to persevere: parenting stories and other geekery

T eats a blackberry.

“Me like that.” Said while making a face, which means she doesn’t like it.

“What’s wrong with it, honey?”

“It’s too shivery.”

What a cute way to say something is sour… it makes your mouth and face ’shiver’ when you eat it.

Lately, she will come up to me and say, “What are you DO-ing, Daddy?”

Yesterday she looked at something and said, “Hmmm, IN-teresting…”

When she saw a Christmas tree lit up she said, “Stars!”