I have my niece on video singing the various Wiggles songs. It is the funniest thing I have ever seen (only an aunt can appreciate her true musical talents). She does a great quack quack quack . . . cock a doodle do.
This has to be the most photogenic child ON THE PLANET!
Living in Japan, I'm not usually up late enough to be anywhere near the top of the list, but I'm living dangerously tonight. Go me!
What a sweet picture. Leta will treasure that when she's older.
And the Boohbah thing? That show drives me nuts 'cause they sound like newborn kittens. However, knowing now its power over babies, I may have to re-think my whole Boohbah position. (Now that DOES sound like a breastfeeding reference.)
I hear ya on Top Gun and the first feelings in the "bathroom area"... LOL. Except, mine was with Risky Business. Train scene... wheeee-oooooh I was turned out by a gay man. Who knew?
I agree...but now my sweetie is 18 mo. old and all she does whenever we are near a TV is push the remote control onto us and into our tummies (mine still flabby from having her :) ) and say Bahboo, Bahboo, Bahboo, Bahboo, Bahboo (her version of Boohbah)...getting progressively more and more urgent and loud until she breaks down into a sobbing puddle of baby when we tell her that Boobah is "sleeping." It gets ugly!!! Oh...the horrors of Boohbah addiction...and we never even saw it coming. Elmo can't even compare to Boohbah...
Oh dooce this is a moment captured. That picture made me grin ear to ear. Happy grammie and little leta smooches!
Your readers are smiling today my dear!!
12.03.04 - 06:28 AM
31. beachgal said:
wonderful picture as usual. Do you really call her punkin head?
12.03.04 - 06:28 AM
32. karen said:
This whole blog really inspires me. I mean, my god, what an awsome legacy to leave your daughter! The story of YOUR life. The story of HER life, and the best looking family photo album EVER. Always always, I'm filing little things away - learning and promising to do the same for my future children one day.
12.03.04 - 06:29 AM
33. Laurie said:
I'm still trying to figure out if those are pencils on her sleeves, or a fence..
My niece loves Boobah, but the show that holds total power over her is the Wiggles. (She's 14 months) I cannot express in any coherant way how much I DESPISE the Wiggles. Esp. since I was dragged to see the Wiggles on ice by my sister with her other 3 kids under the age of 10. Wiggles on Ice is my new idea of hell.
And yes, my crackhead sister has 4 kids under the age of 10.
That is a truly gorgeous picture. I'm guessing there are no ugly women in your family, yes?
And you Boobah all you want, sister. People told me I was evil for exposing my kids to the Teletubbies, but we are all still alive and neither of them has drawn an upside-down pentagram on the wall for *weeks* now.
The boohbahs are very, very creepy. I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one who thinks they look like giant penises. And they sound as if they are passing gas.
However, for 30 minutes of peace and quiet, they're worth it.
And, for what it's worth, the Wiggles ROCK!!! But don't you think that Jeff is their Ringo?
12.03.04 - 06:41 AM
43. Kano said:
That is the nice thing about children....They always have smiles....Then we turn into adults
All this "What? Tom Cruise is gay?" talk reminds me of my sister-in-law, Margie. When Freddy Mercury died from AIDS, Margie actually, with no hint of jest or irony, blurted out "I didn't know Freddy Mercury was gay!" And then she put her head back under the rock.
12.03.04 - 06:43 AM
45. Jackie said:
You think Boobah is great... try buying some Baby Einstein DVDs. They saved my sanity, and their much more pleasant for parents too!
We call our girls punkin heads, too. Now whenever our 2.5 yr old wakes up she runs in and calls her daddy a punkin head.
As for Boobah, my 4 yr old calls it Blue Balls. heh heh
12.03.04 - 06:59 AM
54. Jen said:
Your mom is beautiful!! Needless to say, her (Avon, of course)makeup looks perfect. And your little girl has the cutest chub cheeks--so completely edible.
Yeah, who is that mystery man in the orange shirt in the background?? Methinks it's GEORGE! Go GEORGE!
12.03.04 - 07:01 AM
55. Marie said:
I grinned ear to ear just studying Leta's adorable smile!
I wish the internets and blogging had been around when my "li'l tardface"/"doodlebug" was a baby! What a great legacy you're leaving for her Dooce!
We are such new parent wimps that with our monkey's first (mild) cold, we took off work to watch him cough. Even better is that he's back to the same sleep schedule he had at 2 months (he's 5 months now). We're at 9 days right now. I hope this cold is over soon.
That is a verrry cute picture of Leta!!!
PS: Isn't there a clause in the parental contract that says if the first born is a lion, the second is a lamb???
12.03.04 - 07:03 AM
57. meilaan said:
Every time Tom Cruise is on TV, someone in the room has to say, "HEY, DID YOU KNOW TOM CRUISE IS GAY?" It's kind of like that game Slug Bug.
Happily my boys are too old for Boobah, but we survived the Barney & Teletubbies phase just fine. Your mom is beautiful... :)
12.03.04 - 07:06 AM
59. JustMe said:
WOW...that's one of those you want to blow up and send in your Christmas Cards.
SIDENOTE: For oozing sick babies, turn your shower on and steam up the bathroom and go sit in there with her. She will feel SO MUCH BETTER. You can also rub VICKS all over YOUR chest and let her lay next to, on top of you. It's a great trick. Trust me because I have the ever continuous puking child. When she was a baby, she would get a cold, cough, puke. She is three now and still does that. /sidenote
All this bit about what the kids are called/what the kids call us brings to mind a habit I have when I walk into PreK and Kindergarten classrooms. I usually greet the kids with "Hi, Monsters." Early on, they protest that they're not monsters, so I tell them "You're all monsters, but it's the good kind." Later on, they'll respond "Hi, Mister Monster."
This greeting on their part usually carries on into first and second grade. (-:
My kid, I used to call "cutiepie" or "shortstuff." Nowadays (she's 13) I find myself stifling the urge to call her "dumbass." The times, they are a-changin'.
12.03.04 - 07:11 AM
63. kdf said:
I like the sideways thumbs-up Leta's giving to the camera.
The only thing worse than the *possiblity* that Tom Cruise may be gay (I still don't know where that info came from, and refuse to believe it...I just WON'T) is Jessica Simpson's remake of "Take My Breath Away." Such an atrocity.
12.03.04 - 07:13 AM
65. Colleen from NJ said:
Anita, I can only testify that the opposite is true. Our first boy was the easiest baby ever. He tricked me into thinking I had the parenting thing down pat.
Then we had #2, devil child. Now it makes no difference if we have 10 more because I will never be able to empty my bladder alone again.
I do that often. The third one is due 1/1/2004/.
Hope your little monkey's feeling better.
That doesn't sound right at all.
Thank God for Grandmas and Grandpas, and may we all be one of them someday.... but not too soon.
Dooce: LOVE the picture! What a great one! What great smiles Lil Leta has!
The Boobahs are seriously strange little creatures, along the same lines (to me) as the TeleTubbies. Having said that, though, if you say "BoooooBaaaahhhh" in our house, our two year old's head will immediately whip around to see the TV to see if the BoooBaaaahs are on.
Punkin! Hey! WE have a PUNKIN! She's 7 years old now... *sigh*
Think about it. Never seen them at a party together.
12.03.04 - 07:22 AM
68. Julie said:
Blue Balls...I love it! I'm going to have to start calling BoohBah that.
We do call both Boohbah and Baby Einstein Maddy's Baby Crack...but we still let her watch them of course! We aren't THOSE kind of parents! It just sucks now that she's old enough to tell us what she wants and make a huge fuss when we don't bow to her majesty's every TV demand...mainly because we just can't possibly watch those rainbow colored penises anymore!!! Or those very, very weird "story book people" who don't talk, but wear strange clothes and smile way too much and too creepily, and push their "grandmama" and "grandpapa" off chairs or couches and down big hills (ok, ok, I work for an older adult organization), or jump up and down like a jack-n-the-box, and whose "brother" and "sister" story people hold hands and stare at each other just a bit too perversely...
Anyway...if I was going to start over with the baby crack, I'd shoot for Sesame Street. At least there is a lot more variety and you might not get quite so tired of watching it for hours on end...
What a smoochariffic pic. And I love the George sighting. It's like those Loch Ness Monster videos where the "creature" is all blurry in the background. Fun.
Also, my second baby has been absolutely the easiest baby ever on earth. And I thought my first was good. I just say this to comfort and first-timers who are now petrified to have another baby.
PS - My husband calls TC, Tom "Barely Not A Midget" Cruise. He is just jealous.
What the hell is Boobah? I have a 2 year old and I've never heard of it.
