“Oh. My. God. Mom, my milk is breaking the laws of physics! It’s fizzing!”
“Let me see this fizzy milk…”
“Oh, I killed it. With my FIST!”
–Badger, age 7
“Oh. My. God. Mom, my milk is breaking the laws of physics! It’s fizzing!”
“Let me see this fizzy milk…”
“Oh, I killed it. With my FIST!”
–Badger, age 7
“Fuck You, and Merry Christmas!”
–Badger, age 7 (after making an awesome kill on Nazi Zombies video game)
“Mom, you are the Best Mom in the Universe. That is if there are other planets in the universe with highly intelligent animals on them. If not, Best in the World isn’t bad.”
–Badger, age 7
Badger has just spent about an hour creating a small world out of cardboard and clay. He jumps up and down, like a jack rabbit on speed, and shouts for Leo to hurry over and bare witness to the awesomeness of his creation.
“See, this is the hot dog stand, and this is the [...]
“What if all there was to eat in the world was Toaster Waffles? Then every freezer would be full of Toaster Waffles, and every refrigerator would be full of butter. That would be awesome.”
–my son Badger
“Mom, I figured out the real reason why you are here: to wipe my butt and buy me toys. I love you.”
–my son Badger
“These Imperial Officers are looking up ‘Rebel Plans’ on the Wikipedia! OH NO!”
–my son Badger, while playing the video game Lego Star Wars 2
“Mom, did you know you are only as tall as a 12 year old? But you are really so much older.”
–my son Badger
“I am smarter than you, Mom.”
“Yes, Badger you are very smart.”
“But I AM SMARTER THAN YOU!”
My husband Chris and our friend Elliot are geeks. Nice, sweet, adorable geeks. I’m somewhat ashamed to admit this, but we actually met Elliot through some friends that Chris met playing Quake 2 on the Internet. True story. And they are all totally normal people. Well, as normal as [...]