Just a few recent quotes from Number 4… “Mom, why are you sad? We’re getting older. Just deal with it.” Overheard while she was singing Part of Your World (from the Little Mermaid) “I’ve got gadgets and gismos, aplenty. I’ve got boozits and whatsits, galore….wonderous freak, wish I could be, part of your wooooooooooorld.” “Dad,
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If you don’t have anything nice to say…
When someone looks at one of my kids and says, “Oh, he/she looks just like you!” it really pisses me off. That is, if they say that to my husband. If they say that to me, I love it. I don’t care what anyone says — you want your kids to look like you. Even
I see London, I see France…
This weekend I finally put the last 6 months of pictures from my camera onto the computer. Christmas at my house is full of all kinds of wonderful surprises 
Please raise your glasses
Yesterday was my aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary party. They have lived out of the country for the past 20 years, so we don’t see them very often. This was my conversation with the kids yesterday. “After Number 3’s baseball game we are going to Aunt G and Uncle L’s anniversary party. It’s a grown
Party planners are overrated
Yesterday was Number 3’s 7th birthday. He had 13 friends over to our house for an old-school birthday party. Nothing fancy. Play. Eat pizza. Play. Eat cake. Open presents. Play. Go home. I usually make a special cake. One year I did Grover… Another year I made Spiderman… So I’m no Cake Boss, but the kids
Everyone needs a great headband
Number 5 and Number 6 share a room. My husband usually puts them to bed at night. I get them up in the morning. Number 5 usually wakes up around 6:00. I get her out of their room and bring her downstairs so she does not wake up Number 6, who, thankfully, sleeps until around