I have to agree with whoever it was up there that said Baby Einstein, though. That crap is awesome. I was so disappointed when I heard I was supposed to watch it with him. :P
Our first one was a breeze -- moments after delivery we actually said "We'd do that again!" OUT LOUD.
Our second was born 4-1/2 years later -- we love her to pieces, but WOW, can she scream! A LOT. REALLY REALLY LOUDLY.
So far, our third child (he'll be 1 year old very soon) is a nice combination of his two older sisters. Easy-going like Punkin, and looks a lot like Sweet Pea.
We decided to stop there, though. Why tempt fate, you know?
Actually, your exprience is what I've always heard: easy first child, devil second one. I just wonder if for Dooce's sake, it would be reversed!!!
And since our little monkey takes after his dad (nice, calm), I fully expect our second child to take after me (hellish, stubborn, won't sleep, etc.).
And yes, our little monkey is feeling better! Our house having an electrical fire was the bigger concern by the end of the week!
12.03.04 - 07:43 AM
76. Marie said:
Claude,
I hear ya! I went from calling my kid "doodlebug" and "peepie" (wtf?), to "tardface." (She's 9 now). She responds to it and thinks it's funny. I won't be winning any mother-of-the-year awards any time soon.....c'est la vie!! And w/ the 13 y.o...yeah, I teach 14-15 y.o.s.....I want to call them "dumbass" and MUCH, MUCH more a LOT.....gotta stifle that urge too! :)
I have so say Grandma looks GREAT! You go Avon World Sales Leader! Leta is cute as always!
12.03.04 - 07:53 AM
79. Reader said:
I was looking over your newsletters to your daughter. Beautiful. Really- great idea! I never saw your pics before-you had gorgeous blonde hair! Did it get too hard to manage? I am a natual dark blonde who lightens her hair and is getting pretty tired of the whole root situation-am tempted to go dark again. But- you looked awesome with blonde hair!
12.03.04 - 07:59 AM
80. Sam said:
The Avon World Sales Leader looks like she's sizing Leta up already for "products"...
one of mina's pet names is punkinpie! others include (but are not limited to): minakin skywalker, chunk, chunklet, nugget ("nug" for short), minasaurus rex, and of course the family favorite, sweetney.
i plan on using all of the above up through high school graduation, both in public and private, and -- most importantly -- in front of any potential suitors who might surface along the way.
Your mom looks like one of those women that smells absolutely marvelous. Even after she leaves a room, you can still smell her perfume and all you do is go, "Mmmmmm…"
My mom is one of those women. When I try to wear my mother’s perfume, I just stink.
Mrs. Stray - Your blog is great. Did you win big? (I love that you start with "money issues" and end with "gonna win big" haha)
Once all the group of 6 of us had was $10 to get back home (northern ca) from Reno (and no gas!) So I played a little black jack and got us enough to fill the tank and have breakfast. Gambling's grand. lol
Someday, Leta will inherit that Pig being, ah, "real friendly" with the Peppermint Stick. And someone will have to explain that to her.
"Um, Honey, when a Pig and Hard Candy love each other very VERY much...."
12.03.04 - 08:21 AM
89. Justa Thought... said:
It's a sad state of affairs when you have to type "sealed bag...
and "...with a child-proof lid" in posts about your young child, as if you would be so dumb to give her anything dangerous. Gotta cover yourself these days - no tellin' who's reading your site!!!
12.03.04 - 08:22 AM
90. Tracy said:
That's the grin of a girl who knows that when she hits her teens she will be TOTALLY hooked-up for beauty products.
Leta: "Mom, do you think the internet would like me to wear this shirt or this one?"
Heather: "They like you in horsey shoes. Leta, please put on some socks."
Leta: "Okay, tell Johnny Fever and the Fishes that I said Hi!"
The toy industry is evil. Their goal is for us gullible types to spend thousands of dollars on A TON of plastic items that light up and talk or sing to our babies when really all babies want are boxes. Or bottles. Or bags. Or kitchen utensils (my niece LOVED pots and pans). Or anything BUT toys. And yet, we haven't learned.
It's amazing to me that people invent stories about blubbery colored characters that barely speak, make EXTREMELY low budget shows about them and make MILLIONS of dollars of of it.
I'm surprised that so many of you didn't know that T.C. is a MAN'S MAN in every single sense of the word. Dooce, I actually had a very pleasant conversation with Kelly McGillis when I went to Key West 2 yrs. ago. She owns a restaurant down there, and she checks up on it sometimes. Very nice lady. i wish I'd remembered to ask waht it was like kissing a gay man.
12.03.04 - 08:34 AM
97. patti said:
ew. I would take the Wiggles over Boohbah any day. I only saw Boohbah once and I was going insane from mind-numbness. At least the Wiggles encourage interaction and teach songs from cultures around the world!
dooce, are you goin' soft on us? what happened to the days when rolls of paper towels ran swiftly and freely through the rivers of Tequila and shards of broken glass?
Buying a kid toys before they are three is a waste man. They do not care about the toy, they want only for bits of discarded cardboard and or the phone.
When I was little, my favorite Christmas was when my parents made me and my brother a fort out of cardboard boxes, and put office supplies in it. My own pad of paper! My *own* roll of scotch tape! I was a happy, happy girl.
Looking back, I suppose money was probably pretty tight that year, but boy was I THRILLED with my presents.
12.03.04 - 08:53 AM
107. beachgal said:
When I got a new cell phone, my son got the old one. Cause he absolutely loves phones...he's got like three toy ones and my old cell phone...it's insane....he loves boxes, and pots and pans and wooden spoons, too. Kids are normally so easy to please.
Lmao...we didnt win big. went down a bit, but went back up. I love blackjack. But I am such the mommy type thatr as soon as we "made" 15 bucks I dragged him out of the casino kicking and screaming. We had to get back to the screaming baby anyway....and Thanks!!!
I enjoy your daily photos. the kitchen remodeling disaster, A Year in the Life of Heather's Hair all assist in my daily job. could the internet get a Reflections on Dooce collection(dooce in the mirror)?
12.03.04 - 09:03 AM
112. Claire said:
Hi,
First time commenting--
A couple things:
1. I hail from the DC area and months ago saw the "blog" article in the Washington Post magazine (with your input & photo). My husband said, "Hey, isn't this the blog girl you read about constantly?".
2. Funny you should mention punkin being so motivated to play with household goods--friends of ours once placed a bunch of inflated balloons in a big black trash bag and gave them to their little daughter Sophia as a b-day gift. They're smart I tell ya'--they don't buy any gifts; they leave that to all of their family/friends who don't mind spending a small fortune on toys.
Well I for one refuse to cave into the gay Tom Cruise theory. I've never even heard of speculations so i'm not quite sure where everyone is getting that from! (Unless it's his full luscious hair and girlish complexion..in which case I'll give you that.) Leta is, as always, adorable. Though it looks as if you took an orange pen and did her eyebrows! Where did all that red hair come from? I'm also pleased to say I have absolutely no idea what the hell Boohbah is, and from the way everyone is describing it as "baby crack" I doubt I ever will.
I was reading the blurb when I saw the word 'whatnot'. I swear, I am never going to be able to look or say that word without thinking 'shit'.
I also jumped over to t-shirt hell for my daily dosage of 'omgthatissosick!' fix.
The Olsen twins are sueing them because of a shirt they have out. The article is pretty funny. If you click the link (the one above this comment), it will hopefully take you there.
*warning* the shirts are totally offensive, please don't blame me if you go look at them and say, "I can't believe they are making fun of Christopher Reeves, Britney Spears (sorry Heather, no one is safe on that site) and Ron Artest!"
Bah. I wasn't sure the rules with links... Didn't work. Anyway, just google "tom cruise gay". Haha.
12.03.04 - 09:13 AM
118. ella's ma said:
My daughter loves plastic bowls, the spray bottle we put water in for ironing, and chewing on the bottle of saline nasal spray. Oh yeah, and CD cases, remote controls, the wooden rolling pin.... pretty much anything that didn't come labelled for " 12+ Months".
I was sure I was going to have a devil child with my second (it runs in the family), but I have a little angel instead. He's been sleeping through the night (as in 7pm to 7am) since he was eight weeks old. No shit. He also has three naps a day. My soon to be four-year-old sleeps 11 hours at night and still has a two- to three-hour nap in the afternoon. And they both have lovely personalities to boot. I tell ya, I'm a happy, happy woman. Maybe I should write a book on how to create sleepy kids :)
12.03.04 - 09:14 AM
120. ella's ma said:
P.S. Have you seen The Wiggles? It's super creepy but my daughter dances right along. She hasn't gotten into Boohbah.
