coffee. iphone. YES.

how to serve man.

Lily: Mama, what are some animals that are NOT smart?

me: um...Fish, chickens--

Lily: and CROCODILES!

me: ?

Lily: Crocodiles EAT PEOPLE.

An Apology, Although There's No Excuse

1. my camera broke.

That's it. That's my only reason for being gone so long. Sorrrrry. I'm trying I really am, to appreciate that I can still have this blog without a camera. I just really like pictures.

Okay?

Okay.

O M G

Have y'all seen this?! ! ! ! ! !

www.youtube.com/fromacloset


Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Hilarious. Crazy. ;)

(in the car on the way to school)
me: Lily Clare, do you have your blanket?
Lily: yes.
me: Good, check! Do you have your medicine?
Lily: um...yes!
me: Good, check! Do you have your lunch box?
Lily: yes!
me: Good, good. Check!
Lily: And, of course, mama, I have my pants on.

She Will F*** You Up.

HOW TO: By Lily

1. find your mom when she's really distracted, preferably cooking dinner after a long day
2. ask for a bowl. make sure its really big.
3. go into the bathroom, but not before leaving a trail of clothes
4. fill the bowl with water.
5. dunk head.
6. repeat.

yuck, yuck, yuck. why can't every day be a "driveway morning surprise" morning?
but I guess no one said it would be easy.

1. call doctor, make 5-year check up, questions about health insurance arise
   
2. call health insurance, have to prove I am Lily's mom, they now have more information about me than GOD.
3. spend time navigating through health insurance website.
4. find new doctor, call doctor, make another appointment.
5. call old doctor, cancel appointment, get hung up on.
6. call old doctor back, ask them to CHILL OUT while I ask questions. She is glad that she didn't hang up on me this time, because it turns out we have an outstanding balance.
   
7. call new doctor, get fax number
8. write letter to old doctor, including fax number, requesting immunization information
9. call local elementary school, no answer.
10. call other-choice elementary school, no answer.
11. navigate all over the worst website of all time, that of the LA Unified School District
12. call 2 numbers which give me ooodles of touch-tone options, none of which lead to an actual human

13. change direction all together. buy some chocolate covered pretzels.

14. sweet relief.

early morning driveway surprise

"my 5 year old could do that."

2 years in LA TODAY! ! ! ! !

to celebrate we ate at pinkberry (!) order: green tea. toppings: strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

about living in LA, lily says she likes: going to the beach. the noodle place because they have really good soup and of course their lemonade. "and also, i went to that festival where i got a jewel and a life saver." (Translation: visited Echo Park's Lotus Festival, where Lydia bought her a light saber, and a jewel. really.)

we finished the day with some reading from The Autobiography of Malcom X, which Lily wanted me to read aloud. She thought it was sort of boring, and wanted me to just skip over the part about children begging for pennies.

i skipped the part about children begging for pennies, and she fell asleep. snoring and hogging the bed, like she always does.

good night, Los Angeles. good night, world.

fishing rock

last night was totally glorious, singing and stomping and laughing and banging on pots and pans at spaceland with port o'brien.

please love them. if you don't, things just aren't going to go as well for us as i'd hoped. they're so good it hurts me.

they sing about fishing. and somehow we all relate, and its the best kind of rock n' roll.

my heart broke a little bit

"Mama, I love you more than dinosaurs."

Lily

a slide show: who we is.