Hannah’s Animal Emporium
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »The scene: Driving home from dinner Hannah: I have an animal store, Mommy. You need to buy some animals. Mom: Okay. Can I have a fluffy polar bear? Hannah: Nope, we're all out. Sorry. Mom: Oh. Well what do you have then? Hannah: ...
Out of the mouth of Hannah
Saturday, August 1st, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »A couple evenings ago, we were in the car on our way out to dinner. Hannah randomly said, "Mackinac Island!" from the backseat, which was odd because we haven't talked about Mackinac Island in a long time. Dad said, "Where ...
Four-year-old fashion
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in General | 1 Comment »Hannah was very excited this morning because she was wearing new socks with Hello Kitty and stripes on them. She told me she wanted to show all her friends when she got to school. Well, when I opened the door ...
Star gazing and airline safety
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »I took Hannah out to look at the stars last night since she was up a little later than normal (well, at least the few stars we can see living where we do). Hannah: They're so sparkly! Hey! Can ...
UP: Movie review
Sunday, June 7th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »We took Hannah to see Up today. All I can say about it is that everything you might have read about it is true: it's just wonderful! Dad and I agreed it's pretty deep for an animated movie - no ...
Nature Lesson
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »The scene: Sitting at the table eating dinner. Hannah says quietly to me, "Daddy, I want to tell you something." I lean in closer, thinking she might tell me something interesting that happened at school. "What is it, Hannah?" Hannah grins a ...
Finance for 4-year-olds
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »Hannah has been slowly, steadily, saving her money for the past two months, with a laser-like focus on the object of her desire: a wooden figure of Emily, one of the engines from Thomas and Friends. I was on a ...
The Hannah Alarm
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »After convincing Hannah that 6am was too early to get up, she did go back to bed for another hour and a half. Then she came back to our room again and mom got up with her at that ...
Two funnies
Saturday, April 25th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »I LOVE Hannah's sense of humor. Two hilarious exchanges that happened in our family today: The scene: Lunchtime, sitting at the kitchen table. Hannah: Daddy, what are your eyeballs made of? Daddy: Mostly water and carbon. Hannah: Cats are made of fuzz. The scene: Getting ...
Puddle splashing!
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »On Sunday, we bought Hannah some really fabulous pink rain boots with Hello Kitty on them. They are awesome and she loves them. We wanted to get them for her because, well, it's spring, and the playground at school tends ...