Children frequently become attached to a specific piece of clothing and attempt to wear it daily. Except for Evan’s obsessive love for his crocs, I have always insisted that the same thing can’t be worn two consecutive days. When I hear stories about parents who wash the same piece of clothing nightly I mentally count […]
Remember our neighbors? Not the ghost fearing neighbors or the 11 cars neighbors, but the recent “keep to themselves” neighbors. The ones who have never had their water turned on or used a trash service. For the past three nights, I have listened to their loud stereo and watched them repeatedly back their car down […]
This is one of those weeks that people without children just can’t comprehend. We have multiple events at four different schools every day and night this week. Monday’s marathon starts with the morning school bus shuffle and there is not an unscheduled moment until 9 p.m. Tuesday is only slightly less packed. I just need […]
I don’t think I want to go to Indiana this summer.
My parents spent the weekend cleaning out their garage. I can’t imagine why they ever kept some of the stuff. Besides giving me an idea of something I can do when I am stuck home without a car all summer, it made me think about old music. I may still have some of those old […]
We either need a locking bedroom door or a louder booby trap alarm system.
A – Rearrange the furniture
Yes, I did eat leftover strawberry cake for lunch, but I had a good reason. We’re out of bread and the microwave is broken and the cake is a week old already. So, I was actually being frugal and not letting food go bad. Yay. me.
Where are Evan’s shoes? His funny little red crocs That he loved so much. He wore them to bed. They were always on his feet. Now his feet are bare. Big sister found them. Evan is happy again. He needs a spare pair.
After much ado, Tommy has a driving permit. If this is as far as he goes on this journey, it is still much farther than anyone ever expected him to go. Little things that come effortlessly to Sarah are monumental milestones for Tommy. His next big goal is deciding what he wants to do after […]