I took Number 3 and 4 to a swim meet yesterday. This was the conversation in the car: Number 3: Why can’t boys and girls just change in the same locker room? Number 4: Because it would be inappropriate for girls to see boys’ privates… But it’s okay for boys to see girls’. Me: NO […]
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Battle of the Sexes
Last week I went out for a few beers with these three: That’s CCB and two of her buddies, Doc and Karl. Doc is in grad school and Karl is about to graduate from college. They are home for Spring Break. Doc and Karl were both talking a bunch of trash to CCB about taking […]
Not Your Average Wednesdays
So I had a little meltdown. Which led to Thursdays with the Ladies. And then Thursdays with the Ladies led to… Wednesdays with the Girls. Every Wednesday afternoon, for the past four weeks, two seventh grade girls (one is the daughter of one of the Thursday Ladies) come to my house after school. The first Wednesday was a […]
It’s time to study the classics.
When I was a kid, there was nothing better than Sunday night tv. Wild Kingdom at 6:oo, and the Wonderful World of Disney right after that. Every week. Without fail. Escape from Witch Mountain. The Absent Minded Professor. Herbie the Love Bug. Those were the best. Now, of course, there is a whole Disney channel. […]
Buying a house? Location, location, location. Raising a kid? Routine, routine, routine.
A couple days ago, a reader posted this question to the Facebook page: Have any of your kids decided they were too cool for sleep/naps? Ive got 3 and the youngest is 18 months. I don’t know what happened to the genetics with this one lol. What did you do if so? Ugh! I feel your […]
A cute and simple way to recycle Christmas cards into ornaments
A couple weeks ago I got a card in the mail. It was from someone I had sent a Christmas card to this year. I just thought what was inside the envelope was so cute, and I thought I’d share it. It’s a handmade ornament. Super simple. On one side is a recycled card with […]