V’s been really into Frozen in recent months, and wants to be Elsa and shoot her ice powers everywhere all the time. I was at an open house in her classroom last week and one of the kids told his mom, “That’s V. She puts ice on us.” #parenting https://diapers.coffee/2026/03/28/124900/

Between being married to a teacher and being the parent of a 4- and a 1-year-old, sometimes I think I am forever doomed to be picking up writing and coloring implements, like Sisyphus cursed to an eternity working a minimum-wage job at OfficeMax. #parenting diapers.coffee/2026/02/25/222…

V: “We have 20 o’clock until the dinosaur egg hatches!” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2026/02/07/123900/

V: “The oceans are going away. The bad guys are taking them.” M: “Oh no. What are we going to do?” V: “When P grows up and becomes a dad, he’s gonna eat the bad guys.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/12/07/144500/

V: “It smells like a cup of coffee growing on a vine out here.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/11/17/174800/

V: “I’m not a tough cookie; I’m a tough four-year-old!” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/10/06/220800/

When I posted this photo from several years back to Glass (https://glass.photo/seanlunsford/2AvTfSCX6VsSgfptf4hxTc) today, V saw it and asked “Is that Moana 2?” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/08/29/201800/

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Every night: V: “I want ‘Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens’, and then ‘Goat Herd’, and then ‘Sound of Music’ where the nanny sings, and then Moana 2 music.” S: “OK. Hey Siri, play V’s playlist.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/07/27/212600/

In a rickshaw with traffic zipping and horns blaring all around us V: “Why is India so loud?” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/07/03/160800/

S: “V, did you just squish your brother again?” V: “No, I just used him as a step stool” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/06/28/170100/

V, after running into the back of my foot: “Ow! You hurt my bike wheel!” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/06/19/122000/

V: “I was getting sweaty.” S: “You were getting sweaty?” M: “From what?” V: “From the moon.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/04/29/213100/

“I call him little tiny cute monster ’cause he steals remotes.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/04/13/140100/

V: “This bike has safety measures!” M: “What safety measures are on your bike?” V: pointing to the brake line “The safety measures are in this cord.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/04/13/095700/

V: “This bike has safety measures!” M: “What safety measures are on your bike?” V: pointing to the brake line “The safety measures are in this cord.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/04/13/135700/

V: “Are you making a castle?” M: “Kind of. What would you think about me making you a castle?” V: “I think it’s a little tricky, but very creative.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2024/12/26/180600/

(Discussing chocolate coins from the scavenger hunt at her brother’s birthday party.) “Our treasure was coins. I ate all my coins. I was greedy for my coin treasures.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/04/12/173400/

(After tripping and putting her hand in some very green bird poop) V: “I landed in some bird broccoli.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/03/09/132600/

I renamed the Roomba recently because V has been on a Moana kick and it seemed appropriate. It has made the notifications entertaining. #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/01/04/210600/

V: “I’m a wayfinder!” M: “Is your bike kind of like your boat?” V: “No. Boats don’t have wheels. Bikes have wheels. So bikes are not like boats.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/01/03/190000/

M: “So when are you going to be hungry?” V: “I’m gonna be hungry in, like, 7 minutes.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2025/01/02/172600/

V: “Are you making a castle?” M: “Kind of. What would you think about me making you a castle?” V: “I think it’s a little tricky, but very creative.” #parenting 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2024/12/26/150600/

S: “I called it [lasagna] ‘basanya’ too when I was her age.” V: “I call it ‘soup pizza!’” 📌 https://diapers.coffee/2024/12/18/124800/

We’ve been making plans to go back to the US for the kids’ preschool years at least, to get them in English preschools and spend some time closer to the other side of the family. The recurring news of school shootings like yesterday’s (https://www.n... https://diapers.coffee/2024/12/17/094900/