I have been holding the results of my children’s TCAPs for more than a week now. I have mixed feelings about standardized tests, especially the way that the school prepare and administer them, but here are the highlights of the results. Obviously one of my children didn’t even try. I know this because last year’s […]
Fate just kicked me in the pants again. I was mindlessly tossing the laundry in the washer then the dryer when I noticed the multicolored dryer sheets. Yes, I have AGAIN trashed a load of laundry by washing crayons that were tucked in Noah’s jean pockets. Jeans with red, blue and yellow specks might become […]
Do you think I could banish glitter from our house?
I finally finished organizing the 10,000 beads, hair scrunchies, craft supplies and assorted mess in the girls’ room. While I was doing it Doug came up and took Amy from the room so I wouldn’t have to do twice the cleaning. He offered to watch her so I could clean. A few minutes later he […]
Amy just put on her swimsuit (all by herself) and is walking around saying “swim”. I think we may need to get a wading pool this year.
Huge storms in the night with lightning flashes that you could see through closed eyelids and boomers that made everyone jump. My dog was upset by the noise and stumbled her way on the bed so she could huddle between Doug and I for safety and petting. Amy was restless from the storm and cried […]
Spent the day cleaning while Doug worked on his hobby website. Took the entire crowd to my parents’ pool for a few hours and now we’re home. And we’re tired.
Three tired, over-stimulated are home now. I can’t decide if they should have a calm, quiet afternoon or if we should take them to the park to work out the energy.
I can’t do anything but stare out the front window and hold my breath, waiting.
Spent the afternoon and evening moving dirt at my parents’ house. Their lawn is looking great. Ours looks like a disaster area. The children come home today. I need to go bathe and get dressed. I’m sure my parents expect us to come over and work on their yard more. I am still in the […]