And before I forget- GEORGE!
Beautiful Picture. My Mom wants a grankid from me sooooooo bad, it's not even funny. Your mom is really a pretty lady and Leta is just...yummy!
12.03.04 - 09:34 AM
125. Danika said:
First thing I did was search for the lamp in the thumbnail. Sometimes.. I'm a tiny bit disappointed that the thumbnail is so misleading as to what the picture really is. However today I wasn't as disappointed because... well Frog smiles are wonderful.
12.03.04 - 09:43 AM
126. Heather said:
Your story on the Boobah's excited me so. You seem like a woman that can appreciate this. Last week while Christmas shopping with my hubby, we went to Target to look around for toys for our sons, 6 year old Alan and 1 year old Aidan. And low and behold what did we find... BOOBAH'S @ $10.00 a piece. My son Aidan loves the Boobah's and so this discovery excited me so, considering those beautiful (sarcasm) creatures are normally like $30 a piece. So in my state of mind being extremely happy about the price I proceded to shout, in the middle of Target no less "BOOBAHS FOR EVERYONE ON ME!!" With that, my husband took my hand ever so gently and escorted me to the register to pay, and I grabbed my bags full of Boobah and ran out as if the sale were going to end any second and I would be forced to pay, gasp, full price!
The Boobah are stored in my sons closet and every now and then I squeeze the little boohah hand so the music starts, and I watch his little head turn back and forth frantically as if to say "I know you bitches have them, give them up"
12.03.04 - 09:47 AM
127. Julie said:
"Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, cock a doodle do."
The wiggles taught my girl how to do the rooster dance!
Pismire--I'm afraid to admit that my wife and I (momentarily) considered flying down to see him.
We went and saw the Wiggles on tour with my daughters (who adore them) and I have to say it was pretty entertaining. Murray came around and said hi to the kids. And yes, I was a little excited to see him. (Though I couldn't "play the guitar with Murray" if I wanted to.)
While I can admit to its calming effects on young (hyper-ish) children, Boohbah scares the living hell out of adults. Colorful 'blobs' making farting noises...good times.
What great smiles. Baby smiles are the best because the only cares they have in the world include food, sleep and whatnot. It's like pure joy.
The thumbnail kind of looks like an illustration. Cool.
Boobah's - I haven't seen them yet, but I'm hesitating to check them out. If anyone has ever seen the Angel episode with the evil-puppets-from-hell-for-a-kid's-show, they'll know why. Instead of baby crack, the Boobahs could truly be Satan and his minions.
It's hard to say which one looks the happier. Fabulous photo - definately one for the album!
12.03.04 - 10:10 AM
132. Julie said:
My brother-in-law had never seen Boohbah before but saw them at Thanksgiving at our house. He said that whoever was writing that show was hoarding all the good drugs and needed to share...apparently he thought it might be a really good show if you were under the influence.
Aaron: When I first heard of The Wiggles and saw their show, I have to admit, I was scared. But after I've seen how excited they make my niece, I, too, would consider seeing their "live" show. Or I would even go crazy and head to Vegas, if our Greg was still there singing his heart out.
It's amazing how much babies love getting their photo taken. I don't think there's an adult in the world that can smile that genuinely or brightly on cue.
Pismire: When I was on maternity leave with our second child, Sweet Pea, our oldest (then 4-1/2 yrs) watched the Wiggles as much as she could. By the time I had to return to work (12 weeks later) I think I'd heard every Wiggles song three times, and was hearing the lyrics in my head during office hours.
(These days, I just quote from Finding Nemo -- from the days of my maternity leave with our last one)
Heather: Your story about buying up the Boobahs cracked me up! Especially the end "I know you have 'em!" Hee hee...
Pismire--No doubt they come off as total weird-o's. It wasn't until I read that Greg started the Wiggles to give his daughter and her school a "music class" that I began to see that these guys are basically a bunch of dads who love their kids and are being goofy to make them happy.
Just put Boobah in Google to see what it was. Five minutes later I came to ...I am at work for heaven's sake! Heaven help me, it is better that Solitare. I'm doomed. I am 50 in February. I'm a grown up...I thought.
Very beautiful picture of Leta. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Julie. But look out! You shouldn't be posting things on these comments that are in any way out of context.
God forbid that a website dedicated to out-of-context photos of pig-peppermint-fucking, George!FecalMatter, *fuck* language, and (public) drunkenness (among other things) have readers who would post out-of-context comments.
God forbid we actually talk to one another in a mode of discussion celebrated BY THIS VERY HOST.
Cuz we all know that the internet is a place of controlled, logically oriented, modern discussion. (much like TV and Radio) (yes, that was sarcasm).
Could the people opposing this kind of discussion please get off their high-horses and watch Springer, or something?
dooce said at 05:29PM, 12.01.2004:
i opened up comments here for a reason, for all of you. and i say, do what you will. go wild or don’t go wild, just don’t be mean to the other commenters or to me or to my granny or to geroge or to my ma or to my mailman.
or to britney.
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so STFU. (seriously)
12.03.04 - 11:04 AM
152. Danielle said:
Aaron, I've been a little confused by what can seem like mixed messages (dooce's comment the other day vs the blurbomat post), but at least a few of us have decided to comment less (see the end of yesterday if you are wondering what I mean).
So, my one comment for today is that this really is a great picture. Your mom looks so happy and Leta looks thrilled, it makes me smile to look at it.
12.03.04 - 11:11 AM
153. Julie said:
Oh Aaron - Wow...I was just trying to fucking introduce you to the goddamn joys of the fucking Wiggles. It's actually a shitlicking good time. I'm sorry you've never seen it the truth that is the Wiggles and Boohbah. Like Mormonism, and Catholism - which is what gave me MY guilt to last my entire life - the Wiggles and Boohbah are a higher power than you'll ever find on this earth. I'm only trying to be a fucking Boohbah and Wiggles ambassador here...trying to convert those fuckheads who have never seen them or heard the addiction-prone siren songs of the Boohbah and Wiggle studs - God, they are fucking sexy - belt out daily from my fucking tv. It is obvious from your posting that you've never encountered the glorious muzak that is D-O-R-O-T-H-Y or Hot Potato, Hot Potato. I was only trying to lure you to turn on your TV just once...once you start, we'll have you for good.
Jon's post on his website is from his perspective, and I think it's thought provoking and well written. THAT DOES NOT MEAN that I ever wanted people to stop what they're doing or saying over here. He just had an idea and he wrote about it.
Therefore, commence and reconvene. You all have my blessing.
i am beginning to think two things. one, i don't take enough pictures of my kids (but i have two and so far less time than i did when i had one). two, Leta wears that shirt a lot. do you need shirts? i can send shirts.
i can't really. i don't have extras. but it was a joke. i was kidding. i like her shirt. have just seen it a number of times. it's cute. it really is.
12.03.04 - 11:14 AM
156. Laurie said:
I used to be scared of the freakishness of the Teletubbies as well. Very trippy, with that baby in the sun? My brother-in law is a pediatric surgeon and he explained to me that at a certain stage in a babies development they are obbsessed with colors and sounds. They are starting to recognize shapes, which is why the sun that seems so freaky to me, is so intresting to a 11 month old. W
So the teletubbies actually assists in early brain development. Which is even scarier in my opinion.
12.03.04 - 11:15 AM
157. beachgal said:
You've seen the shirt so much, because Dooce is obviously posting a string of pictures from when Leta wore the shirt on Turkey Day. Or not?
Julie. I'm laughing out loud. Don't make me drink rosy tea and spew it out my nose.
So, is Anthony a hunk?
12.03.04 - 11:19 AM
160. Tracy said:
Aaron - a couple of days ago, Heather basically said she doesn't mind off-topic comments. It's just that the sheer volume and nature of them seemed to be getting to the point of being more appropriate for another venue, like an IRC channel... Which was suggested, and might still be a good idea for people who met here and want a place to chat with each other and not overwhelm the Dooce forum. *shrug* Just saying.
12.03.04 - 11:20 AM
161. reenie said:
Great picture!
Love the thumbnail.
BTW, in your "How to Annoy Me" section today - are you talking about Chuck or Leta?
This is from the apple iPod site:
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The iTunes Music Store features more than 8,000 audiobooks. Listen to Madonna narrate “The English Roses†or laugh at Steve Martin.
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why would anyone want to listen to Madonna laughing at Steve Martin?
12.03.04 - 11:22 AM
164. reenie said:
Oh, and Boobah or whateverthehell it is scares me.
12.03.04 - 11:22 AM
165. Julie said:
yeah, unfortunately, I think Anthony is a gay hunk :(
I think they are all gay...there goes the fantasies. What else am I supposed to do while my hubbies at work and I'm all alone watching the Wiggles with my babe?
