WHAT MAKES PUTTING ON THE TV FOR YOUR KIDS SO YOU CAN GET ONE THING DONE IN A DAY ALMOST OKAY:

When you enter the room and find them spontaneously sitting like this:



Despite the seemingly comfy pose, The Doodle is nevertheless giving me his Prince (Vaillant) of Darkness stare in this one:


Sometimes they actually sit in their own chairs:

(And how angelic does The Doodle look in this one?)

Look how much he loves her!

TWO FOR THE ROAD FROM THE WOG

A couple Wog anecdotes:

1.
Like most kids, The Wog does not love washing her hands after using the bathroom. She's already wasted enough time, after all. So getting her to do so--particularly if there is anything remotely exciting going on elsewhere--can be a struggle. The other day she emerged from the bathroom and announced, "I really really THOROUGHLY do not want to wash hands." The "thoroughly" continues to crack us up; where do kids learn these things? (From their parents, I suppose...) And for the record, she went back in and washed up.

2.
The other day The Wog went for a preschool development assessment to make sure she is on track. One of the questions was "can she tell a story with a plot." I'm not sure I would have known how to answer this question if, on the way there in the car, she hadn't told me a long, drawn-out story about the dream she'd had the night before. (The Wog has a recurring nightmare that I am throwing snowballs at her; I love a change of pace.) She explained that in the dream I was riding a roller coaster and she was "running along next to [me] on the track." Where was The Doodle, I asked? She responded, "Running on the track too. I'm holding his hand so he doesn't fall off." Is there a better Big Sister than that?

iWog

More pictures from Marc's iphone!

Hanging with Grandpa at Thanksgiving:


Skating, skating and more skating!

Pre-cake:


Post-cake:


Wide-eyed Wog:


Mugging with Daddy:


Out on the ice with her teacher:


Pretzel time!


An on-the-road pit stop:



The Wog loves her new umbrella from Grandma:





(If you are looking for an umbrella model, give us a call. She's obviously quite qualified.)

BIG DOODLE ON CAMPUS

The Doodle may only be 20-months-old, but he already got a taste of college life today during a lunch date with Daddy--Ramen noodles! (Daddy showed him that now only do you eat Ramen in college, you also eat it when you work at a start-up company!)

















Full tummy = happy Doodle!

DOROTHY WOGILL

I finally downloaded a bunch of pics (since Thanksgiving!) from Marc's iphone to my computer so lots of pictures coming up, but this one, I think, was my favorite:



The Wog and sweet friend Brooke are learning to skate! (Don't you love how proud they look?)

THE WOG WALKS INTO A DONUT SHOP...

En route from NJ to CT, Pop-Pop played a new mix of children's music. The songs repeated several times but it wasn't really clear how much The Wog was listening and/or absorbing. Yesterday, she busted out with this:



She knew the words better than I did!

WE GOT A CHRISTMAS TREE!

And somehow I didn't post the pictures. (I had a backlog on one camera that I completely forgot about.) I think it's okay to post these late since the tree is still up!

We left the decision in the hands of The Wog. Here she is, inspecting her choice:


The Doodle got in on it too:


Here he is, on his way as usual!


Pictures still to come of the bedecked tree.