Grant just came in from playing with his brothers. He was crying and upset. I comforted him, rocked him, soothed him.He suddenly sat up:“Hey Mom! can I have a Brownie?!” Because I’m a sucker:“Sure buddy, but go wash your hands.” “I will just use my tears to do it.” “Nope, you need to go to […]
Grant and the Invisibles
Grant is still enjoying the concept of invisibility. He doesn’t use it to blame anyone, a la, the invisible friend ate the last cookie, but he is using it to try get out of things: “I washed my hands with invisible water.” “I cleaned my invisible bedroom instead of this one.” “Well, my invisible shirt […]
“Look what I made…!”
That’s great, Buddy! What is it? “The Taker-Rocket-Blaster-Come-Over-Here-3000!” (The “duuuuuh mom!” is implied….)
Too much Guitar Hero….
I was working on the back patio, getting ready for tomorrow’s Mother’s Day brunch. Grant came out to see me. He remarked about the fact that the birds were singing. I said, “Yes, they are. Isn’t it pretty?” He said, “Yeah, but I want a different song. ‘Hey you birds! Will you sing Satisfaction‘?!” Sorry […]
July 10, 2008? Not a good day for little boys. Or bees.
These are two back to back posts, originally published on July 10, 2008…. within about 1 hour of each other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So this bee walks into a bar and orders a baking soda bath, with a chaser of baking soda paste… You’re out playing in the yard (pretending to be a dog, of course) and […]
Mommy T-Ball Challenges
I am a mom who didn’t set a good example this week… Hypocritical: I have a firm rule that if you join a team, or play a sport, you are committing to it. All of it. You don’t just participate when you feel like it. You’re in or you’re out. I played hooky from Grant’s […]
Besides the fact that there isn’t enough bleach in the world to fix this….
I have a personal preference regarding going barefoot. I’m not a fan. My feet always feel gross when I go barefoot. I know there are others who feel differently. My husband, for example, who seems to think that the children’s feet will be better off (orthopaedically speaking) if they go barefoot more often. I do […]
Saint Conner of the Couch Cushions.
This weekend, Conner ratted Grant out because of his horrible behavior at Sunday School. After reading some of the comments about this post, I felt it necessary to illustrate just how bad Grant must have been acting in order for Conner to tell on him. Grant loves all of his brothers, but he has a […]
Can a kid get expelled from Sunday School?
We are shopping for a new church. The one that we had been going to is in our old neighborhood (no longer very convenient to get to) and I wanted the guys to make friends and to get involved in a church where they would actually see those kids during the week… at school, around […]
They’re heeeeeere.
Have you ever cleaned a room and then in a matter of seconds it was a total mess again? Of course you have. Especially if you have kids. Or poltergeists. I feel like the mom in the movie who is constantly asking her kids to push in their chairs when they leave the table. Have […]
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