picture

We went to a They Might Be Giants show today, and you loved it. It was pretty much the same as a grown-up TMBG show, right down to the puppet-to-human ratio on stage.

This evening, in the car:

You: If you see a blue light, say “aaaahhh! there’s a blue light!”

Me: [Seeing some blue in a nearby neon sign] Aaaahhh! there’s a blue light!

You: No, a round blue light.

Me: Oh, I don’t see one of those.

You: They’re on the red light and the green light. [Probably-accurate translation: there are traffic signals with blue lights about somewhere.]

Me: Ok, wait. If a red light means ‘stop’, and a yellow light means ‘the light is about to turn red’, and a green light means ‘go’, what does a blue light mean?

You: It means “look out! there’s a blue light!”

We’ve been meaning to try this for a while. Last night we grabbed a quick dinner out before hitting the Plaza to see The Fantastic Mr. Fox. It went well, but this morning didn’t and I think we may wait a while before trying a weeknight movie again. I enjoyed the movie more on the first viewing that I have any other Wes Anderson movie since Rushmore.

I was trying to document the busted lip you received on Thursday, which had become nice and purple by Saturday. After I took the picture on the left, I said “you don’t have to stick your lip out; you can just relax your face”. The relaxed result is the photo on the right.

With apologies to three frames.

We went to the Botanical Gardens today.

They have these giant leaves on the wall in the new entrance pavilion. And there’s plenty of parking now, which is awesome.

Other than the Henry Moore sculptures, the exhibit right now is scarecrows. I liked this guy.

I don’t know why I can’t stop taking pictures of the green man, but I can’t.

Diversity on display among the kids in our party.

Sg and Arica.

Sg prepares to go down the slide.

Sg’s all like “Who wants to feel the sting? You? You want some?” I didn’t tell her, but this bee—without legs, a stinger or even wings—is plainly an evolutionary dead end.

Check out Sg’s pumpkin bowling form! Look at that follow-through. And it was her first time ever pumpkin bowling!