My youngest children like to kiss on the lips. I don’t know why. From the time they were born, I kissed their foreheads. I kissed their noses. I kissed their cheeks and their toes and their ticklish bellies. As soon as they started kissing back, it was on the lips. I think it’s sweet, but […]
If Turkey Creek had been designed to be walkable, they would not have the hordes of spoiled, thug wanna-be teenagers take over the property for drag races late at night. I am a Turkey Creek fan. I love to go there and people watch. I have just never understood why it wasn’t designed more intelligently. […]
Sarah mocked my pre-sleepover lecture by summarizing it on a chalkboard.
While I listen to the middle school principal rant about the evils of technology year after year, I actively encourage my children to embrace technology and blogging. For children, blogging starts out as an online diary. It is a place where they can record their feelings at that moment in time. If they ever posted […]
Year after year, I read everyone’s accounts of their travels and adventures and thought I was fine in my happy little corner of the world. I still love where I am, but vacations are wonderful! From Evan’s first timid steps on the sand to his out of the blue declaration, “I am happy” midweek, this […]
Amy’s bladder seems to go from empty to full in a millisecond. At home, the urgency is funny. In the car, it is even more comical as one parent tries to establish the amount of time we have to choose a stopping place while the other parent does time and distance studies in their head […]
We stopped for the night in Columbia and decided to spend some time at Columbia’s version of Turkey Creek so that I could replace the clothing item that vanished somewhere between the laundry basket and the suitcase. Sarah thought shopping with me would be more fun than younger sibling duties at the cookie store. An […]
Doug asked me what time he should wake me so that we could get on the road. I looked at him oddly since I didn’t think I needed an alarm to be ready to leave the house at 10 in the morning. Doug looked at me like I was using a language he didn’t speak. […]
Things my children will never experience during road trips: *Gaps between radio stations (I love you XM). *My father singing 50s gimmick songs (Tom Dooley, etc.) to keep himself awake. *Potty breaks behind trees on barren stretches of road. *Travel without music players and DVD players. *Traveling without seatbelts. *Sleeping in the back window. *Sleeping […]
I asked everyone to put everything they need for the vacation on the kitchen table. Evan, obviously, gets a free pass on this one. His idea of getting ready for anything is putting a matchbox car in each fist. Amy put out a pile of stuffed animals, her swimsuit and a pair of jeans. Noah […]