I’m putting Doodles to sleep in his room. We’re about two-thirds of the way through Harry Potter. Adam is putting Pie to bed–in our room, of course. The rooms are, oh, twenty feet away from each other. Pie, the delicate flower that she is, let’s one rip. Pie: Oooh, stinky!Adam: That’s what happens when you [...]
Adam: That camp picture of Doodles is so typical.Me: What?Adam: The camp picture. Didn’t you see the camp picture he brought home?Me: His bunk picture?Adam: Yeah.Me: Um, what about it?Adam: Doodles is the only kid not looking at the camera.Me: Excuse me?Adam: Didn’t you see? Doodles is looking the other way.Me: In the bunk picture?Adam: [...]
After her epic temper tantrum, Adam and Pie had a little heart-to-heart. Adam: I hear you had a rough day.Pie: Yeah.Adam: What happened?Pie: I didn’t go to ballet.Adam: How come?Pie: Because I had a temper tantrum. Adam: Uh huh.Pie: And I didn’t get to go to Doodles’s family night because I had a temper tantrum.Adam: [...]
Ah. The end of one of those days. You know, those days. Those days when all you can do is say, “It’s 8:20 p.m. and both my children are still alive.” It may not sound like much of an achievement, but it’s all I’ve got today, and I’m pretty darn pleased. Because the little one [...]
My son came home from camp and announced it was “wicked fun.” Yikes. I swear, the second “wicked pissa” comes out of his mouth, I’m packing him up, putting him on a plane, and moving him to the Midwest. If there are any families in the Midwest who speak proper English who’d like a fairly [...]
At 4 a.m. a little voice spoke into my ear. “Mommy, my head hurts and I feel heavy.” A few cuddles and a Motrin, later, the boy was fast asleep. Luckily, he doesn’t technically have a fever, a fever being 100.4 and when he woke, he had 100.3 (no, really!). The benefit of this being [...]
While it wouldn’t be quite accurate to say summer has arrived to New England, we do finally have a day decent enough to sit outside. I’d be happy if it were a tad warmer–lower 70s would be perfect–but it’s not raining at the moment and I’m happy to simply accept that. Our yard is finally [...]