As the mom of boys, there are just times when I just shake my head. There are times when I know I should investigate a situation fully, but I really just don’t know that I want the answers. It was time for Grant’s JiuJitsu class and he was getting dressed and ready to go. Normally […]
“The good, the bad, and the something” – 4th grade fiction.
This time last week, I was in Salt Lake City attending the SNAP Conference. I enjoy being with “my people” and learning new information about blogging and social media. I had the privilege of helping teach a class on writing and storytelling at the conference with KariAnne from Thistlewood Farms and Vanessa from At the Picket Fence. […]
The Table Fart Story.
Did I ever tell you that I worked as a waitress during college? It was hard work, but fun. I loved the interaction with the customers (most of them, anyway) and I got plenty of fodder for funny stories. (Someday I’ll have to tell you about the time I got salad dressing on a customer’s […]
Teachers drink wine too…
You know I like wine… and wine cork crafts, right? Grant made me a wine cork craft for Christmas. It’s this sweet little “bulletin board” of wine corks, glued onto a ruler. He also made me a “To-Do” list of what he thought would be a day of bliss for me: #1 Wrap presents; #2 […]
How to dress for strangers…? (Not.)
Poor Conner got his wisdom teeth out today. As we were leaving to get in the car, I noticed he was wearing shorts and two different socks. Me: “Conner! You need to run back in the house and change your socks!”Conner: “You said to dress comfortably, and I didn’t have two that matched. This isn’t […]
“Hurtful Times” (A Grant story.)
Grant seems to really enjoy writing stories. Part of it is that they really push something called Writer’s Workshop in his school, the other is that he is just a funny kid with a big imagination, which helps to bring out the story-teller in him. I was cleaning up in his room and found a […]
No more sugary drinks… (I don’t care how convenient their location might be.)
When we go camping or on a road trip, I treat it as the special occasion that it is and I buy drinks and snacks that I would not normally buy. I am not a sugary drink/soda kind of mom. The Diet Coke/Pepsi fiends are going to come after me with pitchforks and torches, but […]
That would be a cool band name!
As a family, we are always saying/hearing/reading funny combos of words and we exclaim: “That would be a cool band name!!” It’s kind of a running joke in our family. Some of my favorites have been: Splatter Cat (I know, ew, right?) Taco Over-Load and Mental Mohawk. I have a new favorite: Brass Knuckles for Christ I hosted […]
Necessity is the mother of invention. (Or… applying the Cootie-Principle to marketing techniques.)
Is there a critical 8 year old boy demographic…? Because I’m pretty sure Grant would fall into that category when it comes to commercials. He was watching Saturday morning cartoons and a commercial for some really obnoxious fairy-type dolls came on the TV. They’re called Winx Dolls and apparently they go out clubbing in fairy […]
What’s the secret code for getting out of homework…?
I am soooooo glad it’s the end of the school year! I am tired of fighting The Battle of the Homework. Going through Grant’s papers I found this: The assignment was to look up a word and write the definition. While it would no doubt have helped if he had spelled concert correctly, he appears […]