A few recent comments by Annie Bea: Annie: Daddy, how old are you? Jason: 42. (She stares blankly.) Annie: What does that even mean? (Setting up a play store. I am Annie’s first customer.) Annie: Here, mom. You can buy this…
Category: The Girl
The Mother-Daughter Thing
This picture popped up on Facebook today. A memory from 3 years ago. Wow. 3 years of Annie Bea. Coming up on 4 years. Makes me think about life before I had a daughter verses life now. I’m not gonna…
HAYDIDDIT
If you were of sound mind and body during the 90s, you watched and loved In Living Color. Annie Bea, born in 2013, could easily have been part of this sketch. Without any guidance, she has the 3-point-snap and the…
YouTube Videos
Do your kids watch YouTube videos of other kids (and sometimes grown adults) playing with Barbies or Legos or any toy? I don’t get it. Grady and Annie Bea HAVE these toys. They’re actually sitting about 2 feet away from…
R. Kelley
You ain’t seen nothin’ til you’ve seen two white girls (one in a carseat) roll into a preschool parking lot in a Honda Pilot with all the windows down groovin’ to R. Kelly’s Step in the Name of Love. Annie…
Practice What I Preach
Annie Bea just proved to me that I need to practice what I preach and let her “run her own race.” I was so worried about her fitting in on Bike Day at school tomorrow. Would she be the only…
Bike Day
Tomorrow is Bike Day at Annie Bea’s school. The kids can bring a bike or scooter to ride around the back lot. Parent Fail #402. Jason and I have been pulling Annie around in a red wagon for three years.…
Three Things
When Grady wakes up in the morning, he knows he has to do three things: get dressed, make his bed and brush his teeth. Recently, Annie Bea decided she wanted in on the three things for herself. I refuse to…
It’s Starting!
This morning I almost had Annie Bea to school on time. I was feeling accomplished. This was it. I was going to strut into the school and hand Annie over to her teacher at precisely 9 AM instead of the…
Best Day Ever
Annie Bea and I had an awesome day together. For the very first time, she did not fight me on the idea of getting a haircut. She was brave. She sat in the chair. She smiled. She asked me to…