Monday madness

It's a pleasure to have a baby that I can actually take care of properly, now that I'm old enough to understand why we take care of them the way we do. Obviously my younger brothers all turned out fine, so it's a moot point now, but I have vivid memories of scraping off their cradle cap, scratching away their peeling skin, and prying open their eyelids while they slept. My mother told me not to, of course, so I did it while she wasn't around, because it was too fascinating to resist. The question is how to protect my younger children from the ravages of their curious older siblings. Of course, the older sibling in question is going to be Jane, as we now know, so if we can just get her to set a good example for the younger ones then all will be well. It's rather odd to realise that all our hypothetical conversations about 'our kids' now apply to at least one person, who is now revealed to us as Jane, and that when I think about 'how busy it would be with a baby and a toddler,' for instance, that toddler would be Jane. And six weeks ago today we didn't even know her!

Tips for helping your team win at Taboo:

-Yell 'Graceland!' or 'Leftovers!' whenever you're not sure what the word is. There is a possibility you might be right, since those words are in there. (Note: 'Kleptomaniac' and 'Cleopatra' work the same way for Guesstures.)
-When it's the other team's turn, if one of their team members says something that strikes you as remotely funny, play it up (loudly) and don't let the matter rest. 'Turkey! Ha, ha, ha. That's a good one! That's hilarious. Turkey! Ha, ha, ha! How funny!' (If you start talking loudly on a random topic, the other team will suspect you of running a blockade and call a time-out until you silence. As long as it's game-related, and you appear to be uncontrollably amused, you will probably get away with it.)
-Don't get in the habit of saying, 'Okay...' when you flip to a new word and are pondering how to describe it. It's fine as a stall tactic, and more eloquent than 'Ummm...' but it could have tragic consequences when the word is Wyatt Earp.