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May 19, 2006
wtf, rain?
Not to be a boring old weatherblogger, but it's still raining. This picture isn't of a charming little trout-filled stream but rather a picture of the charming little WASP-filled street behind our house. Enough already! Bring on the flip-flops and the g-strings! We want to see that tootsie roll!
Lately, the Bean has gotten quite demanding of my husband's and my conversational attention, so that when my husband and I are discussing Important Grown Up Things such as should we pick up beer tonight and did you hear that so-and-so broke up, the Bean will yell "Talk to ME, Mommy and Daddy, talk to ME!" We usually try and speed through our conversation before acknowledging him, awesome parents that we are "Andnowhe'sdatingthenannyandtheyaremovingtoArgentina...WHAT, Bean?!" This results in much shuffling of feet, ummming and shy silences from our selectively mute toddler.
The other night we went out to dinner, and this time the Bean was all prepared. My husband and I were discussing, I dunno, asset allocation and whether or not we should roll over our 401ks when the Bean took up his familiar high-decible refrain "TALK. TO. ME!!!" So I turned to him and asked in my most patient mom-voice (which I barely have and when I use, sounds to me like Minnie Mouse trying to be maternal after a three-night gas huffing binge) "And what would you like to talk about, sweetie?" He looked right at me and said "That's a really pretty necklace you're wearing." WHATEVER! We are totally living with a 1970's smooth-talkin' playa! What's next, you're gonna ask me my sign? Jeez. The kid can't poop on the potty and yet he's making bar-worthy small talk.
In birding news, I've been somewhat thwarted in my efforts due to the rain, however I did register a domain name for my new birding blog (that's the part where the Internet implodes from the dorkiness. Sorry, that's too much! Your time here is done.) so you have that to look forward to. Or not. I'm actually working on an article about this whole birding thing, which is shamefully overdue and if my editor is reading this Hi, don't kill me, I love you, it's coming!
I was wondering if it would be possible to make birding cool with The Kids, like you would put Death Cab for Cutie stickers on your binoculars and smoke cigarettes and listen to your ipod and everybody could flashmob at a certain marsh to look at spoonbills. If people are still doing any of those things. And if spoonbills live in marshes, which I don't really know yet but will.
Hmm. Let's hope something thrilling happens over the weekend so I don't turn into a puddle of self-inflicted boredom and float down yonder stream.
Posted by Max at May 19, 2006 10:42 PM
Comments
Well, I think birding is COOL for grown-ups and especailly kids! ANYTHING to get kids outdoors repecting and appreciating the wonders of nature is a GOOD and very COOL thing.
However, I'm a little afraid that if you take Bean birding at this point he might just blurt out, "LOOK AT ME! Not the birds...ME ME ME! And then the rare yellow-bellied whatsamajig will fly away before you get a good look.
Posted by: tracey at May 22, 2006 10:57 AM