Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Parentally Mandated BFF

Alexander had a playdate with a sweet little girl named Riley. The first thing he did was reach out and touch her forehead with his index finger. I am not sure if he was determining if she was real, or if he was looking for the "on" button. Riley was very patient and sweet with his awkward advances. He took to her right away and couldn't stop grinning at her. In fact, it was a lot of work just to keep him from smothering her with his brand of affection.



As boys tend to do, he spent much of his time trying to impress this cute girl. She giggled appreciatively as he showed off his mad walking skilz with the help of his walker. He turned and smiled back at her thinking he really winning some “cool” points … then walked right into a wall. D’oh! Lesson learned: never walk forward while looking backward. (I think I had that on a fortune cookie once.)

And now for some pointless yar...

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2 comments:

Errin said...

Clara would like to challenge Riley. She thought she was Alexander's girl, or does he keep one in every state? What's a girl to do when he flaunts his handsome peek-a-boo ways....

Dave would like to see what you come up with as a definition of "yar" and "yar fest."

Us said...

Oh, no!! Alexander's two-timing ways have caught up to him! Clara versus Riley would be the cutest smackdown ever.

"Yar" loosely means "adorable". It has pirate origins, I believe. It is sort of an adjective that gets abused into a noun... and sometimes beaten into a verb. (All this grammatical violence is related to it's pirate origins.) Like to say you are "yarred out" means you are overwhelmed with how cute something is. A "yar fest" is a whole mess of cute.

I hope that helps you to use "yar" in your everyday life. You guys have quite a yarry household, so I am sure you will find ample opportunity.