Last night we went swimming when I got home from work. Kyra and Kim had some secret going, whispering back and forth and lots of giggles but I didn’t think much of it: I expected to get pushed into the pool or cannonballed, etc etc.

So I was perplexed when they wanted to go check out the lawn before we swam.

And I didn’t really have any idea what was going on when kyra first threw yogurt at me. I didn’t even realize it was yogurt until I tasted it. And by that time kim was throwing and kyra was going back for seconds.

We finally had the food fight kyra’s been wanting for the last week. Everybody ended up covered in goo and laughing so it was well worth it. We don’t have any pictures because we were all too messy to get the camera so take my word for it: People covered in yogurt look funny.

We’re at Chipotle, I’m eating a burrito bowl with about half a bottle of tabasco on it (I love chipotle tabasco).

Kyra: Can I have a bite daddy?
Me: Sure (gives her a bite)
Kyra: It’s yucky
Zoe: Can I have a bite daddy
Did she want a bite? Who knows, kyra asked and thats enough for here
Me: Sure (Gives her a bite)
Zoe: More?
Me: Ok (Gives her a bite laden with hot sauce)
Zoe: More?

Last night I was eating tofu curry (awesome btw) and zoe came over and took bites as long as I’d let her. Then she had some of the spicy greenbeans we had with it.

The girl likes her spicy food.

Gabriella likes Dora and exposed Zoe to it. Zoe’s pretty impressed with the whole thing and we have some Dora stuff around from Kyra’s Dora phase.

Which is all a way of introducing the point: Zoe always says Dora as D-D-Dora, in mimicry of the intro song. It’s awesome because even when she’s just pointing out Dora somewhere she has to sing ‘D-D-Dora’.

Super Cute.

Math Scores Show No Gap for Girls:

Although boys in high school performed better than girls in math 20 years ago, the researchers found, that is no longer the case. The reason, they said, is simple: Girls used to take fewer advanced math courses than boys, but now they are taking just as many.

Which brings to mind the xkcd cartoon:

Yesterday Kim, Kyra, and Zoe went to the lego store. They bought me presents: A spaceship and a robot. So when I got home from work we (kyra mostly, me and kim helping, zoe picking up the pieces and putting them back in the box everytime we dumped them out) built the robot and then Kyra and Zoe played with it.

They called him Wally because he did look very much like Wall-E. And Kyra had some interesting dialog: Wall-E cleaned up the earth, the doll made it messy, then they both left for space. Zoe was content to have the lego man climb the stairs to Kyras bunk bed over and over.

The takeaway: Both my girls were playing legos last night. And using those lego’s to build space going robots. I am going to be the biggest sucker you’ve ever seen once they get me to the lego store.

Howard zinn for kids. No kidding., originally uploaded by JoshSchulz.

Saw this in barnes and noble this weekend. This is just for those of you who don’t use twitter who I thought would enjoy this.

Looks like it’s aimed at junior high age kids.

Today is Kim and I’s 8th anniversary. It’s an astounding number: We’ve been married more than a quarter of our lives now.

I can say without hesitation that it’s been the best quarter of my life by a wide margin. I remember watching her walk down the aisle, I remember wanting to run to her and hug her and carry her faster. After eight years I still get a thrill when she laughs at my jokes or says my name.

I’m a lucky lucky man.

Move on is giving away Free Obama buttons:

Free Obama Buttons. Go! For $2 they’ll send you a collection of 3.

A flickr user gets struck by lighting while she’s recording video of rain.

Yeah. Struck by lighting. Small children might not enjoy the sound.

She’s fine btw.