Hm. I Think He May Be On To Me
The Manager wasn't pleased with his dinner tonight, and managed to find ways to waste time during mealtime tonight. He was still at the table with his chicken and green beans untouched after everyone else had finished and said, "Do I HAVE to eat this???" My first...
Crafts With Kids: Faberge Eggs
We were studying Russia in history a few weeks ago, and one of the suggested activities was to decorate eggs along the lines of the Faberge eggs enjoyed by Tsars of long ago. Sounded like fun to me! Here’s what we did. First, we got some plastic Easter eggs. I used...
Overheard: March 20, 2008
The Manager(age 5) was apparently waiting for his brothers to do something for him. I couldn't see what was going on, but this is what I heard him say. "I'm waiting. I'm WAITing! I'm WAITINNNNNNG! Come onnnn!" [long pause] "I'm getting old here." [another long pause]...
8 Ways to Tease a Boy Out of a Bad Mood
1. Inform him that he needs all that negative stuff drained out and to be filled with happy thoughts instead. Suggest something he'd be appalled by, like painting pink daisies on his toenails. 2. Imitate the whining he's doing and morph it into the whine of a race...
A Good Reason to Keep Kids in the Backseat
When you let them ride in the front, they spend the ENTIRE trip pointing out-and analyzing-roadkill. And no, I'm not gonna put up a picture on this post. You're welcome. Earnest Parenting: help for parents who don't like roadkill.
Thinking Spring
Ahhhhh, March is finally here! As I write this, the sun is shining and the sky is BLUE! Blue, I tell you! We’ve had so many gray and gloomy days. February is for me the most difficult month of the year. I’ve heard other comments about March being the worst because of...
Puddle Jumping
This little episode happened last spring. I ran across the pictures when I was going through my files and thought I'd share it with you, Internets.It was a lovely warm spring day. The rain had ended and there was a perfect puddle waiting at the end of the driveway for...
So. Totally. Infuriated.
Well, folks, this blog is about the good and the bad of parenting, and today we bring you the bad. Right now, the older boys are in their room and I've told them not to talk to me for a while. I've been frustrated for the past several days at the increasing lack of...
Culture Shock
A member of my homeschooling group put out an invitation for a field trip to a ballet performance of Don Quixote at the end of the month. I've never taken the boys to a play or ballet because I didn't believe they'd sit and enjoy it. But this sounded like the ideal...
The Travel Bug
This is my weekly post The Travel Bug over at Forever Parenting. Last year we took two (2!!!) family vacations, and were blessed to dip our toes in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in the same year. It was such a great time. Both Hubby and I agree that traveling...