The baby cat woke me up at six this morning by jumping onto the night table and knocking over the lamp and my iced tea, which spilled all over me, the bed, and the floor.
And yet, he still lives. Grrr.
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Nov 19, 2010 5:43:29 am PST #6268 of 30001
Because books.
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2010 5:44:17 am PST #6269 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cashmere - Nov 19, 2010 5:48:46 am PST #6270 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Olivia has been on me about "drinking and driving." She is very adamant that I not drink and drive--anything. She told me that the police will take me to jail if I drink and drive. So as I was trying to take the kids to school this morning and drink my first cup of coffee (out of my Buffy travel mug) she told me I shouldn't drink and drive.
I explained to her that "don't drink and drive" referred to alcohol only and that I could drink coffee, water or soda and drive. She asked why. I explained that alcohol affects your brain and body in a way that makes it unsafe to drive.
"Mom," she said, "if you put alcohol in your coffee mug the police won't know it's in there."
I am speechless.
Sparky1 - Nov 19, 2010 5:52:38 am PST #6271 of 30001
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"Mom," she said, "if you put alcohol in your coffee mug the police won't know it's in there."
Oh, her teen-age years are going to be so much fun!
Then you really will need alcohol.
flea - Nov 19, 2010 5:54:26 am PST #6272 of 30001
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I love Olivia.
Cash, can you recommend any educational iTouch apps for kids? I'd love something that does timed addition and subtraction stuff for Casper, or anything that pushes phonics, and Dillo would like something fun with letters and sounds. Ideas?
Cashmere - Nov 19, 2010 5:57:01 am PST #6273 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I don't have an iTouch, flea but a friend has one and her kids are entranced by an app with some shapes and puzzles that I like a lot. She also has a very bright 2nd grader that plays a lot of games on it. I'll ask her for some recs.
flea - Nov 19, 2010 5:59:28 am PST #6274 of 30001
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Huh, I was sure you had one! It's fascinating to me how the kids are different with it. Dillo loves it, picked it up right away, and can teach himself new games. He thinks it's hilarious when he dies 47 times in a row in the first 10 seconds. Casper is more wary and less interested, and would rather watch videos than play games. She hates to die.
Cashmere - Nov 19, 2010 6:01:15 am PST #6275 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2010 6:07:13 am PST #6276 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Lemme see if I can remember the names of the apps Dylan likes...
- Monkey Preschool Lunchbox - number/color educational
- Tozzle - tons and tons of puzzles
- Finger Paint - self-explanatory
- Mr Space - not even remotely educational, Dylan just thinks it's funny to watch Mr Space get squished over and over and over
- that one where you have to pop the balloons in alphabetical order, no idea what it's called
- BurpDraw - I think that's the title. You draw a circle with your finger and then it burps at you.
- Shakezoo - you shake the iPod and it makes an animal sound
hippocampus - Nov 19, 2010 6:08:34 am PST #6277 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
flea - we like KidCalc, Sight Words, montessori crosswords, and math bingo. HKF is a little young, but you might be able to find some stuff that's appropriate by searching on those and then looking around.
Also, she loves the drawing apps, the Lorax and Cat in the Hat, and won't play anything else now that we have Angry Birds Lite.