• Posts Tagged ‘tara’

    An analogy…

    by Matt • May 1, 2006 • 0 Comments

    As said by T in the bathroom tonight: “Sometimes when I throw up out of my mouth, it’s like a waterfall.” Not exactly the analogy I would’ve used, but okay…..

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    Anatomy

    by Matt • January 27, 2006 • 0 Comments

    A conversation this morning…. Tara: “Dad, my ankle hurts.” (no immediate reply) Tara: “Dad, my ankle hurts!” Me: “Tara, do you even know where your ankle is?” Tara: “Where?”

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    Things Not to Say at Dinner

    by Matt • January 24, 2006 • 2 Comments

    The family ate at Outback Steakhouse tonight. Being midweek, it was relatively quiet — a far cry from going on weekends when you have to wait 45 minutes for a table. Anyway, as we’re waiting for dinner to arrive, T blurts out (loud enough for nearby diners to hear): “My butt feels like it’s about [...]

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    President Daddy!

    by Matt • December 4, 2005 • 0 Comments

    “President Daddy! President Daddy!” That’s what Tara started telling this morning when I came out to the family room. Why? It was the first time she’d ever seen me wearing a tie. Ten minutes later I asked her, “Why’d you call me ‘President Daddy’?” “Because you had that long, hang down thing on.” Which, apparently, [...]

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    Bad words for a 3-year-old

    by Matt • November 15, 2005 • 0 Comments

    T (to her toys): “Shut up, Little People!” Cari: “T, we don’t use those words in this house.” T (thinks for a second….): “Can I use them when I’m four?”

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    Everything else is gravy…

    by Matt • October 18, 2005 • 0 Comments

    (This actually goes back a week or two, but dinner tonight reminded me…..) It was a week or two ago that I was picking up the kids from school and daycare, and as I always do, I asked them how their days were, what they did, who they played with, etc. And with Tara, I [...]

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