Grandma: One, two, buckle my... Cael: Shoe! Grandma: Three, Four, open the... Cael: Door! Grandma: Five, Six, pick up... Cael: Mess! I'm such a proud ma...

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Go, Rescue Pack! Obviously, I have been watching enough Go, Diego, Go! that I, too, have become an animal rescuer. Authorities are still trying to determine whether it was accidental or attempted suicide, but one way or another, Medusa got herself sucked into the tank filter this morning. I walked by and saw her stretched into a skinny pink tube and all her arms were down the black hole. Because...

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Four out of five dentists agree: Cael is an awesome brusher of teeth. The fifth dentist thinks that one should use a Tigger instead. I'm not convinced the fifth dentist is wro...

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We've got some sort of black fungus stuff growing in the aquarium. Fish dude says it comes from tap water and will eventually work itself out... or something. I tend to tune that out and let Ryan handle it. (Don't judge me! It was part of the deal!) It looks unappealing, to say the least. Kind of like the tank is in a bad industrial area where the buildings are all decrepit and smudged with...

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And, because he's obviously already mastered the english language, we move on to spanish...

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Cael logic: "You told me to swing the bat....

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Cael and I were playing and Finn started crying. I told Cael I needed to go feed his brother and proceeded to grab Finn and lay him down on the Boppy. As we were getting settled, Cael came running up with his snack bowl of goldfish and said, "Foo! Baby foo!" He shoved the bowl in Finn's face and started tugging at my arm, chanting, "Mama! Mama! Mam...

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Cael has been a big brother for almost three months now and he's still learning what exactly that job entails. He makes sure to kiss Finn goodnight before heading to bed, he's very insistent that the baby's blanket always be with the baby, and this afternoon he tickled Finn and booped him on the nose (which was as exactly adorable as it sounds). On the other end of the spectrum, Cael has been caught...

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