Milk

Hey tomorrow we're going to go to a farm and I'm going to say to the cow, "Thank you cow for giving me milk at my house." (1/3)

Muppet movie on

(1/1)

Chanukah

My son the scholar. (1/1)

Two old conversations

for which no photos were appropriate.

1. Are you reading the newspaper?
I'm done.
You're already done? What'd it say.
[Reading] I have to wait ... for Mommy to finish pumping ... and then I'm gonna make ... blueberry muffins ... with her ... Cal Buster Paris-Kaufman.

2. What were you doing, Daddy?
I was just talking to Jack.
Jack the neighbor?
Yeah. He's our next-door neighbor. He's a very nice man.
He's a man and also he's a boy.
Well, he's a grown-up boy, so he's a man. He's a grandpa. You don't get to be a grandpa if you're still a boy.
Yeah, and also, I'm a grandpa. No, actually, I'm a daddy.
Whose daddy are you?
I'm your daddy, and also I'm Teddy Bear's daddy.
Oh, that's right. You're probably Snip's daddy too.
Yeah.
What do daddies do? What do you have to do for your kids when you're a daddy?
Love them.

Note: [sniff!]

Dahdl-ahdl-ahdl-ah, dahdl-ahdl-ahdl-ah

Oh, hi. Hi, Thomas. Hi you doing? Are you doing good?

Sh! Daisy. I'm talking on the phone.

Uh ... Yeah uh-huh yes, um, yes uh-huh yes, uhhhh. What? Hang on.

I'M TALKING -- ON -- THE -- PHONE, DAISY! SH!

Hi. Uh-huh. OK, I'll talk to you later. Bye. (1/1)

Note: The headline, in falsetto, is the sound of the phone ringing, which it does constantly. We don't know who Thomas is, but we're thinking we may have to get restraining orders to keep Grandmas Lois and Ann from calling so much.

We're all reaching

for something. (1/1)

What a team

(12/30)

Tactile

(12/30)

Christmas

Buster and Deppard take a break from the frenzy and enjoy some M&Ms.


Mom got boots.


Aftermath (12/25)

Christmas Eve

at the Derschmukes'. Patrick shows Buster his new train. See that thing over there? That'd be the train.


Daisy's new hat


Top of the hat (12/24)

Santa baby

Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's (12/24)

Vertical

and spinny (12/23)

Club kids

(12/22)

Migration

(12/21)

Yay!

(12/21)

Big

Do you know why you were such a good boy last night?
Yeah.
Why?
I don't know.
Well, because you're a good boy. But also because you're getting big. You're outgrowing a lot of your tantrums and stuff. You're acting more like a big 3-year-old.
No.
Yeah, you're going to be 3 next month.
No.
No? You don't want to be 3?
No.
You don't want to have your birthday?
No.
Do you know what happens on your birthday?
Yeah.
What?
I don't know.
You get presents [Buster steals a glance at the Christmas tree]. You get birthday cake. You get to have a party, and your friends come over.
No.
You don't want all that?
No.
What do you want to do? You want to just sit in the dark?
Yeah.
You want to sit in the dark and look all gloomy and listen to really sad music?
Yeah. No! I want to listen to "Supercalifragalistic" in the living room, and dance in the dark.
(Picture 12/9. Conversation 12/23)

You're a mean one

Hey, I think tomorrow the Grinch is going to come here and mess up our Christmas tree, and I'm going to go in there and I'm going to say, "Hey, Grinch, why are you messing up our Christmas tree, why?" (12/21)

The frame-up

(12/19)

We interrupt

this Halloween to bring you Christmas. (12/16)

What

are you doing?
I'm cuddling up Daisy. (12/15)