My kid is cooler than your kid

Josie demands to wear overalls so she can look like Gilda Radnar from a cover of Dynamite magazine that's hanging in the TV room. "I want to meet Gilda," she says. Soon as she's old enough I'll break out the first 5 seasons of SNL. Until then, she will just have watch Gilda on the Muppet Show Season 3 set.

Stop merging holidays

Today Josie informed me that Santa brings us cooked turkeys for Thanksgiving. I blame this on all the Black Friday sales now taking place on Thanksgiving morning.

My brithday

The greatest birthday gift a young child can give you is to wake up after you and not before.

Waking Nightmares

This week I painted our bedroom. During the prep, I used blue and green tape around the room. It struck me that the place looks like Caillou's house. That kid is getting to me.

That's Not A Game

The raking the leaves game lasted a grand total of 10 minutes before she realized it was also work. This does not bode well for the mow the yard game.

My Nose Will Live On

Today I put the diaper pail into the storage shed. That means we're officially out of the diapers phase with Josie. After nearly 4 years, I no longer have to check the Pampers box for levels and size. My nose is slowly returning to normal.

I'm not sure what the next major moment will be in Josie's development. I'm going to guess the time she says, "I can mow the lawn by myself!" That will make me smile once more.

A Billion Points of Light

Strange to think that Josie will be 7 before Obama will leave the White House. At least she will grow up knowing that any American can be president with a dream to lead and over a billion dollars in campaign backing.

Catalog Cable

Hub channel has turned into the "I Want" Channel as Christmas approaches.

I didn't expect differently from a TV station that's owned by a toy company (Hasbro).