Lord have mercy. I was reading a blog about mulching for weed control. Mulch. True to our fallen state, partisans for a competing mulch technique flooded the comments and lambasted the author (a prof. of horticulture), for asking for scientific proof for their claims.

Happy Friday. My kids are eating Annie’s Mac’n cheese and California rolls for breakfast.

I noticed this morning that my children had run off to hide in the garage, and that my phone was missing. Upon finding them, they had indeed made off with my phone to…. listen to kids worship songs incognito.

3yo: Dada, there are 3 females in our house. Me, mommy, and my sister. Me: ok? 3yo: Dada, you’re not a female. You’re a woodpecker.

Pinnacle suburban life: I had to take the garbage to the curb and it was raining, so I drove it down in the car with one arm out the window. To be fair, I was already driving, so it was efficient.

This is a new phase in our life where I am the only one home for most of the day. So anyway…

Playing pretend @ our house [5yo pulling 3yo in wagon] 3yo: Daddy, look! I’m going to visit my Uncle! 5yo: Yes, I’m a taxi driver in the city. She’s visiting me. My parents died so I’m the only one who is an adult and can take her to work. Died 20 years ago… [drives away]

Shout out to sanitary workers at Royal Carting picking up the past few weeks of holiday recycling and garbage. You are much appreciated.

I have made my children listen to #daftpunk for years. It’s paying off. This morning, they’ve decided to be cleaning robots while we listen to human after all remixes.

Look. We should all just acknowledge that it is socially acceptable to pick your nose in the car. I see it ALL the time. I do it. Let's just say it's OK already.

My children are bobbing for apples on the porch. One is wearing a Christmas sweater, the other is wearing a swimsuit. Welcome to autumn.

4yo who really doesn’t trust dogs: “Maybe dogs sometimes bite people because we have bones. Dogs like to chew on bones!” “maybe they can smell the bones inside?” “maybe the dog was at a dr appointment and saw an X-ray and knows we have bones inside?”