Play DragonFable on the computer. Create birthday “wish list” on the computer. Get kicked off computer by Mom. Read books. Play same tiny bit of “Smoke on the Water†on guitar over and over again. Declare that you are now well enough to play with friends.* Pout when she says no. Dig through family CD […]
Get up earlier than you would for school. Eat. Play DragonFable on the computer. Declare self “too sick for school.” Do schoolwork from yesterday. Play tiny bit of “Smoke on the Water” on guitar over and over again. Eat. Dig through family CD collection. Play Monty Python CD. Have large Playmobile battle. Insist that you […]
What drives humans to make the same mistakes, generation after generation? Why do our children refuse to learn from our missteps? It is painfully uncomfortable to watch Sarah doing the same stupid thing that I did at her age. Do I become my own mother and aggressively but pointlessly interfere? Do I attempt logic with […]
Saturday night, Doug and I left ALL the children with their grandparents (candidates for sainthood) and went out for a quick dinner. I needed an hour of calm and we had a Macaroni Grill gift card that we’ve been saving for a night together. We both agreed that we would not talk about schools or […]
Am I the only one whose summer schedule is already nearly full with children’s camps and activities? I’m going to spend so much of my summer playing taxi that school in the fall will be a relief.
You know you’re a parent when you calmly hold a toddler as chunks of cantaloupe forcefully shoot out of his mouth and into what was your nice warm bath just a few moments earlier. After 24 hours of no symptom other than the angry stomach, I hoped it was just a baby bug. Evan is […]