My youngest really does not like to get out of bed after he takes a nap. There has to be something really exciting going on for him to get up. Otherwise, it’s a struggle. He comes up with all sorts of excuses for not getting out of bed, also. There’s the ever popular “no, I […]
Read MoreOne of my standing rules is that the kids don’t get to call me “mom”. If they do, I get to call them by other (not-so-flattering) names. Recently, this rule sort of turned into a game. I’m okay with that. I mean, games are kind of my thing. Last week, however, we were in a […]
Read MoreJ worked this past Friday, which meant, of course, that I didn’t. Instead, I took the kids down to Epcot. I don’t know if you’ve been to Epcot or not. For those that haven’t, it has a really strange entrance. First you pass through what looks like a giant graveyard from some futuristic horror movie. I’m […]
Read MoreA few months ago, I had what you might call a change in professional status. I work primarily out of my home office now. This has been quite an adjustment for everyone. The toughest challenge is maintaining the boundary: when I’m in my office upstairs, I’m “at work” and can’t be disturbed. My part of […]
Read MoreToday’s Tale (actually Friday’s Tale) appears in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Keywords for searchers: fireworks, publix, banana nose, I’ve been asked why I post the link to the Chronicle articles here, instead of on the front page. The answer is that putting a stub here lets you make comments.
Read MoreA couple of weeks before N’s 3rd birthday, I took him and his brother down to the Animal Kingdom for a day of fun. Actually, we hadn’t planned on going to the Animal Kingdom, but that’s another story. One of the best things about the Animal Kingdom is the Lion King show. It is easily […]
Read MoreWe have in our kitchen a little plastic kid’s table. We picked it up at a garage sale years ago, and the kids love using it. In fact, whenever we’re not eating as a family, that’s where they prefer to eat. This morning they were eating breakfast there while I cleaned up in the kitchen. […]
Read MoreA few years back, right around the time that C was turning 1, I started calling him “little guy.” I’m not really sure why. It just sort of became a nickname that I used for him. Then his little brother was born, and I found myself with two “little guy”s. That seemed like a bad […]
Read MoreI was driving the kids some place the other day, when they started talking about what they wanted to be when they grow up. It was the usual assortment of professions: truck driver, fireman, astronaut, architect, and so forth. After he said “astronaut,” however, C paused for a few moments and then asked “do you […]
Read MoreThe other day I found myself sitting by the train table while N was playing with the trains. It was just the two of us, and he was alternating between playing trains and making me dinner. He loves to “cook” for me – laying out little plastic plates and describing what’s on each one. This time, […]
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