There's also a guy named Captain Feathersword who tickles everyone with his sword made out of a feather. So, if you're gay...the show might be right up your alley (again with the Wiggles ambassadorship....)
Tracy--I think you're right. First off, this is a comments section acting like a Forum because there is no Forum on the website. I think Dooce would do itself (herself?) some good by giving readers a space to have forums discussion, as well, and separate out the comments from the discussion.
It would certainly be easier to manage.
However, (and this is the problem with the criticism delivered by other users), Dooce made it this way. There is no forums section. It doesn't exist. Comments and Forum are one and the same. So.. there you have it.
Julie: For the last time, I'm not gay. Also, we actually do own a feathersword.
12.03.04 - 11:25 AM
170. Julie said:
How did we even get on Boohbah and the Wiggles anyway??? Guess it's such a big part of some of our lives, once you hear the word, you're just so glad to have SOMEONE to talk to about it, like Boohbah therapy, that you can't stop!!!!
i love boobah - i think because they look like little sparkling sugar-coated-jelly-gumdrops and i want to eat them. my kids are only slightly drawn to them, though. they prefer dora-the-explorer: dih-dih-dih-dih-dih-dora. kids tv - nick jr. in particular - is driving me over the edge of sanity - lazytown's puppet-people creep me out. have you seen that? ew.
my sister and her boyfriend were puppeteers on LazyTown, and i visited the set while i visited them in Iceland.
that being said, yes, they are creepy.
12.03.04 - 11:38 AM
173. Julie said:
Oh well...works done and I'm gone. Sorry to stir up so many Boohbah is crack emotions! But they are crack (fucking crack to you Aaron)! We need a support group for this. I have never felt so Boohbah-free in my life! Whoohoo - the freedom, the relief, the soaring feeling....
Us young moms (and dads too) don't realize what the damn Boohbahs and Wiggles are doing to us. Maybe they're slowly taking over the world...one parent at a time...until it's too late...
Just a matter of time before an army of kids will be coming down the road at us screaming "Boohbah....Boohbah..." and making farting noises...before exposing their neon colored penises...
Maybe that support group is a good idea...
PS - Featherswords ARE fun!
12.03.04 - 11:38 AM
174. Bob said:
I've just Googled the Boobah for the first time, and all I can say is that they look like very short and chubby circumcised willies! Sorry to point this out, but I felt it needed to be shared
Laurie: I think a lot of people don't get that about most young children's programming. I remember not so long ago when people were all up in arms about Mr. Rogers because he's boring/slow/too quiet/whatever. Hey, mom: he's not talking to YOU. He's speaking one-on-one with a three year old. And they certainly respond(ed) to him appropriately. My kid (and others I've seen) would sit in and watch Fred do his thing; fascinated. They'd talk back to him. They were actively engaged with a TV show. It wasn't Winky Dink (he said, showing his age), but it was very much a two-way street.
Later on, we got a similar vibe about Barney. I had no complaint about Barney; again, he's a decent role model and he's meant for very young children. I did, however, have a problem with Baby Bop. It seemed like the lesson you got from her was that you could get what you wanted by whining. There's a yellow dinosaur in the show now too, but my kid grew out of her by then, so I can't comment on that one.
I just read about Chuck licking the couch... must be a mutt thing because my dog (100% mutt) licks huge spots on the couch or even grosser, the pillows on our bed (don't tell but I usually just turn it over, too lazy to do laundry)
12.03.04 - 12:12 PM
181. JM said:
BooBahs scare me but I still let my daughter watch them. Why? Becasue SHE WATCHES THEM.
I was on my treadmill during Oprah yesterday and almost fell off because I was crying and couldn't see.
Andrea--I'd do absolutely nothing, and nobody's entitled to anything.
If Dooce doesn't want forum talk, then say so. Or have us register and manage users.
Or, separate Forums and Comments. Or, keep comments shut down.
That's not how it is, though. The comments section is open for anyone/anything. If you have a problem with it, tell Dooce, not the people who are complying with Dooce's policy.
1. pismire said:
Aaron: Ha! Greg has a lounge act, huh? And he performed in Vegas no less. I wonder if he wears his classic yellow shirt.
2. pismire said:
I have my niece on video singing the various Wiggles songs. It is the funniest thing I have ever seen (only an aunt can appreciate her true musical talents). She does a great quack quack quack . . . cock a doodle do.
3. Liz said:
Punkins!
4. kassie said:
Is that George in the background? George!
5. Chloe said:
I'm so near the top!
And the punkin is adorable (as is your mom, of course.)
6. Liz said:
What's on her shirt? I can make out a ribbon, but that's all. Wait. Horses?
7. Cheryl said:
Is that your mom the Avon Sales Leader holding cutest baby EVER!!
8. CurrtDawg said:
This has to be the most photogenic child ON THE PLANET!
Living in Japan, I'm not usually up late enough to be anywhere near the top of the list, but I'm living dangerously tonight. Go me!
9. am said:
Too cute!
10. Red said:
Awww Thats so sweet
11. LadyBug said:
What a sweet picture. Leta will treasure that when she's older.
And the Boohbah thing? That show drives me nuts 'cause they sound like newborn kittens. However, knowing now its power over babies, I may have to re-think my whole Boohbah position. (Now that DOES sound like a breastfeeding reference.)
*Goes to get baby and check TV schedule.*
12. Chris From Ohio said:
Leta: "Grandmommie, your skin is so soft... What sort of skin care product do you use?"
13. Julie said:
Back to Boobah...
Boobah is Baby Crack. Keep Leta far, far away!
14. Terri said:
That smile is adorable!
15. DeeGee said:
I'm sorry... What the heck is a Boohbah?
I hear ya on Top Gun and the first feelings in the "bathroom area"... LOL. Except, mine was with Risky Business. Train scene... wheeee-oooooh I was turned out by a gay man. Who knew?
16. Carrie said:
They both look so happy. What a damn great picture.
17. jenny said:
that's the best Leta smile, ever :)
18. Kieran said:
Damn that kid is cute! And I dont mean like a Fat girl who is cute if she lost weight, i mean cute as in a bunny rabbit
19. MelissaS said:
Julie I think sometimes you just really need your baby to have crack.
20. Dre said:
Do you think my co-workers would look at me funny if I started pinching and smooching at my computer monitor?
21. Sarah said:
GEORGE!
And can I tell you how much I love that cowboy shirt?
22. Jenny said:
Do I spy a fuzzy GEORGE! in the background!!?!?!
23. Julie said:
I agree...but now my sweetie is 18 mo. old and all she does whenever we are near a TV is push the remote control onto us and into our tummies (mine still flabby from having her :) ) and say Bahboo, Bahboo, Bahboo, Bahboo, Bahboo (her version of Boohbah)...getting progressively more and more urgent and loud until she breaks down into a sobbing puddle of baby when we tell her that Boobah is "sleeping." It gets ugly!!! Oh...the horrors of Boohbah addiction...and we never even saw it coming. Elmo can't even compare to Boohbah...
24. red said:
your mother is absolutely gorgeous.
25. hayley said:
it's so *not* a cowboy shirt. it's english-horse-jumping-show paraphernalia.
26. David said:
First time and even in the top 50. I'm flattered.
But TC gay? Isn't being a scientologist enough?
27. KS said:
My husband always cracks me up by singing "Pooo-baaall" in place of the melodic "Boooh-baaah!"
28. H in Chicago said:
Did I miss a public announcement that Tom Cruise is gay or is this all conjecture on your part??????
29. Liz said:
Boohbah is crack. The first time I saw it I had no clue what it was. Twenty-one minutes later? Nope, still don't.
30. Jennifer said:
Oh dooce this is a moment captured. That picture made me grin ear to ear. Happy grammie and little leta smooches!
Your readers are smiling today my dear!!
31. beachgal said:
wonderful picture as usual. Do you really call her punkin head?
32. karen said:
This whole blog really inspires me. I mean, my god, what an awsome legacy to leave your daughter! The story of YOUR life. The story of HER life, and the best looking family photo album EVER. Always always, I'm filing little things away - learning and promising to do the same for my future children one day.
33. Laurie said:
I'm still trying to figure out if those are pencils on her sleeves, or a fence..
My niece loves Boobah, but the show that holds total power over her is the Wiggles. (She's 14 months) I cannot express in any coherant way how much I DESPISE the Wiggles. Esp. since I was dragged to see the Wiggles on ice by my sister with her other 3 kids under the age of 10. Wiggles on Ice is my new idea of hell.
And yes, my crackhead sister has 4 kids under the age of 10.
