My parents are visiting friends on the East Coast. They left their car parked at our house and I drove them to the airport. In their car, I noticed this…. Little strips of pink sticker on the speedometer. The stickers correspond to 25 mph (“David! Slow down! You’re in a neighborhood!”) and to 65ish (“David! You’re […]
The one where I realize the little guy sees, hears and retains everything his big brothers say and do.
Saturday Night Live is a favorite in our household… the Andy Samberg Digital Shorts in particular. Scene: the dinner table. One of the boys is talking about how cool it would be to have a camera mounted on a remote control car, and all the things it would be good for. (The things it would […]
Don’t we all kind of want Morgan Freeman to narrate our lives…?
This post contains Amazon or other affiliate links. Last week, Grant watched a re-run of Bruce Almighty This morning he saw a commercial for A Dolphin’s Tale “Hey Mom! God’s in another movie!!!”
Can UPS deliver some fashion sense…?
My guys (all of ’em) seem to have trouble putting together a decent outfit. Things I have said: That doesn’t match… you can’t wear stripes and plaids… yes, but your shoes don’t go with that… your shirt is on inside-out… I don’t care if the colors match! Basketball shorts and a button down shirt don’t […]
When a 7 year old boy helps to choose your accessories…
Back to school shopping… We’re at Marshall’s, checking out the shoes. As the boys are trying on shoes, I notice a rack of really cute bags that are marked with clearance stickers. After looking all of them over I have two, one in each hand, that I am considering. Grant comes over and puts in […]
My kids keep outsmarting me & getting around my rules…
Kids? Unless you are on fire or are bleeding, please don’t try to talk to me while I’m on the phone. It isn’t just that you’re interrupting, and that it’s impolite… it’s also because my frazzled brain can’t process more than one conversation at a time any more. (And just because you lead with “Excuse me […]
If my son was my employee, I would fire him.
I thought this problem didn’t exist anymore. We have answering machines, voice mail, texting, skype-ing, instant messaging, email, etc… I thought the days of bone-head kids screwing up my messages were over. I was wrong. I found this note on the kitchen counter when I came home from a meeting last night. Devin (my 19 […]
Eavesdropping on conversations in the back seat….
Last week was VBS at our church. Grant was going, as was the little girl a few doors down. Her mom and I worked out a carpool agreement. She dropped the kids off and I picked them up at the end of the day. Charlotte is this beautiful, petite little thing with a feisty attitude. (Love her.) […]
Conversations about cake…
At our house, if there are cakes or cookies around, this conversation is repeated constantly: Kid: “Mom, can I have some cake (cookie, doughnut, ice cream, pudding….)?” Me: “Have something nutritious first.” This is my general policy on sweets, has been for a while, yet they ask over and over. This morning Conner came in […]
Feeling a little RED today.
Yesterday we had a nice, lazy Saturday morning. After lounging in our jammies a while, I asked Grant to get dressed. As he went to change clothes I called after him: “And Grant!?? Please make sure you put on something that matches, OK…?” He came back wearing this: “What?! It’s all red…” Yes, a red […]
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