Showing posts with label Jack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
Friday, February 20, 2009
Happy Kurt Cobain's Birthday
'Tis Kurt Cobain's birthday, it is, and Jack, the great rock n' roller/grunger of the family who loves Nirvana to pieces and is probably going to be the next Stephen Tyler (if he keeps growing his hair), wanted to celebrate.
"Let's make cupcakes," said my mother.
Sure sounded great to me. But no ...
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin ended up baking three cakes: two chocolate cakes because we had extra batter, and a Tollhouse cookie cake (we just call it Cookie Cake) for Will because that's the only kind of cake William likes and no one wanted him to feel left out. Benjamin used cake gel to write "In Loving Memory of Kurt Cobain - 1967-1994" on one cake and to draw a weasel on the other. (He has a thing for drawing weasels; this has nothing to do with Cobain.)
I might have pictures soon,.
Happy Kurt Cobain's birthday.
~Emily
"Let's make cupcakes," said my mother.
Sure sounded great to me. But no ...
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin ended up baking three cakes: two chocolate cakes because we had extra batter, and a Tollhouse cookie cake (we just call it Cookie Cake) for Will because that's the only kind of cake William likes and no one wanted him to feel left out. Benjamin used cake gel to write "In Loving Memory of Kurt Cobain - 1967-1994" on one cake and to draw a weasel on the other. (He has a thing for drawing weasels; this has nothing to do with Cobain.)
I might have pictures soon,.
Happy Kurt Cobain's birthday.
~Emily
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
A Reminder About National Adoption Month
Okay, how many of you have little brothers? Eleven-year-old Jack is sitting on the sofa beside me (yes, I have Internet at home now, don't have to post every single blog entry from the library) reading aloud his Star Wars-esque narrative and driving me absolutely nuts.
Thank goodness. He's done now. He's actually a marvelous writer but is adding the John Williams Star Wars theme to his reading and it's really quite distracting while I'm trying to make a post. Oh well.
I'll make this quick, so I don't have to struggle for long. I was going to post a reminder that November is National Adoption Month -- a good time of year to take a look at http://adoptuskids.org and -- if you live in Rhode Island, like me -- http://adoptionri.org. There's one site I particularly like, http://mare.org, but it's really only useful if you live in Michigan. Still, a wonderful adoption site.
Jack has left the room but I'm going to go try and catch the last sliver of daylight. Just got back home from a stuffy clinic (all this hospital business is so not fun) and feel like breathing real air.
~Emily
Thank goodness. He's done now. He's actually a marvelous writer but is adding the John Williams Star Wars theme to his reading and it's really quite distracting while I'm trying to make a post. Oh well.
I'll make this quick, so I don't have to struggle for long. I was going to post a reminder that November is National Adoption Month -- a good time of year to take a look at http://adoptuskids.org and -- if you live in Rhode Island, like me -- http://adoptionri.org. There's one site I particularly like, http://mare.org, but it's really only useful if you live in Michigan. Still, a wonderful adoption site.
Jack has left the room but I'm going to go try and catch the last sliver of daylight. Just got back home from a stuffy clinic (all this hospital business is so not fun) and feel like breathing real air.
~Emily
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