the absence of parenting stories and kid antidotes today. That would be because for the last 24 hours I have not been parenting. Well, I’ve been keeping my kids alive (by which I mean being vaguely aware of them not playing in the middle of the street and feeding them when they get too whiney.) [...]
Continue reading →gracie’s mealtime prayer
July 24, 2007 By
Dear God, Thank you for this food and thank you for this day. Thank you for my family. Thank you for Daddy and Mommy and Ellie and… Have a nice day. Love, Gracie Amen.
Continue reading →announcement:
July 24, 2007 By
I just found this in my inbox: “We are done reading Harry Potter, if you want to borrow our book until you get the Box set. I’ll be driving by your place later today if you want me to drop it off!” That there, Internets, is true, true friendship right. So, you probably won’t hear [...]
Continue reading →i am never getting professional pictures taken of my kids. ever.
July 24, 2007 By
Especially since they could not even look normal for 1/1,000th of a second to get their passport pictures taken. They weren’t even supposed to smile. They had to do three things: 1) Stand up straight. 2) Look at the camera. 3) Keep their mouths shut. This was much too complicated for my children. Ellie kept [...]
Continue reading →not a good sign
July 24, 2007 By
You know that it might be a rough day when your small children lock you in the bathroom. I went to open the door of the bathroom and I could only open the door about 2 inches! They had hung a wooden hanger on the outside of the door. (Bet you never thought of that [...]
Continue reading →i caved.
July 23, 2007 By
I confess. I hate crocs. I know they’re incredibly hip, comfortable, blah blah blah. But they are ugly, people. Ugleee. Why on earth would you wear these, when you could wear these? Or these? OOOO – or these? Anyway, I caved today. Ellie has been dying for a pair, since all her friends have them [...]
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