Not only do we ask our kids how their days were, we ask them to name something good and something bad that happened. This gives them a chance to bring up something that might be bothering them with less pressure than just bringing it up out of the blue. They don’t always answer, or they might mumble something, but…

We spend a lot of time in the car and have taken to listening to audio books together. We just finished The Great Gilly Hopkins, this might be a good one to start.

My daughter is 12 and loves to read and is a fantasy fan. She is, what I would call, an advanced reader so she might be able to handle it. I guess I should probably read it first.

What’s the age range of the fantasy series?

If it doesn’t have a hotdog on it how can it be considered a sandwich?

You mean an entire offseason?

The early to mid-90s Chiefs would like a word with you.

*extreme Bill Simmons voice* More importantly, Bob Kraft, did you order the Code Red?

That’s a midwestern guessing west coast prices long put.

Unrelated to shoes but on a recent family overnight trip I got in the shower and my 11yo had scratched “E Was Here” into a bar of soap and stuck it to the wall. Should I be worried?

I say Not Pennys _____ when I see something that doesn’t belong where it is. I get a lot of strange looks.

Too soon?

Fucking Nnnnnn Peppermint Roll

My favorite scene from the series:

I make one too. Chicken, corn tortillas, green chiles, cream of chicken soup and sour cream. Maybe chicken broth, I don’t remember recipe off the top of head but you layer tortillas, then a mix of everything else a few times, top with cheese and bake. Good stuff.

Drew wrote both his mom and dad’s replies.

Spent a couple years watching Smart pull that shit in college. The “flopper” chant was used often when he played.

Just bring them to a boil three times or boil them for a certain amount of time thrice?

Phasma’s amazing ability to escape the trash compactor and get off Starkiller in under 6 minutes only to die after being on the screen less than 6 minutes.