News From The Onion: Study on Children’s Healthcare
In case you've not heard of the Onion News Network, here's a report they published recently. They're hilarious! Earnest Parenting: help for parents who want to laugh.
Four and a Half Fruity Ideas
It's early in the summer season yet, so we've only gone strawberry picking so far. I've been taking the boys for years, and it's fascinating to watch them change from year to year. The older boys have gotten pretty good at berry picking. When we went Saturday they...
Do Your Kids Grow In Spurts?
TechnoBoy and The Mercenary came home from camp yesterday (this is the 3rd year they've gone) and I'm convinced they aged a year in the 6 days they were gone. Even though they were incredibly tired after a week of shenanigans at camp, they were very kind when we asked...
Blog Business 6-20-2008
I've been scarce this week because (cue trumpets here) the boys are all away from home. The older boys are at camp until lunchtime on Friday and the younger ones are at Grandma's until Sunday. After a whirlwind of todo lists and errands about town I've determined that...
Bring The Rain
We all have those moments in life where reality pierces our hearts. I had a moment like that yesterday. Okay....well...I had an afternoon like that yesterday. Heather from OhMyStinkinHeck linked through to a post from Angie Smith, which is a blog written by Angie...
Quote of the Day 6-10-2008
TechnoBoy and The Mercenary were discussing the fact that the neighbor kids have a much nicer in-ground swimming pool as compared to our above ground temporary one, yet they don't swim in it very often. My boys are in the pool daily, and The Mercenary commented that...
Homeschooling Issues and Some Future Fruit Posts
Some children have been calling my boys inferior because we homeschool. The first time The Manager and TechnoBoy mentioned it to me I was pretty shocked. I’ve been prepared for adults to give me a hard time about it, but to have children make these comments was...
What’s Your Control Freak Factor?
I had an interesting conversation with a father the other day. His boys are ages 3 and 5, and the dad was telling me how much his sons love to help set the table at mealtime. Both boys are pretty passionate about it, to the point that if an adult carries a plate or...
Pouty Pete and the Power Pinky
The Manager has been experimenting with pouting lately. It hasn't been working out too well, as his sense of humor is developing nicely thankyouverymuch. I usually can get him laughing quickly thus foiling his dastardly pouting plot. Today he tried it again, and I...
They Grow Too Fast
It suddenly hit me the other day; I don't have little kids anymore. Time is passing all too quickly and my boys are growing up. The little guys are 5 now, while the older ones just celebrated their 10th birthday this week. (Happy Birthday again, sweeties.) It suddenly...