Family matters

Tees for tots

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Poppy has reached the stage where she cares about her clothing. She suddenly has a favorite dress (it’s pink and flowery), and she has t-shirts that she won’t wear anymore.

Which brings me to our problem. I’d like to add this shirt from Polly Tod to her wardrobe, but I don’t want to get it if she’s just going to refuse to wear it. It is pink, though, so there’s hope.

Fortunately, I can still shop for Pete without fear of rejection. But I like to think that he’d agree with my assessment that the tin robot onesie is very cool.

Polly Tod has a great collection of cool baby clothes. Here are some more of my favorites:

  • I think Poppy would approve of the Heavy Petals t-shirt. I wish they made it for mommies, too.
  • Rockford would like the Robot Under Construction shirt.
  • The AB/CD logo makes me laugh.
  • I know two babies who would look smashing in My Aunt Rocks gear.

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    • Family matters

    Taking a little time for meme

    Sandi tagged me to do a meme. It was actually be two memes, but I’m going to combine them.

    Five things 25-year-old Nichole didn’t see coming

    • Having two children over a 2-year, 4-month span. I’d always imagined having two kids, but not so close together.
    • Rockford not working in a lab.
    • Planning to move to Holland.
    • Changing that plan.
    • My blog reading and writing habit.

    Five things I was doing 10 years ago

    • Dating Rockford (and most likely pestering him to propose).
    • Working at a Hampton Inn housing lots of FBI agents. It was surreal to see so many guns in the lobby.
    • Driving a red ’92 Chevy Cavalier, which we sold two years later to fund our move to Missouri.
    • Going to class. I don’t remember which classes I was taking in 1998, but I’m willing to bet there was at least one writing class.
    • Falling for Mac.

    Five things on my to-do list today

    • Make dinner.
    • Hem Poppy’s new curtains.
    • Pester Rockford until he puts up the curtain rod in P’s room (some things never change).
    • Clean the bathroom. (Also on yesterday’s list.)
    • Watch “Lost.”

    Five things I will do when I am a millionaire

    • Pay off our debts.
    • Shower my loved ones with fancy gifts.
    • Buy a house.
    • Bury whatever’s left in a jar in the backyard. (Or put it in a savings account.)
    • Hire a personal trainer.

    Five things I will never wear again

    • A marching band uniform.
    • A tennis skirt.
    • Tight-rolled jeans.
    • A Desert Storm t-shirt.
    • Debbie Gibson’s Electric Youth

    Five of my favorite toys

    Five banes of my existence

    • My metabolism.
    • On a related note, my sustained levels of chunkitude.
    • Cleaning the bathroom.
    • Driving.
    • The Affleck.

    I tag these five poor, unsuspecting people

    Reading

    "The Rabbit Factory"

    I wasn’t sure I wanted to finish “The Rabbit Factory
    ” after the first 8 pages. The first character we meet — a man dressed as a cartoon rabbit at an amusement park — is beyond unsavory. He’s quickly dispatched, though, and his departure kicks off Marshall Karp’s impressive first novel.

    Karp’s protagonists, Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs, are the LAPD detectives assigned to the rabbit murder. They’re well drawn and likable — something you don’t always see in mystery novels. The first killing rapidly leads to a second, and the body count climbs as the book proceeds. It’s not a happy story, but it’s nicely paced and pretty suspenseful.

    This is a long book (632 pages), and I think some of it could have been trimmed. One side plot in particular — in which we meet Lomax’s brother — struck me as unnecessary. Overall, though, it was an enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to reading Karp’s next book, “Bloodthirsty.” (Charming title, isn’t it?)