Month: August 2007
football audience
Questions of the Day
What will keep a wild out-of-control active 2-year-old entertained and safe for the duration of a high school football game? What color is the opposing team so that I don’t accidentally dress the children in the wrong color? What can we feed everyone quickly?
What did you draw?
“It means, no Evan.”
word/diagnosis of the day
Edu-Finance Carpal Paralysis: When the bank account causes the writing hand to become incapable of writing any more checks to schools, school bands or school PTO’s.
the boy is bored at school
Noah’s supply list this year requested blue, black and red pens. Based on the papers he has brought home so far, the colors were to make his dragons, knights and medieval weapon drawings more colorful. Blood is so much more effective in color. His actual school work has all been done in pencil. After less […]
we watched the eclipse
Noah: “Where is it?” Sarah: “Is that all? Can I go back to bed yet?” Tommy: “Cool. Can I go play WoW now?” Doug: insert long scientific lecture that sounded like Charlie Brown’s teacher here
if you can’t beat em, join em
I don’t know why, but the door to the closet in the living room has always looked like the perfect place for art and letters to my children. Every time Evan finds a writing implement, he aims for that door. I have magic erasered crayon, pen, pencil, marker and eye liner off that door. Finally, […]
Can’t she turn in a disc?
Kindergarten homework is not compatible with online media users. Maybe I could use some old magazines from a nursing home. “A is for arthritis.” Or a doctor’s office. “A is for Aleve.” My mother works for Waste Connections, but they aren’t allowed to take anything from the trash because that would be stealing. Magazines from […]
not one, but TWO
After an adolescence that included a period of seeing almost every movie on the big screen, I now go months and years between visits to the theater. Yesterday I went to see a movie TWICE! It was wonderful. First, my mother took Sarah and I to see “Hairspray“. If you don’t spend at least part […]