Month: February 2007

games children play

Create elaborate Little People town. Play until attention span wanders to other things. Grab flashlight. Dog chases flashlight beam. Shine beam through the town randomly. As dog crashes into buildings and sends people flying, shout “Godzilla!”

The Fridge Grid

Since becoming a one car family again, our juggling act has become clumsy. Doug gets times confused and whines that he doesn’t have time to run upstairs to check the marker board a dozen times a day. The solution arrived in the mail yesterday. A 7-column weekly grid calendar aka “The Fridge Grid” by the […]

Parenting styles (part 1)

Noah had a friend sleep over last night. The two boys played happily (and loudly) until the wee hours. Amy got kicked out of the boys playing early in the evening. First, she asked me, then Doug, then the boys again if she could please go back in Noah’s room (denial). Everyone said no. Then, […]

Dear Tommy,

Using a Sawyer extractor on your forehead “to see what it felt like” was stupid. No, that won’t go away in the bath. Don’t do that again please. Love, Mom

Amy says

Amy: “Now look at how long this noodle is.” Me: “Mmhmm. It’s a very nice noodle.” Amy: “You didn’t turn around. How did you see it?” Me: “I looked with the eyes in the back of my head.” Amy: “You have eyes in the back of your head?” Me: “What do you think?” Amy: “I […]

waffles or pancakes

I’ve been mopey all day without the dog show to distract me from bus drivers, teachers, class rings, teenagers, money, holidays, pantries, Girl Scouts, construction, crazy people, bills, dirt and cars. Tonight, Sarah posted something that just made me laugh out loud. For the record, we have never said an unkind word about her pancakes. […]

Happy Valentine’s Day

[audio:http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/13-dr-hook-years-from-now.mp3] Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. ~ Franklin P. Jones

Best in Show

There is very little to say about this part of the show. Every dog in the group is flawless. They all deserve to win. At this point it seems to come down to the dog’s personality and how well they perform tonight. I suspect it also has a teeny bit to do with the Judge’s […]

Herding

The Herding Group is my personal favorite. As a child, we had a loving and sweet Sheltie. When Tommy was a baby, my mother got another Sheltie and there were many tears shed when that sweet dog was buried in the yard of the house in which we now live. My mother’s current dog is […]