I’m working on today’s post. In the meantime, since it’s Black History Month, here’s a little lesson on Rosa Parks from Number 4. It’s everything you need to know in two and a half minutes. According to Number 4, anyway. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the information, but I’m told she got it all […]
Number 4
Number 4 for President
Number 4 took it upon herself to make valentines for everyone in her class. I didn’t ask her to or even hint that she should do it. I didn’t give her a class list. I didn’t get her the supplies. I did nothing. Over the course of the last week, she worked on the cards. […]
The best part of my day yesterday happened at Costco.
The best part of my day yesterday happened at Costco. After leaving Numbers 5, 6, and 7 at home with my husband, going to two basketball games, dropping Number 2 off at the Y, and dropping Number 3 off at a birthday party, I headed over to do some grocery shopping with Number 4. Just […]
You can take an online course. Or you can just hitch a ride with me.
It is becoming evident that Number 3, Number 4 and I are going to have many of life’s most serious conversations on the 7-minute drive to school or the 6-minute drive to swim practice. I’m getting pretty good at them. A couple weeks ago we revisited the Where do babies come out of? question. (In […]
Number 4 Cam.
When my husband and I got married, I had a yellow lab named Silas. He was about 8 at the time. He was not a well-behaved dog. He jumped on the furniture. He ate food off the counters. He chewed the straps off of bras and the crotches out of underpants. One Halloween, he got […]
A Conversation to Remember
This morning as we were pulling out of the driveway for the seven minute drive to school, I waved to a woman I know who drove past us. Number 3 asked who it was, and I told him it was Tom and Jerry’s (name have been changed) mom. “Who are Tom and Jerry?” he asked. […]