For the past week, I’ve been up in Maryland doing what I could to help out my sister. Without getting into the details, her husband suffered a series of medical mishaps that ended with him in the ICU with serious brain damage. My siblings and I flew to help out however we could. I explained all […]
Read MoreWorking from a home office continues to present its little challenges. Yesterday, I was upstairs in my office when I heard what sounded like a whole troop of kids downstairs. I did what any work-at-home parent should do. I turned up the stereo. After a little while, I noticed that all was quiet again, so […]
Read MoreTypically, my Halloween story is a scary one. This morning’s event, however, has superceded my regularly scheduled Halloween moment. This morning, the boys dressed in their halloween costumes for school. C is going as a policeman, and N (the three year old) as The Flash. We’ve been talking about The Flash a lot since we […]
Read More“It’s hard being five.” That was C’s opening line to me at breakfast this morning. He turned five years old last week, and apparently was finding it a bit tougher than he’d expected. “Oh yeah?” I asked, “Why?” “Yellow stickers and green stickers and red stickers… Oh yeah. It’s hard being five.” His kindergarten readiness […]
Read MoreC started school again this past week. He’s in what they call a “kindergarten readiness” class – meaning he’s repeating pre-K. I was horrified when this idea was first suggested, but I was eventually brought around. He was born two days before the cut-off, meaning he was destined to be either the youngest in his […]
Read MoreI had a major blow up with C today. He was being bad with a capital B and I finally ended up sending him to his room. For us, that’s the ultimate punishment. It doesn’t get any worse. I’ve only done it two or three times before. After he went into the room, however, he […]
Read MoreI can’t count the number of times I’ve been out with the kids and one of them has said something inappropriate about a stranger walking by. This is understandable but still awkward. When the kids see someone unusual, they want to tell me about it. Of course, few people like to have their unusualness pointed out. […]
Read MoreOne of the things that our 4 year old has been struggling with is people who are mean sometimes and nice sometimes. He understands that there are mean people, and he understands that there are nice people. Unfortunately, some of his “friends” at school are mean as often as they are nice. It really bothers […]
Read MoreA year or so ago, I had to have a serious talk with my oldest (who was three years old at the time). He and his little brother (who was around 18 months old) were fighting rather regularly, and I was worried that he was going to seriously hurt the little guy by mistake. It happened after […]
Read MoreI make a good Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. I’m not just bragging here. It’s really true. For example, instead of spreading the jelly in a thin little layer, I put great huge gobbets that drip out of the sandwich while you eat it. I also specialize in customizations – hiding potato chips, nuts, or […]
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