My kids and notes: Year 10.11
March 25, 2026
Life with JB
Every time JB is invited to another birthday party, they’re not as frequent as when they were in daycare thank goodness, I sigh a little. Will there ever be a party they won’t want to attend? (No.)
I bought the kids matching jackets and they are absolutely delighted. JB got to pick the color. SmolAc didn’t care what the color was so long as it was the same as JB. They are wearing them everywhere even when it’s not puffer jacket weather. SmolAc has been explaining to everyone: if we wear the same thing, then that means we are twins. But if we do not wear the same thing then we are NOT twins.
Life with Smol Acrobat
This child is annoying me deeply.
Every time I tell them to do a thing: “I don’t want to I don’t know how I’m too tired I need to sweep (sleep) that’s SO MUCH it will take a WONG TIIIIIIME” *whine whine whine*
But if you use a silly voice and anthropomorphize literally anything to tell them to get their chore done they will listen to it 99% better than me telling them.
Me as their stuffed animal: SmolAc! Hurry up and get dressed, you need me to take me to my playdate with Other Stuffie!
Them: Ok!
Me as their ham: SmolAc! Finish the laundry so you can eat me!
Them: Ok!
Me as their shoes: SmolAc! Put me on! I don’t want to be late!
Them: Ok!
Having to explain to them how underwear works for the purposes of folding it: there are three holes. Two are for legs, one is for the waist. If you have a leg hole, the waistband will be on one side of it.
Precious Moments
Apparently SmolAc’s teacher recently had an MRI and told the kids about it. They caught sight of an ad that flashed an image of an MRI machine and they very excitedly told me all about how Teacher got a cut on their face and they had to lay down on a table and get pictures taken and it was “just like dat one. Exactly wike dat.”
Whenever I take JB to pick up SmolAc from the playground, SmolAc insists on a piggyback ride out. I keep waiting for JB to refuse but they still haven’t yet.
SmolAc painstakingly wrote out their wants on the grocery list then turned to me expectantly: can you check tomorrow to see if we have them?
Erm. Well. That’s not grocery lists work. BUT THEY SHOULD. Just imagine: writing what you want on the grocery list and then it appears the next morning! What a service! Maybe we need to develop this idea.
Do you know what an apple cheese is? It’s when you put a swice of apple between two cheeses and you eat it!
Do you know what a finger cheese is? It’s when you put your finger between two cheeses and you eat it.
Ewwwwww that’s disgusting!
*Cackles* no but your finger is chocowate.
It is not!