February 24, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony

(I’ll try to get them to do it again when you’re here tomorrow, but who knows.)

My children, my darling, sweet, adorable, totally WEIRD children, are wearing footie sleepers in preparation for an early bedtime. They just came walking in here, single-file, with their sleepers unzipped and pooled around their ankles. They shuffled and bounced like penguins on methamphetamines as they took turns declaring “WALK THIS WAY!” and waggling their character-underwear-clad derrieres.

Casa Mir, home to the half-naked parade of cartoon hero butts and overused but still funny jokes.

(Yes, I think Monkey’s feeling better. That Motrin I gave him seemed to help. Also I let him smoke some crack.)

(Chickadee would like me add–”Since Grandpa likes funny jokes!”–this joke: Q. How do you clean a tuba? A. With a tuba toothpaste!)

6 Responses to “Dad, I can’t believe you missed this”

1. 1 dave Says:
   February 24th, 2005 at 8:55 pm

   If only they knew their classic rock, and could have screamed a Steven Tyleresque “Walk this way!”

2. 2 Sarah Says:
   February 24th, 2005 at 9:22 pm

   I need kids!

3. 3 diane Says:
   February 24th, 2005 at 10:22 pm

   So glad to hear Monkey is feeling better. Or…he and Chickadee have gone crazy with fever?

4. 4 Jenny Says:
   February 24th, 2005 at 10:31 pm

   Hahahahaha! I love your kids. We’ve been doing some bootie shaking around here tonight, too. It’s like a parallel universe.

5. 5 dad Says:
   February 24th, 2005 at 11:03 pm

   I demand an encore performance. But it has to be spontaneous.

6. 6 Girl.A Says:
   February 25th, 2005 at 12:41 pm

   Here’s a tried-and-true favorite:
   How do you make friends with a squirrel?

   Climb up a tree and act like a nut!