Yesterday I watched The Forbidden Kingdom with my daughters. They were reluctant, but I wasn't offering choices. They got all riled up of course, and proceeded to rip my shirt and scratch my stomach, arms, and back. Such cute little claw marks, and only one drop of blood. No children were hurt in the mauling of this body (though kids where flying everywhere), so I win!

I told them that eventually I expect to see bruises and have broken teeth or bones. They have a long way to go.

I love my little Furies! Now I need to map out their exposure to Fu flicks: Does Bruce Lee come before the Matrix?  There's plenty of Jackie Chan pulp to forge through, but I need to find some other kid friendly Fu, preferably by martial artists (Karate Kid, ugh)

I got the cutest phone message from my six year old yesterday:

Hello Daddy this is Diamond.
Go to blue ball park as soon as you can,
Well after you heard this message.

I love you!

That was DD if you forgot.
So we’re going to meet you at blue ball park,
and get there as soon as you can as I said…

(mom in background): We’re not meeting Dad at blue ball park, no, it’s just mommy

Actually it’s ok, actually mom said no,
so actually don’t meet you at the blue ball park.
OK bye Daddy.

Just don’t remember it.

Tomorrow meet us at blue ball park.
Tomorrow OK Daddy?

Love you, bye!

That was DD if you forgot.

Bye Daddy love you!

That’s tomorrow if you forgot.

Not today, tomorrow.

But come as soon as you can tomorrow.

Actually same thing, everything I said, but tomorrow.
But it’s all just all doing it tomorrow.

OK Daddy love you bye.

Nora and Verity can leave a message if they want, but I don’t think they want to
I’m going to go ask them, so you might not hear talking for one minute.

(15 seconds of silence)

OK, bye Daddy love you!

5 "I love you"s, but also 5 reminders, she must not trust my memory. I need to find a way to get the audio from my phone to my computer, too bad I didn't have a girlfriend who was good at that kind of stuff...oh wait.

Nora’s my little joker. While driving around looking at Christmas lights the other night:

N: ”Look at all the lights! That’s so much electricity being used, the seesaws must be working overtime!”

She meant seesaws metaphorically, I thought she meant oil pumps or some alternate power generation. Her favorite jokes are pee / poop though, I was surprised to hear one not involving bodily function. Later she made up for it with:

N: “Every time I go to the beach I end up with a pocket full of vagina sand!”