A beautiful mind

Me: What kind of treat do you want?
Sylvia: Chocolate drops
Me: What are chocolate drops?
Sylvia: Chocolate drops grow on seeds which are on leaves from the middle of the moon.

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Our new thing we do

We go to the drainpipe. We pick out a couple of snails. We take them home for a sleepover. We return them the next day, and we pick out new ones.

But it's possible we are kidnapping the same few snails over and over.

Sylvia quote

Me: My favorite days are when I don't have to work and can play with my kids

Sylvia: My best day is to cuddle with daddy's warm hugs

Sylvia: Also I like you daddy

Moving on up

Tonight while driving home we saw people carrying furniture on the sidewalk. I explained that it's the last day of the month, and lots of people move into new apartments on that day. This (admittedly inadequate) explanation prompted the following exchange:

Sylvia: When are we going to move out of our house?

Me: Do you want to move out of our house?

Sylvia: Yes. I want to move into a new apartment, too!

Me: Where do you want the apartment to be?

Sylvia: Where Grandpa Peter is going to live! 

So, get ready, Welstone, for your youngest residents yet. 

The promised land of bars for parents of small children

We finally found it. It is safe, it is pleasant, it has big wooden outdoor toys, it has beer. We'll be back.

A snail's journey home to the family drainpipe

After a few nights in which Shamas Thomas clung miserably to the pink roof of the plastic terrarium we set up just for him, we decided he would probably prefer to return home to his family. So tonight before dinner we brought him back. He seemed extremely happy, as far as you can tell with a snail.

Levi gets his own ice cream cone

Baby size, of course.