The Elf is Working His Magic and Veruca is Now Vadario’s Pimp
Listen, I in no way want you to watch seven minutes and 23 seconds of my children.  This website does more than just terrify innocent citizens; it’s a journal of my family’s life.  When I’m dead, the kids should have a fairly accurate account of their childhoods that they can read.  I am sure that they will not be able to tear themselves away from all seven minutes and 23 seconds, but I don’t expect others to watch all that.  Let me summarize:  Kids sing horribly off-key, Veruca is the sole decisionmaker in their relationship, DD could be slightly autistic, and THE ELF IS WORKING!  There are brief glimmers of reciprocal kindness expressed to one anot

The Devil Dog and Veruca Variety Show
I don’t know how to tell you this, but DD and V want to start doing shows.  I’m on my own server now, so bandwidth is no longer an issue.  I’m apologizing ahead of time for what will probably be a near-endless stream of “episodes.” Today is a big and traditional day of baking.  I have the kids so jacked up on just how fun it is going to be making homemade pies, that they’re ready to piss themselves.  Truly, their overworked nervous systems could not handle vacationing in Disney.  I’ll take pictures if I can capture them in the window of my camera’s ability.  They are literally, literally bouncing off t

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Overheard
Veruca and DD are camping under the dining room table.  After I shot down their request to have a fire, they settled on telling ghost stories.  Veruca really knows how to set up a story: “Once upon a time on a dark and stormy night, there was no love…”

Kids, This May Sound Creepy, But You’re Being Watched.
I heard about the Elf on  Shelf a couple years ago.  This scrap of felt with a head is reportedly making children everywhere behave during the holiday season.  Personally, I have a year-round “no brat” policy, but 2009 is the year that has called for some extra reinforcements. It’s just a random Saturday night around here, so I