1. Croquet balls will leave a nice bruise when your brother whips one at you. 2. I should not have opened a Facebook account for my clueless husband who really freaking pissed me off last night. 3. One of my children is guaranteed to lose or break at least one pair of goggles every day. 4. I […]
Lessons I've Learned
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 […]
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 […]
Number 5 is getting her own category
Number 5 is in a hitting phase. Whenever another child in this house does not do exactly what she wants, when she wants, she just hauls off and belts him or her. Number 6 is exactly one year younger than Number 5, and he is usually her targeted victim. Granted, he will taunt her, often grabbing whatever she happens […]
