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. Â 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? Â It was hard work, but fun. Â I loved the interaction with the customers (most of them, anyway) and I got plenty of fodder for funny stories. Â (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. Â 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. Â As we were leaving to get in the car, I noticed he was wearing shorts and two different socks. Me: “Conner! Â You need to run back in the house and change your socks!” Conner: Â “You said to dress comfortably, and I didn’t have two that matched. Â This […]
“Hurtful Times” (A Grant story.)
Grant seems to really enjoy writing stories. Â 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. One of the drinks we had on our last camping trip were these SoBe Orange-Carrot […]
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 […]
What’s the secret code for getting out of homework…?
I am soooooo glad it’s the end of the school year! Â 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. Â While it would no doubt have helped if he had spelled concert correctly, he appears […]
Bird Watching
I love it when my kids take an interest in nature. This month, Grant has decided that he is interested in birds. I took all of these shots stealth-like, through the window. Â That which you study, you also change… so I didn’t want him to see me. He is so patient, sitting there with his […]