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• He Wore A Raspberry Bidet, the Kind You Find in a Secondhand Store

  Kids not only say the darndest things, but they do them as well which makes them natural comedians. I normally tend to favor a more cerebral brand of toddler humor like when my son confuses anatomy, gender and bed wear with lines like, “Boys have a penis, girls have a pajama.” but there’s a lot to be said for the slapstick variety of physical comedy stylings unintentionally caused by a child’s indefatigable drive to force the proverbial square peg into the round hole, or in the case of two-year old Max Cole his head into a plastic potty training seat. Read More... Posted Feb 13 2008, 05:01 PM by makeitadouble with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: toddler, potty training, make it a double, hit the head

• Hitting the Bottle: Write Your Name in the Snow

  In a recent survey of the people writing this post the question was posed, “As a child, which of the following was your favorite wintertime activity?” A) Making Snow Angels B) Making Snowmen C) Making Snowmen make-out with Snow Angels D) Sleigh Riding E) Snowball fights F) Building a Snow Fort G) Overcharging Neighbors to shovel their Driveways H) Other. As I stare out the window here in Upstate NY and watch the first couple flakes of an imminent snowstorm drift lazily from the sky I’m overcome with the reverie of childhood and the memories of my favorite wintertime activity. H) Other – Writing my Name in the Snow. Read More... Posted Feb 01 2008, 05:10 PM by makeitadouble with | with no comments Filed under: hitting the bottle, make it a double

• Strollerderby Playdate: Anyone Have An Epi-Pen?

  Wow, school is almost back in for us. I'm happy-sad about it, but I do sort of regret that we did not do many playdates for the wee one this break. Nor have I done much playdating blog-style, because what with the big meals and the family crap and blah blah blah, I'm lucky I could read the dosage on the bottle of Advil, let alone check out anyone's blog. But in a gallant stab at returning to normalcy, I've come up with a date for y'all. Its on one of our hot topics: kid allergies. There's all kinds of theories about what causes allergies out there and so on, but I must confess this is the first time I'd heard Jimmy Carter's name dropped. It makes sense.   Read More... Posted Jan 04 2008, 07:03 AM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: allergies, peanuts, strollerderby playdate, dad bloggers, jimmy carter, peanut allergies, latex, make it a double