Number 5 and 6 are both in preschool. Number 5 is in a 4’s class, and Number 6 is in a 3’s class. If you have kids this age, you know what that means. Invitations to at least 197 birthday parties throughout the school year. Back when Number 3 was in preschool and I was […]
Parenting
Lessons from Charles and Caroline
Yesterday I wrote about our first night with the Ingalls family. About how I had, for my kids’ sake, decided to take a break from the Disney Channel and start watching Little House on the Prairie… My husband and I are going through a very difficult time right now. An extremely challenging phase. It is something […]
Her project looks like sh*t. And I’m totally okay with that.
Yesterday two people posted this picture (from George Takei’s Facebook page) to my Facebook page: The fact that Number 4 had a “personal heritage project” due yesterday made it even funnier. Or should I say “Number 4” had a personal heritage project due yesterday. Because let’s be honest. I bet you can count on one […]
To The Future Girlfriends and Boyfriends of My Sons and Daughters
Dear Future Girlfriends and Boyfriends of My Sons and Daughters, Today is Valentine’s Day. I did not buy Valentine’s Day presents for my kids, your boyfriends and girlfriends, today. I did not give them cards. I did not decorate the house, or buy candy hearts, or chocolates, or make decorations out of doilies or construction […]
Family game night always looks like so much fun…when it’s someone ELSE’S family.
About 2 months ago, I started Operation Organization. It was initiated for several reasons. A combination of several major stressful events occurring simultaneously had me feeling seriously out-of-control. I was wasting tremendous amounts of time looking for things that would have been easily located if the house was picked up. And I wanted a place […]
Just call me Dopey.
There are plenty of advantages to having older brothers and sisters. But there are also some disadvantages. Mainly in the vocabulary department. When you are 2 or 3 and you have a big brother or sister, you learn some words you wouldn’t learn until much later. You know, when you started going to school. And riding […]