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Convo With My 5-year-old Sons, Illustrated With Otter Socks
Convo With My (then) 5-year-old Sons,Illustrated with Otter Socks Once upon a time, I took my twins to the zoo. We saw otters. Otters! Otters are cute. Otters are playful. Otters are funny. My boys LOVED the otters. My boys wanted to take the otters home. We looked at the otters along with lots of…
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I Spy: A Thanksgiving Game (UPDATED With Drawing Winners)
Happy Thanksgiving Eve, friends. And if you’re not from the U.S., Happy Thanksgiving Eve, anyway; I promise to eat extra helpings of all my favorite foods for you over the next few days. It’s part of the international service we like provide here at the 5 Kids blog. You’re welcome. Late last night, Greg moved our…
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Some Parts of This Story Are True
It’s not that I mind having a unicorn around, it’s just the enormous mounds of poo I have to shovel, you know? Because let me tell you, contrary to popular opinion, unicorns do not poop rainbows and kittens which, when you really stop to think about it, is half sad and half oh thank GOD because I do not…
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10 Rules for Peeing: A Primer for Kids
1. No playing in your brother’s pee stream. “Only play in my own pee stream? Got it, Mom.” 2. No playing in your own pee stream. No playing in pee streams in general. Under certain circumstances, and using your own equipment, exceptions can be made for activities like peeing straight down into snow and then…