Month: April 2006

use peanut butter

When the 3-year-old puts gum in the baby’s hair, skip ice and olive oil and go straight for the peanut butter.

Mom says

“Well, if you weren’t on the ground having a tantrum, the dog wouldn’t be able to sit on your hair.”

family calendar – FULL

We keep a large marker board calendar beside the front door which lists all of our activities.  Every few weeks I update it with new appointments and activities.  Today I cleaned up and filled the calendar with the last 6 weeks of school activities.  The practices, performances and end-of-year programs have the calendar so full […]

bunny droppings

Hard boiled eggs – 61 Candy filled eggs – 100 Chocolate bunnies – 4 Easter baskets filled with trinkets – 5 Easter 2006 memories – Priceless!

Mommy needs chocolate

I can cope with the fact that it’s 5 degrees hotter in our house than it is outside (it’s 80 degrees outside right now) but I may have a breakdown because we are out of crack Little Debbie Nutty Bars.

Sarah’s new room

Sarah has complained for some time about not having her own room. Last week she found a solution and created her own room. She now lives in a tiny tent on the front porch. Not wanting to be outdone in attention-grabbing wierdness, Tommy pitched his tent in the yard yesterday. I live in “tent city”.

home again

My mother is out of the hospital. She had a pulmonary embolism and the only lingering effect is adding blood thinner to her daily routine and a suggested change of diet. Her plan to be so polite that the hospital would decide she’s fine and let her go home worked. “How are you feeling?” “Fine […]