it's awfully hard being a baby

here I am screaming and why is everyone else just smiling. who else would just smile when someone is screaming?

and why am I wearing such a horrible white wig with fake braids on? who put it on me? no one else is wearing one.

take it off

let me go

(it's a shame for babies. it really is. pictured, screaming, Baby Annabel and, smiling, the quadruplets. All of whom, of course, star in the authorative scholarly document on the subject HOW TO BE A BABY).

best picture book of 2007

We're in amazon's top 10 at number 6!
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Oh and by the way, they are asking everyone to vote for which title in the top 10 is their favorite... so if you feel so inclined...

Did Philip ...?

i don't know. but what other explanation is there?

happy first orange shoes

here they are. they're mine. and they're orange. there are two of them. and they are brand new. and they are both of them each mine. they are good at kicking. these two shoes that are orange and mine. (Mr Griffin and his orange shoes.)

(we first met the unfortunate Mr Griffin in unhappier times, if you recall: in the first of our firsts — first peas, followed, just as unpleasantly, by first teeth. we are pleased to hear that things seem to be looking up for Mr Griffin. and we certainly hope it lasts — the eds.)