“Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.”
— Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (1759-1797)
My tiny, beautiful daughter has taken to saying “I’m fat!” lately. Not just once or twice, but at least four or five times. And those are just the times that her dad or I have heard her mention it.
Star Trek quote of the day:
“There’s a way out of any cage.”
— Captain Christopher Pike, “The Menagerie” (“The Cage”),
stardate unknown.
Not if you’re at the zoo on a field trip with 40 kids and EIGHT THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLE and it’s NINETY G.D. DEGREES.
Complaints about Wacky Mommy (and Wacky Boy), by Wacky Girl:
1) Doesn’t let me sleep.
2) They (WM & WB) always tell me to watch Boohbahs and Teletubbies.
3) Wakes me up too early.
That’s it.
“I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long.”
— Shelly Winters
from Wacky Girl:
I’m excited that school is going to be out in four weeks! What I have learned so far in kindergarten:
no more “old nonsense,” got it?
WM
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; Some blunders and absurdities crept in; Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
Yes, that was the advice my 3-year-old gave me today: “If a meat eater comes after you, you’re on your own, Mommy.”
WG sez she’s old enough to have her own blog. I said no, she isn’t. But I will share this one with her. “But you WILL let me have my own!”
No, I won’t. So what has our own WG been up to lately?
What we love today, by WG and WM:
(We have a guest columnist today — Wacky Girl. WM)
I can write by myself!
(OK, here we go… WM)
Yes, we have pinkeye again. The pets are not to blame for this one. Don’t read further if you’re eating…
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