THAT'S RIGHT (UH!) THE WOMAN IS...SMARTER

We both get tired, my wife and I.

She, however, can stop herself before pouring Ovaltine into the coffee machine.

Noodle had herself a midnight hurl last night, and so she has a day with the Memere and the Pepere to be pampered and spoiled and otherwise coddled. The girl is just shy of four feet tall at age five and a half, and the charts say...well, just look for the black dot.

For those who didn't click to enlarge, she's still 97th percentile for height. And 99th percentile for wisenheimery.

MY TUCK-TUCKING SKILLS DON'T SUCK AFTER ALL

Her Awesomeness and I just got back from the Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt show in Kingston - amazing, with Garth Hudson showing up for the encore on accordion, and Garth's wikipage has been updated to note the blessed event. And when we got back at around 10:20, Noodle and the Beast had only been asleep for 20 minutes - despite the very best efforts of the Memere and the Pepere to de-bounce the little savages, that's how long it took before they finally conked out. A good solid three hours of cajoling, reading, snacks, cuddles, and (gasp! we're the worst. parents. ever) a little bit of TV.

We no longer feel frustrated that it sometimes takes us an hour to wind down our spawn. An hour looks pretty damn good from here.

So, who's on tour in 2013?