Category Archives: Parenthood

Water down its roots with tea

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Ever since the 4th of July, when we listened to a some patriotic music in the car while driving to a fireworks show, Loyette has been obsessed with, as she adorably calls it, “pay-pee-otic” music. For a while, her favorite was “God Bless America” (which she now has memorized, and will sometimes sing in its entirety when she feels randomly… Read more »

Quote of the day

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“It’s fine to go through life happy…but I suspect we also want to go through life without becoming big fat self-absorbed jackasses. Children really help in that regard. To be sure, there are too many parents who, despite their children, remain narcissistic nimrods. But the nature of parenting is to beat that out of you.” —Tony Woodlief [Bumped, because it… Read more »

A typical dinner-table conversation at the Loy household

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This is a near-verbatim transcript of a conversation between me and my 2-year-old daughter one day last week. Background: she is obsessed with asking, and being asked, the question “how was your day?” She sometimes asks it when it makes no sense, like at 7:30 AM, or when we’ve been together all day. And even when it’s a logical question,… Read more »

Memorial Day, explained to (and by) a two-year-old

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Me: “I’m going to put up our American flag, because it’s Memorial Day weekend, and Memorial Day is a very patriotic holiday.” Loyette: “Are we going to the holiday?” Me: “It’s not a holiday you go to, sweetie, it’s a holiday you celebrate with your family and friends and your community, to honor the brave soldiers who fought for our… Read more »