34. Jennifer said:
look it's GEORGE! in the Background!! yeah GEORGE!
35. Miss Kimberley said:
I don't think Tom Cruise is gay, but I DO think he is an android of some kind. He has definately been assimilated.
36. Nieuki said:
This is freaky: http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
Maybe I'm scared to have kids and
learn about all of these creatures.
37. Badger said:
That is a truly gorgeous picture. I'm guessing there are no ugly women in your family, yes?
And you Boobah all you want, sister. People told me I was evil for exposing my kids to the Teletubbies, but we are all still alive and neither of them has drawn an upside-down pentagram on the wall for *weeks* now.
38. Airea said:
Leta is seriously to cute!
39. James said:
Rrrrrr. She's so freaking cute, I cannot stand it. Can't stands it, I say!
I need to figure out what Boohbah is for my nephews. It kind of weirds me out b/c my friend and I always refer to breasts as boobahs. Heh.
40. Em said:
That is some love and cuteness right there.
Must. Eat. That. Face!
41. tiffany said:
Beautiful warm shot. I love the way you cropped it for the little thumbnail. :-)
42. Laurie G. said:
The boohbahs are very, very creepy. I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one who thinks they look like giant penises. And they sound as if they are passing gas.
However, for 30 minutes of peace and quiet, they're worth it.
And, for what it's worth, the Wiggles ROCK!!! But don't you think that Jeff is their Ringo?
43. Kano said:
That is the nice thing about children....They always have smiles....Then we turn into adults
44. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
All this "What? Tom Cruise is gay?" talk reminds me of my sister-in-law, Margie. When Freddy Mercury died from AIDS, Margie actually, with no hint of jest or irony, blurted out "I didn't know Freddy Mercury was gay!" And then she put her head back under the rock.
45. Jackie said:
You think Boobah is great... try buying some Baby Einstein DVDs. They saved my sanity, and their much more pleasant for parents too!
46. Joan said:
Sheryl must be sleeping.
47. Biggest Apple said:
Leta: " Dude! I am sooo going to hurl"
48. Susan said:
I have a Punkin, but she is a cat.
49. Biggest Apple said:
hey forget Tom Cruise - my sister-in-law didn't realize George Michael was gay until about a year ago!!!! She was devistated.
50. kim said:
there it is again: the horse-shirt.
51. arielle said:
my little cousin jillian (for whom i babysit frequently) calls it "beebah" and will not eat lunch without it on.
52. manda said:
I think the Avon World Sales Leader looks kind of like a Mary Kay Lady...
Leta is adorable!
53. girl said:
We call our girls punkin heads, too. Now whenever our 2.5 yr old wakes up she runs in and calls her daddy a punkin head.
As for Boobah, my 4 yr old calls it Blue Balls. heh heh
54. Jen said:
Your mom is beautiful!! Needless to say, her (Avon, of course)makeup looks perfect. And your little girl has the cutest chub cheeks--so completely edible.
Yeah, who is that mystery man in the orange shirt in the background?? Methinks it's GEORGE! Go GEORGE!
55. Marie said:
I grinned ear to ear just studying Leta's adorable smile!
I wish the internets and blogging had been around when my "li'l tardface"/"doodlebug" was a baby! What a great legacy you're leaving for her Dooce!
56. Anita said:
We are such new parent wimps that with our monkey's first (mild) cold, we took off work to watch him cough. Even better is that he's back to the same sleep schedule he had at 2 months (he's 5 months now). We're at 9 days right now. I hope this cold is over soon.
That is a verrry cute picture of Leta!!!
PS: Isn't there a clause in the parental contract that says if the first born is a lion, the second is a lamb???
57. meilaan said:
Every time Tom Cruise is on TV, someone in the room has to say, "HEY, DID YOU KNOW TOM CRUISE IS GAY?" It's kind of like that game Slug Bug.
58. TracyDee said:
Happily my boys are too old for Boobah, but we survived the Barney & Teletubbies phase just fine. Your mom is beautiful... :)
59. JustMe said:
WOW...that's one of those you want to blow up and send in your Christmas Cards.
SIDENOTE: For oozing sick babies, turn your shower on and steam up the bathroom and go sit in there with her. She will feel SO MUCH BETTER. You can also rub VICKS all over YOUR chest and let her lay next to, on top of you. It's a great trick. Trust me because I have the ever continuous puking child. When she was a baby, she would get a cold, cough, puke. She is three now and still does that. /sidenote
60. Thalia said:
Awww, hurray for family bonding time!
61. Regan said:
grandmas make everything better!
62. Claude said:
All this bit about what the kids are called/what the kids call us brings to mind a habit I have when I walk into PreK and Kindergarten classrooms. I usually greet the kids with "Hi, Monsters." Early on, they protest that they're not monsters, so I tell them "You're all monsters, but it's the good kind." Later on, they'll respond "Hi, Mister Monster."
This greeting on their part usually carries on into first and second grade. (-:
My kid, I used to call "cutiepie" or "shortstuff." Nowadays (she's 13) I find myself stifling the urge to call her "dumbass." The times, they are a-changin'.
63. kdf said:
I like the sideways thumbs-up Leta's giving to the camera.
64. LadyBug said:
The only thing worse than the *possiblity* that Tom Cruise may be gay (I still don't know where that info came from, and refuse to believe it...I just WON'T) is Jessica Simpson's remake of "Take My Breath Away." Such an atrocity.
65. Colleen from NJ said:
Anita, I can only testify that the opposite is true. Our first boy was the easiest baby ever. He tricked me into thinking I had the parenting thing down pat.
Then we had #2, devil child. Now it makes no difference if we have 10 more because I will never be able to empty my bladder alone again.
I do that often. The third one is due 1/1/2004/.
Hope your little monkey's feeling better.
That doesn't sound right at all.
Thank God for Grandmas and Grandpas, and may we all be one of them someday.... but not too soon.
66. Circus Kelli said:
Badger: Heh -- weeks now, huh? That's great! :)
Dooce: LOVE the picture! What a great one! What great smiles Lil Leta has!
The Boobahs are seriously strange little creatures, along the same lines (to me) as the TeleTubbies. Having said that, though, if you say "BoooooBaaaahhhh" in our house, our two year old's head will immediately whip around to see the TV to see if the BoooBaaaahs are on.
Punkin! Hey! WE have a PUNKIN! She's 7 years old now... *sigh*
67. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Separated at birth: George and Tom Cruise.
Think about it. Never seen them at a party together.
68. Julie said:
Blue Balls...I love it! I'm going to have to start calling BoohBah that.
We do call both Boohbah and Baby Einstein Maddy's Baby Crack...but we still let her watch them of course! We aren't THOSE kind of parents! It just sucks now that she's old enough to tell us what she wants and make a huge fuss when we don't bow to her majesty's every TV demand...mainly because we just can't possibly watch those rainbow colored penises anymore!!! Or those very, very weird "story book people" who don't talk, but wear strange clothes and smile way too much and too creepily, and push their "grandmama" and "grandpapa" off chairs or couches and down big hills (ok, ok, I work for an older adult organization), or jump up and down like a jack-n-the-box, and whose "brother" and "sister" story people hold hands and stare at each other just a bit too perversely...
Anyway...if I was going to start over with the baby crack, I'd shoot for Sesame Street. At least there is a lot more variety and you might not get quite so tired of watching it for hours on end...
69. christy said:
What a smoochariffic pic. And I love the George sighting. It's like those Loch Ness Monster videos where the "creature" is all blurry in the background. Fun.
Also, my second baby has been absolutely the easiest baby ever on earth. And I thought my first was good. I just say this to comfort and first-timers who are now petrified to have another baby.
PS - My husband calls TC, Tom "Barely Not A Midget" Cruise. He is just jealous.
70. Paige said:
What the hell is Boobah? I have a 2 year old and I've never heard of it.
I have to agree with whoever it was up there that said Baby Einstein, though. That crap is awesome. I was so disappointed when I heard I was supposed to watch it with him. :P
71. Circus Kelli said:
We have three kids.
Our first one was a breeze -- moments after delivery we actually said "We'd do that again!" OUT LOUD.
Our second was born 4-1/2 years later -- we love her to pieces, but WOW, can she scream! A LOT. REALLY REALLY LOUDLY.
So far, our third child (he'll be 1 year old very soon) is a nice combination of his two older sisters. Easy-going like Punkin, and looks a lot like Sweet Pea.
We decided to stop there, though. Why tempt fate, you know?
72. Dumbfounded said:
Wait... Tom Cruise IS GAY?!
73. Laurie G. said:
Circus Kelli,
Good eye. Boohbahs are from the producers of the Teletubbies.
