a little explanation

I haven't been happy with the blog heading for a while but never could quite articulate what I wanted it to convey. I was listening to Dean Martin earlier today (love me some Dean Martin), and when he stared crooning about sweet sweet family love I decided to steal his lyrics and adopt them as my own. If you aren't, at least, humming that song by now, you probably need a refresher.

Taking her seriously.

Sophie has started announcing, as she enters a room, "I not kidding Guys!".

Stuffed eggs

The kids helped crack, peel, and stuff hardboiled eggs today. It was a huge hit. I was explaining to them that this dish is named Deviled eggs, or sometimes stuffed eggs because of the stuffing. Emanuel matter-of-factly informed me that the last egg he had handled was actually a stuffed egg because he had stuffed it into his mouth.
No, patience is not a prevalent virtue here.

The king has spoken

King Emanuel informed Queen Betsy and the princesses Sophie and Mommy that, "We're not people anymore; We're Majesties.

them's fightin' words

Emanuel: "This is not Kung Fu, this is Jumpy-Kicky Bad Guy Killing!"