Have you seen the second one? With Elmo and Grover. Elmo even intruded on this.

I agree with everything you have said, but I confess: three kids in, and I finally caved to the cult of Elmo. My third son has an Elmo doll, and at his birthday, we played “Place the Nose on Elmo.” He also has a Super Grover toy (version 1.0, thank you very much Sesame Street “new and improved” marketing team), and…

This.

For all you know, electric eels were common in Scandinavia prior to the Doctor’s harvesting of their energy for his battle. Since that time, they haven’t been seen anywhere near the lands of the Vikings, but tales are still told in eel families in South America of the strange man who was not man and the horrors he…

I took it as her initial Viking “lifetime” passing. Notice that she is pleased/excited right up until the end of it. As her friends and loved ones would pass away and leave her behind, she would truly understand the nature of her unique gift.

The first book is also not exactly the finest example of writing... the writing improves as the series goes on. In part, this was intended: she wanted the books to grow with their readers. The first book is intentionally simpler to read.

I have had experiences with a home birth midwife, a hospital midwife, a female OB/GYN who performed a Cesarean, and a male OB/GYN who performed two Cesareans. All three of my boys were Cesareans, the first was a transfer from an attempted home birth, and the second two were attempted VBACs/Trials of Labor. While I…

My favorite is when I’m all, “stuff that’s not polite to discuss at the table,” (because of course the questions always come when we’re eating) and they respond, “No, really, tell me.” My usual answer is something along the lines of “gastrointestinal issues immediately, autoimmune flare issues long-term,” but then…

THIS.

I notice that this time she is draping a lovely little blankie so that the nasty commenters who took issue with her postpartum belly can give it a rest.

Your husband looks like David Tennant? Lucky you! And where does one find a Lego Ten???

Awesome, and definitely a better pricepoint than the other WALL-E / Eve one... and yet both are adorable.

I so wish I had thought of Lego minifigs... sigh. I use them NOW, on birthday cakes. My son’s 5th will have a Lego soccer player and a Lego tennis player, and a whole bunch of random “guys” holding the “Happy Birthday” candles. My 35th (we’re having a joint party) will have Lego Wonder Woman.

According to IMDB, that’d be “Judgment Day,” playing a character called Charlie.

Love how they show the badge of the Frasers (“Je Suis Prest”) when they say MacKenzies.

I never had to read it for school, and found when I tried to read it in my late teens that I couldn't stand it. It took a lot in those days for me to stop a book and not read through to the bitter end.... but somehow, I managed.

HA!

I agree.

This clearly needed to be two separate episodes.

I would wager that's the change in Iris' reaction has as much to do with Linda no longer being with Barry as it does with the lack of city-wide crisis. It certainly clarified her feelings when it looked like Barry might be happy with someone else. Without that as motivating factor, she could keep him as her back-up…