Those people must have some seriously strong drugs.
74. Jenny Mahler said:
Wow, I can tell just from the picture that the woman could totally sell me Avon products.
75. Anita said:
Colleen from NJ--
Actually, your exprience is what I've always heard: easy first child, devil second one. I just wonder if for Dooce's sake, it would be reversed!!!
And since our little monkey takes after his dad (nice, calm), I fully expect our second child to take after me (hellish, stubborn, won't sleep, etc.).
And yes, our little monkey is feeling better! Our house having an electrical fire was the bigger concern by the end of the week!
76. Marie said:
Claude,
I hear ya! I went from calling my kid "doodlebug" and "peepie" (wtf?), to "tardface." (She's 9 now). She responds to it and thinks it's funny. I won't be winning any mother-of-the-year awards any time soon.....c'est la vie!! And w/ the 13 y.o...yeah, I teach 14-15 y.o.s.....I want to call them "dumbass" and MUCH, MUCH more a LOT.....gotta stifle that urge too! :)
77. Paula said:
So adorable!
I see George too!
78. Stephanie said:
I have so say Grandma looks GREAT! You go Avon World Sales Leader! Leta is cute as always!
79. Reader said:
I was looking over your newsletters to your daughter. Beautiful. Really- great idea! I never saw your pics before-you had gorgeous blonde hair! Did it get too hard to manage? I am a natual dark blonde who lightens her hair and is getting pretty tired of the whole root situation-am tempted to go dark again. But- you looked awesome with blonde hair!
80. Sam said:
The Avon World Sales Leader looks like she's sizing Leta up already for "products"...
81. sweetney said:
one of mina's pet names is punkinpie! others include (but are not limited to): minakin skywalker, chunk, chunklet, nugget ("nug" for short), minasaurus rex, and of course the family favorite, sweetney.
i plan on using all of the above up through high school graduation, both in public and private, and -- most importantly -- in front of any potential suitors who might surface along the way.
82. Mrs.Stray said:
You know Grandma is trying to figure what shade of lipstick would look best on Leta.
Why oh why did you have to tell me Tom was gay? Maybe he is just Bi-curious...OK.
83. Mrs.Stray said:
Umm yeah, I had no clue clicking on names would open a whole world of blogdom. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee. Me first me first!
84. Alex said:
Your mom looks like one of those women that smells absolutely marvelous. Even after she leaves a room, you can still smell her perfume and all you do is go, "Mmmmmm…"
My mom is one of those women. When I try to wear my mother’s perfume, I just stink.
85. Littlehoney said:
Mrs. Stray - Your blog is great. Did you win big? (I love that you start with "money issues" and end with "gonna win big" haha)
Once all the group of 6 of us had was $10 to get back home (northern ca) from Reno (and no gas!) So I played a little black jack and got us enough to fill the tank and have breakfast. Gambling's grand. lol
86. eeyorena said:
Gramma is actually thinking pre-lipstick.
"Hmmm. Maybe she is a Summer. No, a Spring. Perhaps I should do a ColorMatch session just to be sure..."
87. JulieT said:
I also checked out http://www.boohbah.com/zone.htm (having never heard of Boohbah). What a FREAK SHOW!
Leta is a doll and she's getting so big!
88. jm said:
Someday, Leta will inherit that Pig being, ah, "real friendly" with the Peppermint Stick. And someone will have to explain that to her.
"Um, Honey, when a Pig and Hard Candy love each other very VERY much...."
89. Justa Thought... said:
It's a sad state of affairs when you have to type "sealed bag...
and "...with a child-proof lid" in posts about your young child, as if you would be so dumb to give her anything dangerous. Gotta cover yourself these days - no tellin' who's reading your site!!!
90. Tracy said:
That's the grin of a girl who knows that when she hits her teens she will be TOTALLY hooked-up for beauty products.
91. Kristine said:
Damn, she is getting big!
Can you imagine when she starts school?
Leta: "Mom, do you think the internet would like me to wear this shirt or this one?"
Heather: "They like you in horsey shoes. Leta, please put on some socks."
Leta: "Okay, tell Johnny Fever and the Fishes that I said Hi!"
92. Kristine said:
hee hee, I wrote horsey shoes.
I was telling my daughters to get shoes on for school (we leave in 4 minutes) and was typing at the same time.
93. pismire said:
The toy industry is evil. Their goal is for us gullible types to spend thousands of dollars on A TON of plastic items that light up and talk or sing to our babies when really all babies want are boxes. Or bottles. Or bags. Or kitchen utensils (my niece LOVED pots and pans). Or anything BUT toys. And yet, we haven't learned.
94. JulieT said:
It's amazing to me that people invent stories about blubbery colored characters that barely speak, make EXTREMELY low budget shows about them and make MILLIONS of dollars of of it.
95. victoria said:
Your mom is gorgeous.
96. SuMMer said:
I'm surprised that so many of you didn't know that T.C. is a MAN'S MAN in every single sense of the word. Dooce, I actually had a very pleasant conversation with Kelly McGillis when I went to Key West 2 yrs. ago. She owns a restaurant down there, and she checks up on it sometimes. Very nice lady. i wish I'd remembered to ask waht it was like kissing a gay man.
97. patti said:
ew. I would take the Wiggles over Boohbah any day. I only saw Boohbah once and I was going insane from mind-numbness. At least the Wiggles encourage interaction and teach songs from cultures around the world!
98. The Mighty Jimbo said:
there go my ovaries again.
99. beachgal said:
Good one, Jimbo....but tugs or no tugs at the ovaries, I'm done with ONE!
100. jenB said:
my punkin is watching Boobah RIGHT NOW so I can smurf me some blogs.
101. Andreah said:
The Avon world sales leader is gorgeous! You definitely have beauty running in your genes. Or, should I say Jeans?
Oh, hardy har-har I crack my shit up!
102. liz said:
a SEALED Halls bag?
dooce, are you goin' soft on us? what happened to the days when rolls of paper towels ran swiftly and freely through the rivers of Tequila and shards of broken glass?
103. Aaron said:
Is that a blurry George(!) in the background?
104. Erin said:
Buying a kid toys before they are three is a waste man. They do not care about the toy, they want only for bits of discarded cardboard and or the phone.
105. Cora's Mommy said:
Hey, Cora's name is Punkin head!
106. lulu cornichon said:
When I was little, my favorite Christmas was when my parents made me and my brother a fort out of cardboard boxes, and put office supplies in it. My own pad of paper! My *own* roll of scotch tape! I was a happy, happy girl.
Looking back, I suppose money was probably pretty tight that year, but boy was I THRILLED with my presents.
107. beachgal said:
When I got a new cell phone, my son got the old one. Cause he absolutely loves phones...he's got like three toy ones and my old cell phone...it's insane....he loves boxes, and pots and pans and wooden spoons, too. Kids are normally so easy to please.
108. Mrs.Stray said:
~~~LittleHoney~~~
Lmao...we didnt win big. went down a bit, but went back up. I love blackjack. But I am such the mommy type thatr as soon as we "made" 15 bucks I dragged him out of the casino kicking and screaming. We had to get back to the screaming baby anyway....and Thanks!!!
109. Cora's Mommy said:
Just read yesterday's....Tom Cruise is gay? Did I miss something?????
110. lavonne said:
Tom Cruise is gay--right. OF FRANCE!
111. Tek said:
I enjoy your daily photos. the kitchen remodeling disaster, A Year in the Life of Heather's Hair all assist in my daily job. could the internet get a Reflections on Dooce collection(dooce in the mirror)?
112. Claire said:
Hi,
First time commenting--
A couple things:
1. I hail from the DC area and months ago saw the "blog" article in the Washington Post magazine (with your input & photo). My husband said, "Hey, isn't this the blog girl you read about constantly?".
2. Funny you should mention punkin being so motivated to play with household goods--friends of ours once placed a bunch of inflated balloons in a big black trash bag and gave them to their little daughter Sophia as a b-day gift. They're smart I tell ya'--they don't buy any gifts; they leave that to all of their family/friends who don't mind spending a small fortune on toys.
113. Maggie said:
Well I for one refuse to cave into the gay Tom Cruise theory. I've never even heard of speculations so i'm not quite sure where everyone is getting that from! (Unless it's his full luscious hair and girlish complexion..in which case I'll give you that.) Leta is, as always, adorable. Though it looks as if you took an orange pen and did her eyebrows! Where did all that red hair come from? I'm also pleased to say I have absolutely no idea what the hell Boohbah is, and from the way everyone is describing it as "baby crack" I doubt I ever will.
114. Tshirthell & OlsenTwins said:
Whatnot.
