Our mornings begin at 6:32 when our oldest wakes us up. Why 6:32? Because we told him he’s not allowed to get up until 6:30, and he waits those 2 minutes just to be sure he’s not going to get in trouble. This morning, we were all tired. He burst through the door in his […]
Read MoreEvery once in a while, I find myself in the classic parent trap of fighting a battle that I don’t really understand. Last year, this happened to me with our youngest. It sounds like a silly thing to get upset over, but he had hit on the idea of saying “aaaah!” Ridiculous, right? Why get […]
Read MoreThis is one that’s so silly I’m not going to tell you which boy said what… I was sitting on the couch one evening reading to the boys, when I noticed one of them had raised his pajama shirt and was holding his nipples while he stared at them. I stopped reading to look at […]
Read MoreIf there’s one thing you can count on seeing at Disney, it’s tired children. They come in all sizes and shapes, all attitudes. Some cry, some yell, some get jittery. Our youngest gets quiet. The last time we were down at Disney was no exception. As were were making our way out of the park, […]
Read MoreWe watched Tarzan (the Disney animated version) the other day. We had watched it once before, but decided it was too scary. Now that the kids are older (4 and 6), I thought they would be able to handle it.. I was right. They loved it. During fight scenes, they couldn’t keep still (especially the […]
Read MoreThe birthday party last weekend had a superhero theme. The whole thing had been designed around the concept that the kids were heroes. There were hero games and a mystery for the heroes to solve. Occasionally, adults turned evil – at which point the heroes caught them and administered silly string. The whole idea was that […]
Read MoreThe birthday party this past weekend was themed around the idea of having a comic book adventure. Everybody wore badges identifying them as Heroes, Sidekicks, or Innocent Bystanders. Periodically during the party, I would shout “alarm” to indicate that some of the people turned evil. They could spot the evildoers because their badges turned green. If […]
Read MoreAt my six year old’s birthday party, each child was issued a superhero badge with a super power on it (Super Strong, Super Fast, or Can Fly). The kids had a great time, playing games and pretending to be superheroes. Towards the end of the party, however, as we were watching Sky High, a little girl […]
Read MoreThe kids have off from school again today, thanks to tropical storm Fay. They just started school on Monday, and having the days off after all the build-up about going to school has made our mornings kind of crazy. This morning, my youngest walked quietly up beside me as I was making my way to […]
Read MoreI was a bit unprepared for today, as today’s tale was supposed to run in the Chronicle. I only found out it didn’t when I looked and saw it wasn’t there. So today’s tale is from my notes. It happened about two years ago, when our oldest was only three and our youngest was only 1. […]
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