It would be awesome."

Kitchen Darwinism

Claire:  "Can I eat this cookie?  It's misshapen."

Me:  "You already had two of them."

Claire:  "Mom.  We must weed out the weak ones."

Editorial License

I was driving, and so asked Claire to type my response to a text from Margot.  The result:

All the News That's Fit to Print

So glad I made it into the inaugural story:

 

10 Points for Motherhood!

Another (admittedly rare) piece of evidence suggesting that I'm not just swearing and providing inappropriate reading material to my kids:

Language (Again)

Everyone has heard the allegation that, despite the onset of motherhood 12+ years ago, I have generally failed to clean up my language to a proper, motherly degree. The girls generally accept this state of affairs, sometimes exclaiming, "Mom!  LANGUAGE!" if things seem really off the rails.

This summer, my phone made the below auto-correct in a text I sent to Margot. Claire got a look at it and burst out laughing.

Me: "But why would it make that correction when I was trying to type walking?!"

Claire: "Mom, your phone knows you too well."