I was reading the blurb when I saw the word 'whatnot'. I swear, I am never going to be able to look or say that word without thinking 'shit'.
I also jumped over to t-shirt hell for my daily dosage of 'omgthatissosick!' fix.
The Olsen twins are sueing them because of a shirt they have out. The article is pretty funny. If you click the link (the one above this comment), it will hopefully take you there.
*warning* the shirts are totally offensive, please don't blame me if you go look at them and say, "I can't believe they are making fun of Christopher Reeves, Britney Spears (sorry Heather, no one is safe on that site) and Ron Artest!"
Kristine
115. stella said:
Heater, do you use avon products?
116. Jaclyn said:
Tom Cruise gay.
This was a few years ago. I don't remember hearing anything about it, but then I do live under a rock.
117. Jaclyn said:
Bah. I wasn't sure the rules with links... Didn't work. Anyway, just google "tom cruise gay". Haha.
118. ella's ma said:
My daughter loves plastic bowls, the spray bottle we put water in for ironing, and chewing on the bottle of saline nasal spray. Oh yeah, and CD cases, remote controls, the wooden rolling pin.... pretty much anything that didn't come labelled for " 12+ Months".
119. Shmee said:
I was sure I was going to have a devil child with my second (it runs in the family), but I have a little angel instead. He's been sleeping through the night (as in 7pm to 7am) since he was eight weeks old. No shit. He also has three naps a day. My soon to be four-year-old sleeps 11 hours at night and still has a two- to three-hour nap in the afternoon. And they both have lovely personalities to boot. I tell ya, I'm a happy, happy woman. Maybe I should write a book on how to create sleepy kids :)
120. ella's ma said:
P.S. Have you seen The Wiggles? It's super creepy but my daughter dances right along. She hasn't gotten into Boohbah.
And before I forget- GEORGE!
121. pismire said:
The Wiggles are fantastic. "Fruit salad . . . yummy, yummy . . ."
122. Aaron said:
Did you know Greg has his own lounge act? Yeah. He performed in Vegas.
123. Rachel said:
Adorable picture!!!
124. Christilee said:
Beautiful Picture. My Mom wants a grankid from me sooooooo bad, it's not even funny. Your mom is really a pretty lady and Leta is just...yummy!
125. Danika said:
First thing I did was search for the lamp in the thumbnail. Sometimes.. I'm a tiny bit disappointed that the thumbnail is so misleading as to what the picture really is. However today I wasn't as disappointed because... well Frog smiles are wonderful.
126. Heather said:
Your story on the Boobah's excited me so. You seem like a woman that can appreciate this. Last week while Christmas shopping with my hubby, we went to Target to look around for toys for our sons, 6 year old Alan and 1 year old Aidan. And low and behold what did we find... BOOBAH'S @ $10.00 a piece. My son Aidan loves the Boobah's and so this discovery excited me so, considering those beautiful (sarcasm) creatures are normally like $30 a piece. So in my state of mind being extremely happy about the price I proceded to shout, in the middle of Target no less "BOOBAHS FOR EVERYONE ON ME!!" With that, my husband took my hand ever so gently and escorted me to the register to pay, and I grabbed my bags full of Boobah and ran out as if the sale were going to end any second and I would be forced to pay, gasp, full price!
The Boobah are stored in my sons closet and every now and then I squeeze the little boohah hand so the music starts, and I watch his little head turn back and forth frantically as if to say "I know you bitches have them, give them up"
127. Julie said:
"Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, cock a doodle do."
The wiggles taught my girl how to do the rooster dance!
128. Aaron said:
Pismire--I'm afraid to admit that my wife and I (momentarily) considered flying down to see him.
We went and saw the Wiggles on tour with my daughters (who adore them) and I have to say it was pretty entertaining. Murray came around and said hi to the kids. And yes, I was a little excited to see him. (Though I couldn't "play the guitar with Murray" if I wanted to.)
Captain Feathersword is a riot.
129. JP said:
While I can admit to its calming effects on young (hyper-ish) children, Boohbah scares the living hell out of adults. Colorful 'blobs' making farting noises...good times.
130. the niffer said:
What great smiles. Baby smiles are the best because the only cares they have in the world include food, sleep and whatnot. It's like pure joy.
The thumbnail kind of looks like an illustration. Cool.
Boobah's - I haven't seen them yet, but I'm hesitating to check them out. If anyone has ever seen the Angel episode with the evil-puppets-from-hell-for-a-kid's-show, they'll know why. Instead of baby crack, the Boobahs could truly be Satan and his minions.
131. Angie M said:
It's hard to say which one looks the happier. Fabulous photo - definately one for the album!
132. Julie said:
My brother-in-law had never seen Boohbah before but saw them at Thanksgiving at our house. He said that whoever was writing that show was hoarding all the good drugs and needed to share...apparently he thought it might be a really good show if you were under the influence.
133. pismire said:
Aaron: When I first heard of The Wiggles and saw their show, I have to admit, I was scared. But after I've seen how excited they make my niece, I, too, would consider seeing their "live" show. Or I would even go crazy and head to Vegas, if our Greg was still there singing his heart out.
134. becca said:
It's amazing how much babies love getting their photo taken. I don't think there's an adult in the world that can smile that genuinely or brightly on cue.
She's *adorable*.
135. nancyd5 said:
Tom Cruise is gay? I don't buy it.
136. Circus Kelli said:
Pismire: When I was on maternity leave with our second child, Sweet Pea, our oldest (then 4-1/2 yrs) watched the Wiggles as much as she could. By the time I had to return to work (12 weeks later) I think I'd heard every Wiggles song three times, and was hearing the lyrics in my head during office hours.
(These days, I just quote from Finding Nemo -- from the days of my maternity leave with our last one)
Heather: Your story about buying up the Boobahs cracked me up! Especially the end "I know you have 'em!" Hee hee...
"Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti..."
137. A N N A said:
your mom is beautiful, dooce. no wonder your DNA is so hot. :)
138. Aaron said:
Pismire--No doubt they come off as total weird-o's. It wasn't until I read that Greg started the Wiggles to give his daughter and her school a "music class" that I began to see that these guys are basically a bunch of dads who love their kids and are being goofy to make them happy.
I totally approve.
139. Aaron said:
See: Just because someone comes off as weird doesn't mean they actually are. :P
140. LadyBug said:
Jon's post yesterday was very thought-provoking and relevant.
http://www.blurbomat.com/archives/2004/12/02/our_stage_is_your_stage.htm...
141. Julie said:
Hot potato, hot potato...
142. Aaron said:
Damn this non-sequiter wiggles talk.
143. Jeanine said:
Just put Boobah in Google to see what it was. Five minutes later I came to ...I am at work for heaven's sake! Heaven help me, it is better that Solitare. I'm doomed. I am 50 in February. I'm a grown up...I thought.
Very beautiful picture of Leta. Thanks for sharing.
144. Julie said:
D-O-R-O-T-H-Y...It's Dorothy the Dinosaur! D-O-R-O-T-H-Y! She's our favorite Dinosaur. Barumbababump. Barumbababump.
Just for you Aaron...
145. Bluedevil said:
Dudes ... I don't think that's George.
146. Beth said:
Am I the only one who thinks Leta kind of resembles Grandmommie in that picture?
A truly lovely photo!
147. Aaron said:
Thanks, Julie. But look out! You shouldn't be posting things on these comments that are in any way out of context.
God forbid that a website dedicated to out-of-context photos of pig-peppermint-fucking, George!FecalMatter, *fuck* language, and (public) drunkenness (among other things) have readers who would post out-of-context comments.
God forbid we actually talk to one another in a mode of discussion celebrated BY THIS VERY HOST.
Cuz we all know that the internet is a place of controlled, logically oriented, modern discussion. (much like TV and Radio) (yes, that was sarcasm).
Could the people opposing this kind of discussion please get off their high-horses and watch Springer, or something?
*fuck!*
Love,
Aaron
148. Shiz said:
Okay, I haven't read all of the comments yet so forgive me if this has been said:
If Boohbah = Crack
and
Whitney Houston = Crack is fo po people
can we therefore conclude that
1. Boohbah is fo po people
2. Whitney Houston will never watch Boohbah
or
3. Boohbah is what's going on in Whitney Houston's head as of THIS VERY MOMENT
?
Talk amongst yourselves.
149. Sharon said:
And do we all know that Dooce has been nominated in the category for Best Essayist blog, in the 2004 weblog awards?
They are at 2004weblogawards.com if you want to vote!
150. Heidi said:
The next Avon world sales leader?
151. Aaron said:
And lest we forget:
dooce said at 05:29PM, 12.01.2004:
i opened up comments here for a reason, for all of you. and i say, do what you will. go wild or don’t go wild, just don’t be mean to the other commenters or to me or to my granny or to geroge or to my ma or to my mailman.
or to britney.
