Category: parenting

Teen tracker

This software is cute but what I really need is a teen tracker to keep up with their mood swings and rapidly changing interests. 

Super Suppers

    I love Flickr. Sarah and I escaped for an hour last night to Super Suppers and she (gasp) was pleasant, funny and wonderful! We haven’t tried any of the food yet but I had so much fun with Sarah that it doesn’t matter if it tastes terrible (it won’t though).  I hope I can do this again […]

Dear pediatric nurse,

Evan didn’t cry when you took his blood sample because you “hurt his feelings”.  He cried because you hurt his chubby little toe with real, honest to goodness physical pain.  If you can’t be honest with your patients, at least be honest with yourself.  B**ch. Cathy

Tired

  IMG_6890Originally uploaded by cathymccaughan. Evan is tired of the cookie booths. So is his Mom.

Dog park pond

IMG_6866 Originally uploaded by cathymccaughan. Molly had fun at the dog park. When Amy started taking her clothes off to join Molly in the muddy dog pond we had to come back home. “But I wanna swim with Molly!”

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This weekend I was the recipient of one of those ‘insults disguised as casual chatter’ monologues. The kind that starts out “I don’t know how you can possibly give 5 children enough attention and love” and goes downhill from there. Strangely, I only get those lectures from people with one or two children. I say […]