http://www.froggiebloggie.com one small tadpole, one big pond Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:48:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shortstack is standing at the end of the dining room table, admiring a quarter he'd just received.  'Hey!  Guys!  Look!  Come look!  This quarter is actually made at the US Mint!!!' 'Of course it is, sweetheart.  Where did you think it was made?' 'I don't know--maybe the China ... http://www.froggiebloggie.com/archives/2008/01/20/a-sad-sad-sign-of-the-times "Once there was a carrot named Chris who loved to chirp like a bear. One day, Chris went to the park to get some green pears for lunch. On the way, Chris met a piano walking on his eye who introduced himself as Annie. They decided to ... http://www.froggiebloggie.com/archives/2007/11/12/i-heart-mad-libs Last night at dinner: 'What's wrong? Why aren't you eating?' 'I'm just trying not to eat like a race horse for once.' 'Why start now?' 'Yeah, Mom—you usually eat like a vacuum cleaner!' 'We'll just have to start calling her Hoover.' **short pause to explain that Hoover is a popular brand of vacuum** 'Then ... http://www.froggiebloggie.com/archives/2007/04/27/name-changes Shortstack had a friend come home from school with him for the first time yesterday. Here are some of my favorite quotes (the ones that I can remember, at least...) from the afternoon. Unfortunately, there is no way to recreate the boys' voices and inflection. I was in stitches the ... http://www.froggiebloggie.com/archives/2006/05/13/66 A few weeks ago I made some mock sushi for Shortstack's birthday snack at school. You'd think we lived in some desolate place because my fear of running out of ingredients causes me to seriously overbuy just about everything. That is, IF I actually get all of the ... http://www.froggiebloggie.com/archives/2006/04/30/shortstacks-favorite-instant-breakfast