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so STFU. (seriously)
152. Danielle said:
Aaron, I've been a little confused by what can seem like mixed messages (dooce's comment the other day vs the blurbomat post), but at least a few of us have decided to comment less (see the end of yesterday if you are wondering what I mean).
So, my one comment for today is that this really is a great picture. Your mom looks so happy and Leta looks thrilled, it makes me smile to look at it.
153. Julie said:
Oh Aaron - Wow...I was just trying to fucking introduce you to the goddamn joys of the fucking Wiggles. It's actually a shitlicking good time. I'm sorry you've never seen it the truth that is the Wiggles and Boohbah. Like Mormonism, and Catholism - which is what gave me MY guilt to last my entire life - the Wiggles and Boohbah are a higher power than you'll ever find on this earth. I'm only trying to be a fucking Boohbah and Wiggles ambassador here...trying to convert those fuckheads who have never seen them or heard the addiction-prone siren songs of the Boohbah and Wiggle studs - God, they are fucking sexy - belt out daily from my fucking tv. It is obvious from your posting that you've never encountered the glorious muzak that is D-O-R-O-T-H-Y or Hot Potato, Hot Potato. I was only trying to lure you to turn on your TV just once...once you start, we'll have you for good.
154. dooce said:
Jon's post on his website is from his perspective, and I think it's thought provoking and well written. THAT DOES NOT MEAN that I ever wanted people to stop what they're doing or saying over here. He just had an idea and he wrote about it.
Therefore, commence and reconvene. You all have my blessing.
155. honestyrain said:
i am beginning to think two things. one, i don't take enough pictures of my kids (but i have two and so far less time than i did when i had one). two, Leta wears that shirt a lot. do you need shirts? i can send shirts.
i can't really. i don't have extras. but it was a joke. i was kidding. i like her shirt. have just seen it a number of times. it's cute. it really is.
156. Laurie said:
I used to be scared of the freakishness of the Teletubbies as well. Very trippy, with that baby in the sun? My brother-in law is a pediatric surgeon and he explained to me that at a certain stage in a babies development they are obbsessed with colors and sounds. They are starting to recognize shapes, which is why the sun that seems so freaky to me, is so intresting to a 11 month old. W
So the teletubbies actually assists in early brain development. Which is even scarier in my opinion.
157. beachgal said:
You've seen the shirt so much, because Dooce is obviously posting a string of pictures from when Leta wore the shirt on Turkey Day. Or not?
158. faith said:
I can identify with the wet nose and 'are you going to feed me' thing. Used to be my dog, now its my 1 year old son.
159. Aaron said:
Julie. I'm laughing out loud. Don't make me drink rosy tea and spew it out my nose.
So, is Anthony a hunk?
160. Tracy said:
Aaron - a couple of days ago, Heather basically said she doesn't mind off-topic comments. It's just that the sheer volume and nature of them seemed to be getting to the point of being more appropriate for another venue, like an IRC channel... Which was suggested, and might still be a good idea for people who met here and want a place to chat with each other and not overwhelm the Dooce forum. *shrug* Just saying.
161. reenie said:
Great picture!
Love the thumbnail.
BTW, in your "How to Annoy Me" section today - are you talking about Chuck or Leta?
162. Mrs.Stray said:
What about a Dooce Delphi Forum?
163. Bruce said:
This is from the apple iPod site:
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The iTunes Music Store features more than 8,000 audiobooks. Listen to Madonna narrate “The English Roses†or laugh at Steve Martin.
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why would anyone want to listen to Madonna laughing at Steve Martin?
164. reenie said:
Oh, and Boobah or whateverthehell it is scares me.
165. Julie said:
yeah, unfortunately, I think Anthony is a gay hunk :(
I think they are all gay...there goes the fantasies. What else am I supposed to do while my hubbies at work and I'm all alone watching the Wiggles with my babe?
There's also a guy named Captain Feathersword who tickles everyone with his sword made out of a feather. So, if you're gay...the show might be right up your alley (again with the Wiggles ambassadorship....)
166. Aaron said:
Tracy--I think you're right. First off, this is a comments section acting like a Forum because there is no Forum on the website. I think Dooce would do itself (herself?) some good by giving readers a space to have forums discussion, as well, and separate out the comments from the discussion.
It would certainly be easier to manage.
However, (and this is the problem with the criticism delivered by other users), Dooce made it this way. There is no forums section. It doesn't exist. Comments and Forum are one and the same. So.. there you have it.
167. Amanda B. said:
Purty Leta, Purty Grandmother.
Anything is better than the Teletubbies. Those things scare me. A lot.
168. Shmee said:
I think the Boobahs look like booby bobble-heads. In fact, maybe that's how they got their name BOObie BAHbleheads. Get it?
169. Aaron said:
Julie: For the last time, I'm not gay. Also, we actually do own a feathersword.
170. Julie said:
How did we even get on Boohbah and the Wiggles anyway??? Guess it's such a big part of some of our lives, once you hear the word, you're just so glad to have SOMEONE to talk to about it, like Boohbah therapy, that you can't stop!!!!
171. tehmamalara said:
i love boobah - i think because they look like little sparkling sugar-coated-jelly-gumdrops and i want to eat them. my kids are only slightly drawn to them, though. they prefer dora-the-explorer: dih-dih-dih-dih-dih-dora. kids tv - nick jr. in particular - is driving me over the edge of sanity - lazytown's puppet-people creep me out. have you seen that? ew.
172. liz said:
my sister and her boyfriend were puppeteers on LazyTown, and i visited the set while i visited them in Iceland.
that being said, yes, they are creepy.
173. Julie said:
Oh well...works done and I'm gone. Sorry to stir up so many Boohbah is crack emotions! But they are crack (fucking crack to you Aaron)! We need a support group for this. I have never felt so Boohbah-free in my life! Whoohoo - the freedom, the relief, the soaring feeling....
Us young moms (and dads too) don't realize what the damn Boohbahs and Wiggles are doing to us. Maybe they're slowly taking over the world...one parent at a time...until it's too late...
Just a matter of time before an army of kids will be coming down the road at us screaming "Boohbah....Boohbah..." and making farting noises...before exposing their neon colored penises...
Maybe that support group is a good idea...
PS - Featherswords ARE fun!
174. Bob said:
I've just Googled the Boobah for the first time, and all I can say is that they look like very short and chubby circumcised willies! Sorry to point this out, but I felt it needed to be shared
175. Amber said:
Aww how sweet.
176. Claude said:
Laurie: I think a lot of people don't get that about most young children's programming. I remember not so long ago when people were all up in arms about Mr. Rogers because he's boring/slow/too quiet/whatever. Hey, mom: he's not talking to YOU. He's speaking one-on-one with a three year old. And they certainly respond(ed) to him appropriately. My kid (and others I've seen) would sit in and watch Fred do his thing; fascinated. They'd talk back to him. They were actively engaged with a TV show. It wasn't Winky Dink (he said, showing his age), but it was very much a two-way street.
Later on, we got a similar vibe about Barney. I had no complaint about Barney; again, he's a decent role model and he's meant for very young children. I did, however, have a problem with Baby Bop. It seemed like the lesson you got from her was that you could get what you wanted by whining. There's a yellow dinosaur in the show now too, but my kid grew out of her by then, so I can't comment on that one.
177. Fran said:
Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John
Went to bed with his breeches on,
One stocking off, and one stocking on;
Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.
This nursery rhyme makes me think of Leta, especially the sock part.
178. mihow said:
"I’ll bet a few bows for some boxes would be appropriate."
I love lesbian-sex prison jokes.
179. Andrea said:
I think it's wrong to talk like you're entitled to a forum. Before she didn't even have comments open, what did you do then?
180. Kate said:
I just read about Chuck licking the couch... must be a mutt thing because my dog (100% mutt) licks huge spots on the couch or even grosser, the pillows on our bed (don't tell but I usually just turn it over, too lazy to do laundry)
181. JM said:
BooBahs scare me but I still let my daughter watch them. Why? Becasue SHE WATCHES THEM.
I was on my treadmill during Oprah yesterday and almost fell off because I was crying and couldn't see.
182. Aaron said:
Andrea--I'd do absolutely nothing, and nobody's entitled to anything.
If Dooce doesn't want forum talk, then say so. Or have us register and manage users.
Or, separate Forums and Comments. Or, keep comments shut down.
That's not how it is, though. The comments section is open for anyone/anything. If you have a problem with it, tell Dooce, not the people who are complying with Dooce's policy.
That's my feeling, at least.