http://billandjill.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:30:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mum-Mum: "You guys! Why do I have to tell you the same thing over and over? How come every morning you make noise and I have to come in and tell you to be quiet because Sam is still sleeping? Why can't you remember and just do it?" Nate: "Because ... http://billandjill.com/2010/03/03/he-also-did-the-big-arms-with-a-shrug-thing-like-he-was-trying-very-hard-to-explain-this-phenomenon-to-his-dense-mother/ A recent Saturday night. Late. Jill and I are sleeping soundly at opposite ends of the TV Room sectional. I wake up in the flickering darkness and through squinted eye, see Liam between us, nestled back into the deep bend in the middle of the couch, sucking his thumb and staring balefully at the television. ... http://billandjill.com/2010/02/19/floating-head-of-death/ http://billandjill.com/2010/02/13/i-am-the-window/ Nate wanders into the room, dragging a toy broom and a plastic workbench leg. Nate: "Dada, what if I said 'Three Popcorn Leg'? And then... and then you said 'Three Popcorn Leg!'" Dada: "I don't know..." Nate, turning and leaving: "Three Popcorn Leg." Dada: "...how to answer that, man." http://billandjill.com/2010/02/10/snowbound-day-five/ We're getting our third floor ready for human habitation. When we moved in eight years ago, this level had no heat, no AC, and no electricity. It was also home to a well-established bat colony - the largest they'd seen in 5 years, according to the Maryland Department ... http://billandjill.com/2010/02/06/so-this-is-why-jill-was-dressed-up-like-dexter-before-a-kill/