It started off as a game of “rock-paper-scissors”, otherwise known as “rochambeau” for you fancy types. It ended as a spa retreat with messily painted nails, globs of hair gel on my head, and enough perfume sprayed on me to supply a French Whorehouse for a lifetime. But the story’s in the in-between.
Snags was bored [...]
Dear Tooth Fairy,
I thought I should warn you. I think your days are numbered. My six year old son, Snags, doesn’t seem to believe in you anymore. I don’t know why the sudden turn of events. Perhaps you didn’t leave him enough money last week when he lost his fourth tooth?
Or maybe it’s not really [...]
So, just when you thought it was safe to leave your six year old alone with his art supplies, you find out you were wrong. Waaaay wrong.
Snags came downstairs a few nights ago after taking his bath and wanted to know if he could have one of my hair barrettes. He said his bangs were [...]
Dear Lauren’s Mom,
Hi. So, listen, I understand from my son, Snags, that your daughter, Lauren, was watching the news recently and heard that “a man is PREGNANT!” What a sweet daughter you have and how very kind of her to share that news with Snags and his classmates. His kindergarten classmates.
Snags didn’t really have many [...]
We’ve all seen them, the pictures floating around the internet that show a child covered in magic marker; she’s drawn on herself and she has a big smile on her face. You would think that when a boy is six and a half and going on seven that drawing on himself would be, well, beneath [...]
In addition to his never waning interest in all things Star Wars and his desire to make his own Star Wars movie, my six year old son, Snags, has recently decided that he wants to be like Adam in the movie Snow Buddies, and he wants to race his own dog sled team. Only, we [...]
