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Category Archives: The Kids

Morning Routine

Friday, May 7, 2010

One of the elevators in our building is getting a new motor, and has been out of commission for a week. This, as you can imagine, has caused lots of wait time and crowding in the OTHER elevator. so today, we left extra time when leaving for school to make sure we wouldn’t be late [...]

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proof that if you sound confident you CAN say anything!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Overheard by yosefblog at breakfast this morning: Dina: The Big Bang killed all the dinosaurs. Bassie: (with skepticism) Some scientists think. Note: Let me disclose that, when yb came to me to tell me about this interchange, it took me a second to realize that anything was wrong with that conversation. This makes me think [...]

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old school

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Bassie is playing the original Super Mario Bros. on Uncle Mike’s wii right now. That’s all I was going to say, except that as I was writing that last sentence, I overheard her trash talking the game: “There are many things that are called ‘payback’, and one of them is payback.” It’s like she knew [...]

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Overheard in Bassie and Dina’s Room

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Presumably this conversation occurred while the girls were playing some sort of vampire role-playing game: Dina: You know Rosa Parks? I knew her. Bassie: I knew George Washington. I was his Prom date. Dina: I was his cat. etcetera…

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the secret to life, the universe, and everything.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Regarding the buying of a birthday present for a mutual male friend: Bassie: I know what boys like. Dina: (pleadingly) Please…tell me what boys like! Um…are you two talking about the same thing? Because I think Bassie’s talking about a Webkins…

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there’s an app for that.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Bassie: Mom, they should make an app that’s a magnifying glass. Me: Like, you mean, you hold up the phone to something and… Bassie: Yeah, and you see it on the screen bigger. They must be able to do that, right? Me: I guess. I think so. That’s a really great idea. You should develop [...]

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success

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Bassie, while watching an ad for the re-release of Sleeping Beauty: “Mom, you know what I don’t like? When they take a line that a character said in a movie and recut it so it sounds like the character is saying it about the movie. Like, ‘This is so great!”, like they think the movie [...]

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tweetlights

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Okay, so for those of you over the age of 40 who don’t even know what twitter IS, I’ve compiled some of my tweets about the girls over the last few weeks. Remember: tweets can only be 140 characters long, so the following represent not only the funniest things they say, but also the most [...]

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conjunction junction

Friday, October 30, 2009

Bassie: You know what’s been bothering me lately? Me: What? Bassie: If someone says “it’s cold outside”, you can’t respond by saying “It’s”. Pause…me thinking… Me: You’re right, you can’t. And if I ask you “have you done your homework?”, you can’t respond by saying “I’ve”. Pause…her thinking… Bassie: No, you can’t. Me: That’s weird. [...]

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look out, mad men: dina’s got your number.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

At Target, Dina sees a giant hanging sign advertising some of the men’s clothing line there. Dina: Ooh…they’re hot! Me: Yes, because they’re models. Dina: You mean, they’re not real people? Me: No, they’re real people, but they’re paid to look good in clothing. Why do you think the advertisers would want people to look [...]

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