Sarah says

“Um, Mom, nobody cares what parents do.” She is taking a blogging survey for the school paper and I suggested she add a question asking if students’ parents blog.

Noah says:

Noah: “Mom, I want to take violin lessons.” Mom: “?” Noah: “I want to learn how to play ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’.” Mom: “!” The boy’s favorite television show is ‘Mythbusters‘ and he’s obsessed with a song from 1979. He’s an odd child.

Noah says

Noah: “Mom, whitey-tighties are NOT cool!” Mom: “Get used to not being cool.”

Noah says:

“Mom, do we have that Devil went to Georgia song?” “Yes, it’s on the Urban Cowboy soundtrack.” He has been listening to the song on a loop for about 12 hours now. I am unphased. I developed a high threshold for this particular type of torture when my bedroom was over my brother’s and he […]

Evan says

Mom: “Evan, get down from there, right now.” Evan giggles and continues jumping on his big brother’s bed. Mom: “One. . .” Evan: “Two!” I guess there’s too much counting in our house.

Noah says

Noah came out of the tub with dry hair and a dirty face. “Did you use soap and shampoo?” “Yes.” “Sigh.”

Amy says

There’s something wrong about the 4-year-old singing “who let the dogs out”.

Amy says

Tonight Amy was a walking zombie, but unwilling to go to her bed. I held her in my arms and rocked her. As I rocked, I realized that she had one hand on either side of my left breast and was massaging it. Mom: “Amy, why are you playing with Mommy’s breast?” Amy: “I like […]

oh, nooooo!

Mom: “Amy, stop acting selfish.” Amy: “No, YOU’RE selfish.” Mom: “You may NOT call me names.” Amy: “Selfish, selfish.” Mom: “Would you like a time out?” Amy: “I was just saying I like shell fish.” Mom: “!”