Oh So Quotable in 2010
donegal- a scary person or monster who comes out at night-- Calliope
"Dads are serious, handsome, wise and tall."-- Clara
"My New Year's Solution is to learn to take my own shower and to wake up earlier."-- Benicio
"My New Year's Solution is to be a better example, and to not hit."-- Clara
"Mine is to not hit and not bite people's eyes."-- Calliope
Our Winter Break wrapped up so fast. The weekend was spent at a family party for Geoff's side. Geoff and his cousins shared dad-isms, their trademark sayings that emphasize their age and papa-ness. For example, cousin Tony's favorite, "You're a hard-headed Pollock!" This is used in consolation for an injury but is also versatile as an expression of frustration. Geoff's classic one, after tying a shoe or securing a shelf: Sigh of accomplishment followed with, "That thing's not going anywhere."
Then Sunday, we furiously scrubbed lunchbags, took backpacks to have zippers repaired, soaked coats, paired gloves. The boys presented themselves on time for the 6:58 bus. We all breathed sighs of relief, another semester, a new year!
"Dads are serious, handsome, wise and tall."-- Clara
"My New Year's Solution is to learn to take my own shower and to wake up earlier."-- Benicio
"My New Year's Solution is to be a better example, and to not hit."-- Clara
"Mine is to not hit and not bite people's eyes."-- Calliope
Our Winter Break wrapped up so fast. The weekend was spent at a family party for Geoff's side. Geoff and his cousins shared dad-isms, their trademark sayings that emphasize their age and papa-ness. For example, cousin Tony's favorite, "You're a hard-headed Pollock!" This is used in consolation for an injury but is also versatile as an expression of frustration. Geoff's classic one, after tying a shoe or securing a shelf: Sigh of accomplishment followed with, "That thing's not going anywhere."
Then Sunday, we furiously scrubbed lunchbags, took backpacks to have zippers repaired, soaked coats, paired gloves. The boys presented themselves on time for the 6:58 bus. We all breathed sighs of relief, another semester, a new year!
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January 2nd we played the game from the Beatty's NY's party many years ago: we got a 2009 People Year in Review Magazine. I picked several pictures, glued them on cardstock, wrote trivia questions below each one and hung them around the three front rooms. Then sent the kids around to answer the questions. So fun! Many thanks to the Beattys for this creative idea! Happy 2K10 to all of you!
I think we played that game before we were married. You have a great memory. What time of evening did you play, and how badly did Ronnie beat all ya'll?
My New Year's Solution is to be less of a donegal and more of a Dad (minus handsome and tall). What a solution it would be...
Mikey, I hope that you can work on the eye-biting too.
We played really late at night, while the fight was on, so Uncle Ron was a "phone a friend" instead of a competitor. It was fun, but I'm pretty sure Leo and Larry won.
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