I know. I was ready to sprinkle a light dose of schadenfreude all over this til I read the post.

LO fucking L

Our last hamster got such a heartfelt send off that I couldn’t bear to get the kids another hamster. My oldest (11) dug the hole under the birch tree where he’d sit and give him “outdoor time”. The youngest (7) put on a nice shirt and tie and played his violin (“Ode to Joy”, but really slow so it’d be sad). Then they…

Oh these kids ain’t got nothing on my goldfish funeral. I was about 6 and rounded up all the neighborhood kids to see “Carnival” to the other side (Carnival, I should add, was won at a carnival. I was a creative child). The other kids were all younger than me and I had provided cookies for the reception, so I was…

My 4-year-old daughter just wandered by, saw this picture, pointed to the screen and said; "I want to buy that cat on Monday." Followed by...."What are all those swirly things?" What indeed.....