A blog post from Jason

One Thanksgiving when I was in first grade, the class was split up and assigned to put together Native American headdresses in the style of their designated tribe. My group got Illini, and I took the lead. “Everyone, go get orange and blue construction paper”. I did a great job directing everyone to this task, until one of my underlings came back with a green piece of construction paper.

Nonononononononono I said. That’s the wrong color. “The Illini might have been mostly orange and blue” my challenger declared, “but there would have been other colors too.” I didn’t have a response for that, and I completely lost my rank from that point forward. Everyone in our group immediately got up, and came back with a non-orange and non-blue piece of construction paper, and continued cutting out feathers.

Having taken that to heart, here is the gauntlet I’m laying down to you, America. Girls do not have to always wear pink.  They might wear mostly pink, but they can wear other colors too.  Now, I expect everyone to go out and dress a baby girl in a color other than pink.

While we’re on the subject, what’s going on with Akilah’s socks?  She doesn’t have more than two socks that are identical. Check out these four pairs of socks, which all came from the same pack!

Now, for contrast, here’s Nicholas’s sock drawer.  There are still several different patterns, but they are mostly white and you can find more than one of the same pair.

And finally, here’s my sock drawer.  This is simplicity at its best.  I could dress myself blind (if you ask Candice, I might as well).

Since I’ve got the camera out, check out Candice’s creepy popped blood vessels.  Birth can do that to ya.

Nicholas has a zhu zhu pet, named Hamster.  The other day, Hamster decided to go between the cabinet and the refrigerator.  I pulled him out, and moved him away.  He went straight back to the same spot.  I pulled him out again, and put him further away, and he went back to the same spot.  I pulled him out a third time, and moved him to a different room.  Guess where he ended up?  Zhu zhu pets are not very smart.

Nicholas likes to rock out.  Jane will tell you, if you let him hold your acoustic guitar, he’ll go all Pete Townshend on it.

“She’s too big!”  Notice the Michael Jackson toe-pose in the last picture.