Doesn’t he look sweet? Cuddly? He is. He is also completely feral. My parents took us to the fair today. Tommy stayed home. At the fair, we saw a friend looking happier than he has looked in a very long time. I wanted to talk and ask how his family is doing. What I did […]
If your child gets trapped in a restaurant booth, then you can give up those Mensa dreams.
How many times must I read the same book before it can “disappear” from the 2-year-old’s book shelf?
Yesterday afternoon, we impulsively decided to do something we’ve talked about for years, but never done. We jumped in the car and took Doug to his first drive-in movie. The drive there was quick and easy. Doug parked in the front row so that Evan could run and play in the grass with the other […]
What will keep a wild out-of-control active 2-year-old entertained and safe for the duration of a high school football game? What color is the opposing team so that I don’t accidentally dress the children in the wrong color? What can we feed everyone quickly?
Noah’s supply list this year requested blue, black and red pens. Based on the papers he has brought home so far, the colors were to make his dragons, knights and medieval weapon drawings more colorful. Blood is so much more effective in color. His actual school work has all been done in pencil. After less […]
Part of my evening routine includes checking backpacks for notes, graded papers, trash and organization. I make little piles of backpacks, everything that needs to go to school but won’t fit in the backpack and the next day’s outfit, including the frequently elusive shoes. One day last week, Noah asked me to put out jeans […]
Since my mind is stuck like an old 45 (“hot, hot, hot, hot…”), I need to mention a trip to the store with big red bullseye’s everywhere. Due in no small part to her constant application of it, Sarah needed to buy more deodorant. I stood at the cart and quietly contemplated the other shoppers […]
Thanks to Jack FM, Doug and I took our teenagers, one of their friends and my father to the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. I think they should change their name to just the Bindlestiff Cirkus or Bindlestiff Karn Evil. Yes, I knew that the show was pg-13 and contained vaudeville and burlesque elements. I imagined scantily […]
“Our flag teacher says it’s okay if we just wear shorts and a sports bra for practices.” Oh, really?